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Wonderful Tonight by Eric Clapton

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Wonderful Tonight
By Eric Clapton

Guitar theme (can be played 8va higher if you have 24 frets on your guitar, you would start on the 2nd string (B) on the 15th fret and play the same melody):

         full               full             full      VVV
e------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------^_-----------------^_---------------^_--------------------------------
G-----14_|-|-12-14-------14_|-|-12--------14_|-|-12-14-12-11-------------------
D--12------V----------12------V----14--12------V-------------14-12-12----------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------


         full               full             full               1/2   VVVV
e---------------------------------------------------------------^_-------------
B--------^_-----------------^_---------------^_--------12-13-17_|-|-15---------
G-----14_|-|-12-14-------14_|-|-12--------14_|-|-12-14------------V------------
D--12------V----------12------V----14--12------V-------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------

footnote 1:			footnote 2:		footnote 3:
  C				D          G		D        C
e----------------------------	---------------------	---------------
B----_----1------------------	---------------------	----------_----
G---/------0----------------	---------------------	---------/----
D--0---2---------------------	---------------------	--------0---2--
A----------------------------	---------------------	---0-2-3-------
E----------------------------   ------0-3------------	---------------
            She’s wondrin’...   wear.		    ...hair           

Guitar solo:
     1/2 VVVVVVVVVV                     1/2 VVV            _          1/2 
e----^_--------------------------------------------_------/----------^_--
B-17_|-|-15-15-15--13-12----------------^_--------/----12---13-15-17_|-|-
G------V-----------------14-12-------14_|-|-12--12---14-----------------V-
D------------------------------14-12------V-------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     1/2                                                              full
     ^_                _              VVVVVVV                         ^
e-17_|-|-15-----------/----------^_-------------------------15-17-19_|---
B------V----17--15--12---13-15-17_|-|-15--15-----------15-17--------------
G-----------------------------------V--------------12---------------------
D--------------------------------------------12-14------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------

     VVVVVVV                        1/2   VVVVV
e-17-15-15--------------------------^__-----------------------------------
B--------------_------------12--17__|--|--15------------------------------
G-------------/----12--14-------------V----------------------------------
D-----------12---14-------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------


footnote 4:		notation:
							1/2
e----3--3-2----		 _                               ^
B----3--3-3----		/   : hammeron or pulloff	_|   : bend up 1/2 step
G----2--2-2----
D----0--0-0----		full				 ^_
A--------------		 ^   : bend up one full step	_| | : bend up then
E--------------		_|				   V   reverse bend back
...head
			VVVV : vibrato

Finish off the song with the guitar theme and a little blues run in the same
G scale.