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:

[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/n/neil-young/179165.html ]

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             C      D             C

Tonight's the night, tonight's the night,



D             C      D             C

tonight's the night, tonight's the night,





D7

Bruce Berry was a workin' man;



D7

He used to load that Econoline Van.



D7

A sparkle was in his eyes,



D7

but his life was in his hand.



D7

Well late at night when the people were gone



D7

he used to pick up my guitar



D7

and sing a song in a shaky voice



D7

that was real as the day was long.



D             C      D             C

Tonight's the night, tonight's the night,



D             C      D             C

tonight's 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