tonight is the night chords by
Betty Wright

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Verse 1
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First of all, I'd
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like to
say good evening
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And we're so  pleased that
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So many of you could come out and share
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In all the love and all the happiness
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we have in store for you
We want you to have a real
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good time
'Cause that's just
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what we have in mind
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Is that alright with you?
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Now, this is a tune that I composed
And it's called,
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"Tonight is the night"
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That you make me a woman
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Now, I never intended recording this song
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It was a personal poem
That is, until the day that my
producer
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Happened to thumb through
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the pages of my notebook
He came across the words
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and he said
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"We gotta do somethin' with these words
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It's happening every day
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And people wanna hear about it, Betty"
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You see, it's the story of a young girl
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Making love for the very first time
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Now, when I finally got a melody
I took it home and I,
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I played it for my mother
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Now, I gotta tell you a little bit
about my mother
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You see, I come from one of those
pretty large families
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And I'm the baby of the family
And you know you never
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grow up to your mother
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I'll never forget the way she looked
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at me when I played it for her
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She said, "Uh, I like the music
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You know, baby, the melody,
it's really nice
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But I know you're not gonna
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sing that song"
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But we eased it right on by her, yes,
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we did
And it became one of my
biggest records, too
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So I want you to do this for
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me if you will
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Everybody think back to your
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very first time
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Now, I'll give you a little
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'Cause I know some of you
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Have to think back a little bit
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further than others
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Come on now, I want you to play catch- up
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'Cause I don't want you waitin'
'til I get to the end of my song
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Sayin', "Oh, yeah, now I remember"
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Now, whether it was good
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Oh, you just smilin', it was good
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Or on the other hand if it was not so good
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Here's my story
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Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm

Verse 3
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Tonight is the night
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That     you make me a woman,
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mmm
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You said you'll be gentle with me
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And I, I hope you will, mmm
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I'm nervous and I'm tremblin'
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Waitin' for you to walk in
I'm tryin' hard to relax
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But I  just can't keep still, no

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I can hear your car door slammin'
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I wanna play big girl and put
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on  a sexy smile
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But I know so little about what love is
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I just can't help actin' like a
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child
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You're knockin' on my door and
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you're ringin' my bell
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Hope you're not impatient
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after waiting so very     long
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A whole year I put you off with
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my silly hang- ups
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And we're both old enough
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to know right from wrong
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Tonight is the night
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That you make me a woman, mmm
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You said you'll be  gentle with me
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And I, I hope you will, mmm
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I'm nervous and I'm tremblin'
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Waitin' for you to walk in
Tryin' hard to relax
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But I  just can't keep still

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Mmm, hey, baby

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Ho, ho, baby

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Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, oh

Verse 6
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But what if my mama should
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come home early
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And catch us doin'
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what we're doin'
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Not only will I never live it down
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But my whole family relationship,
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it'll all be ruined
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But we've gone a little bit too far now
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Oh, to turn around
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So let's just pray
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That     true love is what we've found
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To night, tonight
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To night, tonight
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Ho, I'll never forget tonight
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No, no, I'll never forget tonight
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That's when you
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make me feel real, mhm
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You make me feel real,
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real good
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Oh, oh
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Yeah, and I wanna thank you, love
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Said I've got to thank you, love
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'Cause you make me feel good
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And I love you, baby
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I love you and I know it
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And I ain't too proud to show it
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'Cause I love you, baby
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And I need you, baby
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I  want you, my love, my love
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My, my, my baby
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I'll never forget tonight
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No, I'll never forget tonight
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'Cause you make me feel good
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And I love you, baby
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You make me feel real good
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And I love you, baby
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'Cause you gave me
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Uh, uh, pure love, yeah
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Uh, uh, uh, pure love
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Said I like that, baby
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Uh, uh, pure love
Said I need that, sugar
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Uh- uh- uh, pure love
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There's nothin' phony about it
Uh- uh, pure love
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Your love I can't do without it
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Uh- uh- uh, pure love, ooh

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I love him, I know it
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I ain't too proud to show it
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I love him, I know it
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I ain't too proud to show it
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I love him, I know it
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I ain't too proud to show it
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I love him, I know it
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And I ain't too proud to show it
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Tonight, tonight
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Tonight, tonight
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Mmm, mmm, mmm

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