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From: Brian Dickens
Subject: TAB: Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 23:58:00 -0500
TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART by Bonnie Tyler
adapted to guitar by Brian Dickens (bfd3@cornell.edu)
Introduction: (Piano)
E|-------8---7---5--------| Tip: Cover high E and B strings
B|-----5---5---5---5------| at 5th fret with your pointer
G|------------------------| finger. Pick bass note with
D|------------------------| your thumb, and you only have
G|-0----------------------| to manage the 8 and the 7
C|------------------------| with your pinky etc. Easy!
Am G
TURN AROUND Every now and then I get a little bit lonely
and you're never coming round.
Am G
TURN AROUND Every now and then I get a little bit tired
of list'ning to the sound of my tears.
C F
TURN AROUND Every now and then I get a little bit nervous
that the best of all the years have gone by.
C F
TURN AROUND Every now and then I get a little bit terrified
and then I see the look in your eyes.
Bb D#
TURN AROUND, BRIGHT EYES Every now and the I fall apart.
Bb D#
TURN AROUND, BRIGHT EYES Every now and the I fall apart.
Am G
TURN AROUND Every now and then I get a little bit restless
and I dream of something wild.
Am G
TURN AROUND Every now and then I get a little bit helpless
and I'm lying like a child in your arms.
C F
TURN AROUND Every now and then I get a little bit angry
and I know I've got to get out and cry.
C F
TURN AROUND Every now and then I get a little bit terrified
but then I see the look in your eyes.
Bb D#
TURN AROUND, BRIGHT EYES Every now and the I fall apart.
Bb D# G
TURN AROUND, BRIGHT EYES Every now and the I fall apart.
D C D G
And I need you now tonight and I need you more than ever
D C D G
and if you only hold me tight we'll be holding on forever.
B C D
And we'll only be making it right 'cause we'll never be wrong.
G D
Together we can take it to the end of the line.
Em A
Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time.
G D
I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark.
Em A
We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks.
G D C
I really need you tonight, forever's gonna start tonight,
D
forever's gonna start tonight.
G Em B C
Once upon a time I was falling in love but now I'm only falling apart.
C/D D
There's nothing I can do, a total eclipse of the heart.
G Em B
Once upon a time there was light in my life but now there's only love in
C
the dark.
C/D D G
Nothing I can say, a total eclipse of the heart.
Bb D#
TURN AROUND, BRIGHT EYES
Bb D#
TURN AROUND, BRIGHT EYES
Am G
TURN AROUND Every now and then I know you'll never be the boy
you always wanted to be.
Am G
TURN AROUND But every now and then I know you'll always be
the only boy who wanted me the way that I am.
C F
TURN AROUND Every now and then I know there's no one in the universe
as magical and wondrous as you.
C F
TURN AROUND Every now and then I know there's nothing any better,
there's nothing that I just wouldn't do.
Bb D#
TURN AROUND, BRIGHT EYES Every now and then I fall apart.
Bb D#
TURN AROUND, BRIGHT EYES Every now and then I fall apart.
And I need you now tonight...(see before)
Once upon a time I was...(see before)
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Notes:
...I heard an annoying techno version of this song tonight at a dance
party, which inspired me to come home and try to do a decent-sounding
acoustic remake. the music was so loud I probably have permanent
hearing loss, so it's not my fault if these chords aren't right! :)
...lyrics nabbed from ftp.uwp.edu.
...pick the chords creatively during the verses, it sounds prettier.
...feel free to write me about corrections or enhancements, or if you're
a seattle-based musician looking for a band, or whatever!
...and the chord formations (or how I play them, anyhow):
Am x02210
G 320033
C x32010
F 133211
Bb 113331
D# 668881
D xx0232
Em 022000
A x02220
C/D x32013
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Brian Dickens
Cornell Engineering
bfd3@cornell.edu
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