---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tonight's the Night (part 1) - Neil Young ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Les Gibson OK so this is a black and haunting blues tune, and only Neil can really pull it off properly. But here's an acoustic version i worked out for you to mess around with. The song has only three chords really, so its easy to improvise and get into the groove it. May i dedicate this small tab to Bruce Berry and Danny Whitten. Although I did not know this song sums it up. Tuning: DROP C! yes thats right, you heard. CADGBE ---->Main theme/chorus: with that famous bass riff. Tonight's the night D C e|-------------|-----------------|-(0)-----------------| B|-------------|-(3)-------------|--1------------------| G|-------------|--2--------------|--0------------------| D|--------0----|--0--------------|--2-------------0----| A|--0--3-------|--0--------------|--3-------0--3-------| C|-----------2-|--2--------------|--0---------------2--| Tonight's the ni - hi hi hi hu hight D C e|---------------|---------------------|----| B|-(3)-----------|---------------------|----| G|--2------------|---------------------|----| etc. repeat D|--0------------|--2------------------|----| A|--0------------|--3---0--------------|----| C|--2------------|--0-------7---5----0-|-2--| ---------> verse The only chord for the verse is D7 really. at the end of each line, play an improv on d chord, particularly after "he used to pick up my guitar" - live, neil extends this into a solo mid-verse. You can play the D7 chord like this: e|----| e|----| B|----| B|-1--| G|-2--| G|-2--| D|-0--| OR D|-0--| A|-3--| A|-0--| C|-2--| C|-2--| ... with fills like these - both sound good: e|--------------------------| e|--0--0-------------| B|--------------------------| B|--1--1----1--3-----| G|--------------------------| G|--2--2----2--2-----| D|--------------------------| OR maybe D|--0-------0--0-----| A|--------------------------| A|--0----------0-----| C|--/7-7--9--/7--7--5--0--2-| C|--2----------2-----| Listen to the recording to get a feel. I think this could be performed live just with one guitar, as the song is quite sparse and slow. Make it your own! Here are the chords, just to help:

^DTonight's the ^Cnight, ^Dtonight's the ^Cnight, ^Dtonight's the ^Cnight, ^Dtonight's the ^Cnight,

^D7Bruce Berry was a workin' man; ^D7He used to load that Econoline Van.

^D7A sparkle was in his eyes, ^D7but his life was in his hand.

^D7Well late at night when the people were gone ^D7he used to pick up my guitar

^D7and sing a song in a shaky voice ^D7that was real as the day was long.

^DTonight's the ^Cnight, ^Dtonight's the ^Cnight, ^Dtonight's the ^Cnight, ^Dtonight's the ^Cnight,

Neil Young - Tonights the night acoustic