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           Tonight's the Night (part 1) - Neil Young
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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 (xx0232@1)                               Ce|-------------|-----------------|-(0)-----------------| (x32010@1)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 (xx0232@1)                 Ce|---------------|---------------------|----| (x32010@1)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:


D (xx0232@1)           C (x32010@1)    D (xx0232@1)           CTonight's (x32010@1)the night, tonight's the night,

D (xx0232@1)           C (x32010@1)    D (xx0232@1)           Ctonight's (x32010@1)the night, tonight's the night,


D7Bruce (xx0212@1)Berry was a workin' man;

D7He (xx0212@1)used to load that Econoline Van.

D7A (xx0212@1)sparkle was in his eyes,

D7but (xx0212@1)his life was in his hand.

D7Well (xx0212@1)late at night when the people were gone

D7he (xx0212@1)used to pick up my guitar

D7and (xx0212@1)sing a song in a shaky voice

D7that (xx0212@1)was real as the day was long.

D (xx0232@1)           C (x32010@1)    D (xx0232@1)           CTonight's (x32010@1)the night, tonight's the night,

D (xx0232@1)           C (x32010@1)    D (xx0232@1)           Ctonight's (x32010@1)the night, tonight's the night,


A couple of other verses follow, with same chords.


| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
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