Chords for Eric Clapton "Wonderful Tonight" Guitar Lesson (Easy Acoustic)

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Hey, what's up you guys?
Marty Schwartz here with Marty Music.
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_ We're going [Fm] to break down this _ iconic Clapton [E] tune.
Real easy, but [D] a fun song to play [E] and it's kind of a romantic song, you know?
_ _ [D] Maybe use that to your [N] advantage. _ _ _
_ Anyway, let's break it down.
All right, let's start with a strum [Fm] pattern. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [Db] Down, up, down, [B] up, down, up, down, up, down, [F] up, down, up, [B] down, _ up, down, up, down, up,
down, up, down, up, down.
_ _ [Cm] _ We're going to play a G chord.
[Eb] Ring finger on the [B] third of the B and pinky on the third of [G] the high E. _ _
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_ And then [Bb] we go
to a D chord.
That ring finger can stay in the same [F] spot.
And for this D, if you can get your thumb around the second fret of the low [D] E, _ _ _ _ _ _ that's
what you want to do.
If you can't quite do it, you're a beginner working [N] on it, _ _ _ [E] _
a regular D [Eb] will [C] work, but
this is what you [Ab] want.
So we [G] got this. _ _ _ _
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[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Then we go to a C chord _ [C] and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ then a regular [B] D with no [D] thumb. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ G, _ _ _
_ _ [D] D with the thumb, _ _
_ _ [C] _ C, _ _ _
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_ [Am] And then the next section is C to [D] D _ [C] and _ _ _
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then a [E] G walk down to E minor and you can do [G] it this way.
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So [G] we go G, _ _ _ [Gbm] D with the thumb, [D] _ _ _ E [Bb] minor [Em] now. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ So from [C] the C _ _ _ and _ [D] _ _ _
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_ then C to D. _ _
[C] _ _ This _ _ _ [D]
lick _ wonderful.
_ Back [G] to the top.
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_ _ _ _ [D] Next section, C _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
to [D] D. _ _ _ _
_ [G] Walk down _ [D] _
to _ [Em] E minor, _ _ _
_ [C] _ C, _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ D. _ _ _ _
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[E] _ Okay?
_ _ _ I'm going to show you the lick, but then there's a bridge.
And _ _ it goes like this.
C [C] up to D _ _ and _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ then that walk [G] down, G, _ [D] _ D, [Em] E minor, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and then _ C up [C] to D. _ _ _
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_ _ And then that again.
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Alright, so the lick, _ I'm going to do it on the B string, [F] _ 10th fret, [Db] _ _
bend it [B] up a whole
step and natural. _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ Then release to the 8th fret.
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_ _ _ Then back [B] to the 10 natural.
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[C] So, _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ then you do it again with a little [C] variation. _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ So you're doing the whole 10 [Bb] up and back, [Am] 8 on the B, [Eb] _ _ _ [G] _ _
and then 9 on the G.
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_ _ _ _ _ And then that little climb up goes like this.
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_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ And so you're going to do that same [F] 10 on the B, _ up, _ _ _ natural, _ [C] _ _ 8, _ and then the climb
up starts on that 10.
So, _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
10, and then high E, 7, _
[C] _ 8, [D] _ _ slide, _ 12 [G] to 10. _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ Or, you know, _ [G] _ _
_ slide sounds [Bb] good.
So, _ put them together.
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_ _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
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_ _ But [E] that climb up doesn't happen in the top of the [C] song.
He doesn't [N] do that [Ab]
in the beginning.
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_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ Alright?
[E] So, that should give you the whole song, nice and easy, _ [D] _ and classic.
[G] _
_ _ Alright, there it [Bbm] was.
Thanks again.
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_ _ Gosh!
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Close to nothing! _ _ _ _
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