Tonight Chords
Tonight by Sibylle Baier is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Em, G, D, Am and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Capo 1
C Em G D Em C,Em
tonight when I came home from work, hurt
tonight when I came home from work
C G D C G
there he unforeseen sat in the kitchen
C G C
buttering himself a bread
G
and the cat was on his knee
Am
and smiled at me
C Em G D Em
tonight when I came home from work
tonight when I came home from work
C G D C G
there he unforeseen passed the guitar
C G
and said 'I battered my car
C G D
right now won't you please give me your chair'
C D Am E
we had a change of the moon
we had a change of the moon
C Em G D Em
tonight when I came home from work
tonight when I came home from work
C Em G D Em
tonight when I came home from work
C G D C G
there he unforeseen changed in the lazy chair
C G
and said 'what's that sorrow you bear?'
C G Am
and I could tell him, he understood
C D Am E
he gently took my arm
C D Am E
he listened to my tears till dawn
C D Am E
I dedicate this song to you
C Em C D Am E
tonight we had change of the moon
C D Am E
we had change of the moon
C Em G D Em
tonight when I came home from work
tonight when I came home from work
C Em C Em (C Em) C G
tonight tonight tonight