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Maybe Tonight

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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 25Position: 3

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

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Tuning: Standard
strange about the A-chord in the verses: If my ears don’t deceive me, 
the rhythm guitar plays a major chord in the first half and a minor in 
(starting off from a “c”) over this major chord, thus creating a strange 
has Am both times, I think. If you don’t hear it that way, just use Am 
The Gm9 and C7 in the last line of the bridge are optional. If you
think they're too much, just play Gm7 and C. 
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CHORDS and special voicings
          E-A-D-G-B-E
G/F#      2-x-0-0-0-3
Gm7       3-x-0-3-3-1
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[Intro]
  G1 + 2 + G/C3 + 4 G/B+  1 + 2 G/A+ 3 + 4 +  1 G+ 2 + 3 + 4 +  G/B1 + 2 + G/A3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|------------0---|--0-------------|------------0---|--0-------------|
D|----0-----0-----|----------0-----|----0-----0-----|----------0-----|
A|--------23(h)-2-|------0---------|--------23(h)-2-|------0---------|
E|3-----3---------|------------0-2-|3-----3---------|------------0-2-|(3)
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[Intro] (see above)
|  G   G/C|  G/B   G/A| 
|  G   G/C|  G/B   G/A|
[Verse 1]
  G  G/F#I don't know Emwhy
I never A7said A7it beCfore
  G  G/F#I don't know Emwhy
I waited so Amlong Amto be Csure
[Bridge]
But I Gm7...
Everything's Chumming
  Gm9Something is C7coming,
[Chorus]
       |  F   Am|  Dm|
Maybe tonight
[Verse 2]
  G  G/F#Funny to Emthink
I had to A7clown A7and preCtend
  GYou G/F#never knew EmI saw you as
AmMore Amthan a Cfriend
[Bridge]
But I Gm7...
Come hold me Ctighter
  Gm9Come make it C7right
[Chorus]
        |  F   Am|  Dm|
Maybe tonight
           |  F   Am|  Dm|
Oh, maybe tonight
  AEver since the Dmday I saw you
  AI was blown aDmway
'Ccause C/EI   Fknew I Amcould not Dmsay
All the Fthings I Amhad to Dmsay
  AI was such a Dmshy guy
  AI couldn't tell you
BmI  Alove Eyou
[Chorus]
              |  A   C#m|  F#m|
Well, maybe tonight
            |  A   C#m|  F#m|
Yes, maybe tonight
[Verse]
|  G   G/F#|  Em|  Am   C|
(solo)
|  G   G/F#|  Em|  Am   C| 
(solo)
[Bridge]
But I Gm7...
Come hold me Ctighter (tighter)
  Gm9Come make it C7right
[Chorus]
        |  F   Am|  Dm|
Maybe tonight
           |  F   Am|  Dm|
Yes, maybe tonight
  AEver since the Dmday I saw you
  AI was blown aDmway
'Ccause C/EI   Fknew I Amhad to Dmsay
All the Fthings I Amcould not Dmsay
  AI was such a Dmshy guy
  AI couldn't tell you
BmI  Alove Eyou
[Chorus]
              |  A   C#m|  F#m|
Well, maybe tonight
          |  A   C#m|  F#m|
Oh, maybe tonight
            |  A   C#m|  F#m|
Yeah, maybe tonight
          |  A   C#m|  F#m|
Oh, maybe tonight
            |  A   C#m|  F#m|
Yeah, maybe tonight

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Maybe Tonight

by The Knack

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

G/C

G/B

G/A

G/F#

Gm7

Gm9

C/E

C#m

F#m

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Tuning: Standard

strange about the A-chord in the verses: If my ears don’t deceive me,

the rhythm guitar plays a major chord in the first half and a minor in

(starting off from a “c”) over this major chord, thus creating a strange

has Am both times, I think. If you don’t hear it that way, just use Am

The Gm9 and C7 in the last line of the bridge are optional. If you

think they're too much, just play Gm7 and C.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

CHORDS and special voicings

E-A-D-G-B-E

G/F# 2-x-0-0-0-3

Gm7 3-x-0-3-3-1

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[Intro]

G G/C G/B G/A G G/B G/A

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

G|------------0---|--0-------------|------------0---|--0-------------|

D|----0-----0-----|----------0-----|----0-----0-----|----------0-----|

A|--------23(h)-2-|------0---------|--------23(h)-2-|------0---------|

E|3-----3---------|------------0-2-|3-----3---------|------------0-2-|(3)

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[Intro] (see above)

G G/C G/B G/A

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G G/C G/B G/A

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[Verse 1]

G G/F# Em

I don't know why

A7 A7 C

I never said it before

G G/F# Em

I don't know why

Am Am C

I waited so long to be sure

[Bridge]

Gm7

But I ...

Everything's humming

Gm9 C7

Something is coming,

[Chorus]

F Am Dm

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Maybe tonight

[Verse 2]

G G/F# Em

Funny to think

A7 A7 C

I had to clown and pretend

G G/F# Em

You never knew I saw you as

Am Am C

More than a friend

[Bridge]

Gm7

But I ...

Come hold me tighter

Gm9 C7

Come make it right

[Chorus]

F Am Dm

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Maybe tonight

F Am Dm

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Oh, maybe tonight

A Dm

Ever since the day I saw you

A Dm

I was blown away

C C/E F Am Dm

'cause I knew I could not say

F Am Dm

All the things I had to say

A Dm

I was such a shy guy

I couldn't tell you

Bm A E

I love you

[Chorus]

A C#m F#m

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Well, maybe tonight

A C#m F#m

| | |

Yes, maybe tonight

[Verse]

G G/F# Em Am C

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(solo)

G G/F# Em Am C

| | | |

(solo)

[Bridge]

Gm7

But I ...

Come hold me tighter (tighter)

Gm9 C7

Come make it right

[Chorus]

F Am Dm

| | |

Maybe tonight

F Am Dm

| | |

Yes, maybe tonight

A Dm

Ever since the day I saw you

A Dm

I was blown away

C C/E F Am Dm

'cause I knew I had to say

F Am Dm

All the things I could not say

A Dm

I was such a shy guy

I couldn't tell you

Bm A E

I love you

[Chorus]

A C#m F#m

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Well, maybe tonight

A C#m F#m

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Oh, maybe tonight

A C#m F#m

| | |

Yeah, maybe tonight

A C#m F#m

| | |

Oh, maybe tonight

A C#m F#m

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Yeah, maybe tonight

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