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Save Tonight chords by Eagle-Eye Cherry (Official Version)

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Intro 1

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Verse 1

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Go on and close the curtains

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'Cause all we need is candle- light

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You and me, and a bottle of wine

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To hold you tonight (oh)

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Verse 2

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Well we know I'm going away

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And how I wish, I wish it weren't so

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So take this wine and drink with me

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And let's delay our misery

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Chorus 1

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night and fight the break of dawn

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Come tomorrow, tomorrow I'll be gone

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Save tonight and fight the break of dawn

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Come tomorrow, tomorrow I'll be gone

Verse 3

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There's a log on the fire

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And it burns like me for you

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Tomorrow comes with one desire

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To take me away (oh it's true)

Verse 4
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It ain't ea- sy to say goodbye
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Darlin' please, don't start to cry
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'Cause girl you know I've got to go (oh)
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And Lord I wish it wasn't so
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Chorus 2

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night and fight the break of dawn

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Come tomorrow, tomorrow I'll be gone

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Save tonight and fight the break of dawn

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Come tomorrow, tomorrow I'll be gone

Solo 1

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Bridge 1
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Tomorrow comes to take me away
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I wish that I, that I  could stay
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But girl you know I've got to go (oh)
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And Lord I wish it wasn't so
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Save to

Chorus 3

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night and fight the break of dawn

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Come tomorrow, tomorrow I'll be gone

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Save tonight and fight the break of dawn

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Come tomorrow, tomorrow I'll be gone

Chorus 4

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Save tonight and fight the break of dawn

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Come tomorrow, tomorrow I'll be gone

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Save tonight and fight the break of dawn

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Come tomorrow, tomorrow I'll be gone

Chorus 5

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tomorrow I'll be gone

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tomorrow I'll be gone

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tomorrow I'll be gone

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tomorrow I'll be gone

Solo 2
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Save to

Outro 1
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night
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Save tonight
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Save tonight
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Save tonight Oh, that's right
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Save tonight
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Save tonight

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Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: BeginnerKey: A minorBPM: 121

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

Am: x-0-2-2-1-0
F: x-3-3-2-1-x
C: x-3-2-0-1-0
G: 3-2-0-0-0-3

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This is the definitive original version of Save Tonight by Eagle-Eye Cherry, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of A minor. It suits players who want to learn Save Tonight the way Eagle-Eye Cherry intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.

Save Tonight

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