Hey guys, here’s another great guitar lesson from Marty Schwartz – this one on Eric Clapton’s Wonderful Tonight chords.
The chords you need for this lesson are G, D, C and Em. Thousands and thousands of hit songs have been written using just these chords, so if you can get these ones down, they’ll serve you well for a lot of other songs too.
In this song, you can strum through the chords, or you if you want you can lightly pick through the chords. Wonderful Tonight is a great song for beginners this way, because you can start simpler, and then add a few more techniques as you get used to the chords.
In Wonderful Tonight, there’s also a cool little run coming down from the G chord. All you do is strum the G chord, then hit the F# note on the 6th string, 2nd fret, then hit the Em chord.
Marty is also going to teach you the signature riff in the song as well, so that you can really play the Wonderful Tonight chords along with the riff, to make the song sound complete.
Some fun quotes from this lesson: “You can sing it to your lady, they like that…”
So let’s dive into the lesson:
Eric Clapton – Wonderful Tonight Chords Guitar Lesson
Hi Marty
I love your lesson on wonderful tonight video, I having trouble doing the riff chord, could you send me some diagram on riff chord and where to place my finger. it seem too quick to follow on the video. I stared learning to play just a year ago. I be grateful if you could help me it look easy on video. Thank for reading this letter.
Peter
marty’ do you have a book i can purchase with chords and words ect. Please let me know thanks
wonderful tonight was easy to follow, I WISH YOU WERE MORE CLEAR ON THE KNOCKING ON HEAVENS DOOR, YOU INTERRUPT THE TAB WITH YOU COULD DO THIS AND OR THIS BE MORE PRECISE ON STRING AND FRET NUMBER YOU ARE NOT CONSISTENT. MAYBE FLASH TAB NUMBERS ON SCREEN AS YOU SAY THEM. i WOULD BUY DVDS FROM YOU IF YOU DID
My request is for Gordon Lightfoots If You Could Eead My Mind.
You do such a great job explaining what is going on. Thanks