From: PRAMAN@KGNVMA.VNET.IBM.COM (Ankan K. Pramanick)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab
Subject: Re: Request - Wonderful Tonight Solo
Date: 19 Aug 1992 14:34:34 -0500
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In article <1992Aug17.231705.7336@ultb.isc.rit.edu>, jds6961@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
(Joe S.) writes:

>  I am in dire need of the tablature for the solo in Wonderful Tonight by
>  Eric Clapton.

Here's how I hear it in EC's recent "24 Nights" version, together with the
C-D-C-D-... intro that culminates in the main riff. I haven't worked out
the solo at the very end (after Katie Kissoon's vocal excursions), since I
usually end the song with the last verse, and do not go into the repetition
of the introductory C-D-C-D-... progression, etc. This one is at present
my favorite version of the song, though it's "darker" than the one on the
"Just One Night" live set (I don't much dig the studio version, with the
superb and different live ones available). If I can remember the solos from
the "Just One Night" version, I'll post them later.

Guide:  In all the nomenclature below, X, Y, Z are fret numbers, and Y > X
        /(Y)      :   Slide up to Y, origin undetermined (use ears!)
        X/(Y)     :   Slide up to Y from X
        Y\(X)     :   Slide down to X from Y
        Xu(Y)     :   Bend up from X to sound like Y
        Yd(X)     :   From a bent sound of Y (at X's position), come to X
        Xh(Y)     :   Hammer-on to Y from X
        Yp(X)     :   Pull-off to X from Y
        Xv        :   Vibrato around X
        X~Y~X     :   Shorthand for Xh(Y)p(X) (Quick hammer-on to Y, back to X)
        X^^(Y)d(X):   Shorthand for Xu(Y)d(Z)u(Y)d(X), where X <= Z < Y
                      (Note: This is the foundation for the song's characteristic
                             riff. EC nowadays prefers Z > X; in earlier
                             versions, he used Z = X, almost.)

I have not tried to give timing info.; however, the source material is readily
available, and a good listen should suffice.


                   W O N D E R F U L    T O N I G H T
                             by Eric Clapton
Key of G, 4/4 time (slowly)
(For a print-out, please use a constant-width font, such as Courier)

Bar           1                 2               3                4
Chords C   [Intro]      D                C                D
E     |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B     |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G     |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D     |----------------|----------------|----------------|------------/(5)|
A     |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E     |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Bar           5                 6               7                8
Chords C                D                C                D
E     |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B     |5---------------|7----7-7--------|5-------5-------|7-----7-------3-|
G     |----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------5|
D     |-----------5/(7)|------------/(5)|-----------5/(7)|----------------|
A     |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E     |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Bar            9               10              11                12
Chords C                D                C                D
E     |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B     |3v--------------|---------3h(5)3-|3v--------------|--3h(5)3-3h(5)3-|
G     |----------------|---------------5|----------------|--------5------5|
D     |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A     |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E     |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Bar           13               14               15               16
Chords C                D                C                D
E     |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B     |3v--------------|---------3-3h(5)|3v--------------|----------------|
G     |----------------|----------5-----|----------------|----------------|
D     |----------------|----------------|----------------|------------/(5)|
A     |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E     |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Bar           17               18                 19               20
Chords C                D                C                   D
E     |-------3-5-2~3~2|----------------|-------------------|-------------|
B     |5--5/(7)--------|3v--------------|5----5-3~5~3-------|-------------|
G     |----------------|----------------|------------5-4~5~4|2v-----------|
D     |--5-------------|------------/(5)|-/(5)--------------|---------/(5)|
A     |----------------|----------------|-------------------|-------------|
E     |----------------|----------------|-------------------|-------------|

Bar           21             22              23                24
Chords C                D            C                 D7
E     |-------3-5-2~3~2|------------|-----------------|-------------------|
B     |5--5/(7)--------|3v----------|5-----5-3~5~3----|------5v-7v-8/(10)-|
G     |----------------|------------|--------------5-4|5/(7)v-------------|
D     |--5-------------|--------/(5)|--/(5)-----------|-------------------|
A     |----------------|------------|-----------------|-------------------|
E     |----------------|------------|-----------------|-------------------|

Bar                    25                               26
Chords G                                 D
E     |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B     |8v-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G     |-------------14^^(16)d(14)-12-14v|-------------14^^(16)d(14)-12----|
D     |----------12---------------------|-------12-12------------------14v|
A     |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E     |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

Bar                 27                               28
Chords C                            D
E     |----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
B     |----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
G     |---------14^^(16)d(14)-12v--|12/(14)--12~14~12-11-11-9~11~9-7-5~7~5|
D     |---12-12--------------------|--------------------------------------|
A     |----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E     |----------------------------|--------------------------------------|

Bar                    29                               30
Chords G                                 D
E     |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B     |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G     |4v-----------14^^(16)d(14)-12-14-|-------------14^^(16)d(14)-12----|
D     |-------12-12---------------------|-------12-12------------------14v|
A     |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E     |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

Bar                    31                               32
Chords C                                 D7
E     |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B     |---------------------------------|-----------12v----13v----15u(17)-|
G     |-------------14^^(16)d(14)-12----|12h(14)v-------------------------|
D     |-------12-12---------------------|---------------------------------|
A     |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E     |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

Bar           33  ...              47                        48
Chords G                G                          D
E     |--------V      ||--------------------------|-----------------------|
B     |15v-----E      ||--------------------------|-----------------------|
G     |--------R .....||------14^^(16)d(14)-12-14v|-------14u(16)d(14)----|
D     |--------S      ||----12--------------------|-12-12-----------------|
A     |--------E      ||--------------------------|-----------------------|
E     |--------1      ||--------------------------|-----------------------|
        [It's late... ...tonight]
Bar                    49                               50
Chords C                                 D7
E     |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B     |---------------------------------|-----------12v----13v----15u(17)-|
G     |-------------14^^(16)d(14)-12----|12h(14)v-------------------------|
D     |-------12-12---------------------|---------------------------------|
A     |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E     |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

Bar           51  ...              75                        76
Chords G                G                          D
E     |--------V      ||----------------------|---------------------------|
B     |15v-----E      ||--------15u(17)-15-15-|15v-----13p(12)------------|
G     |--------R .....||----------------------|---------------14-12-------|
D     |--------S      ||----------------------|---------------------14-12-|
A     |--------E      ||----------------------|---------------------------|
E     |--------2      ||----------------------|---------------------------|
       [We're...  ...love you]
Bar                 77                               78
Chords C                            D
E     |----------------------------|--------------------17u(19)-17-15-----|
B     |----------------------------|12h(13)-15-15/(17)15-------------17-15|
G     |12h(14)12-------------12-14-|--------------------------------------|
D     |----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
A     |----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E     |----------------------------|--------------------------------------|

Bar           79                     80                     81
Chords G                      Bm                C
E     |----------------------|---------15-17-19|15h(17)15----15-----------|
B     |---12-13-15-15h(17)15v|-------17--------|----------17--------------|
G     |16v-------------------|-----------------|-----------------------12-|
D     |----------------------|-----------------|-----------------12-14----|
A     |----------------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
E     |----------------------|-----------------|--------------------------|

Bar                    82                   83
Chords D7                                G
E     |---------------------------------|----V
B     |----------12v----13v----15u(17)--|15v-E        (I usually end the
G     |12h(14)--------------------------|----R         song with this final
D     |---------------------------------|----S         verse)
A     |---------------------------------|----E
E     |---------------------------------|----3
                                             [It's time...

Cheerio,
-Ankan-
praman@kgnvma.vnet.ibm.com