Total Eclipse of the Heart

Bonnie Tyler

This song is fun to play with friends or at weddings or something..

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Introduction: (Piano)
E|-------8---7---5--------|  
B|-----5---5---5---5------|       
G|------------------------|        
D|------------------------|        
G|-0----------------------|        
C|------------------------|        

It helps if you use your pointer finger to cover the e and B strings so you only have to move your pinky around the fretboard.

Am                                     G
TURN AROUND Every now and then I get a little bit lonely
     and you're never coming round.
Am                                     G
TURN AROUND Every now and then I get a little bit tired
     of list'ning to the sound of my tears.
C                                      F
TURN AROUND Every now and then I get a little bit nervous
     that the best of all the years have gone by.
C                                      F
TURN AROUND Every now and then I get a little bit terrified
     and then I see the look in your eyes.
Bb           D#
TURN AROUND, BRIGHT EYES Every now and the I fall apart.
Bb           D#
TURN AROUND, BRIGHT EYES Every now and the I fall apart.

Am                                     G
TURN AROUND Every now and then I get a little bit restless
	 and I dream of something wild.
Am                                     G
TURN AROUND Every now and then I get a little bit helpless
     and I'm lying like a child in your arms.
C                                      F
TURN AROUND Every now and then I get a little bit angry
     and I know I've got to get out and cry.
C                                      F
TURN AROUND Every now and then I get a little bit terrified
     but then I see the look in your eyes.
Bb           D#
TURN AROUND, BRIGHT EYES Every now and the I fall apart.
Bb           D#                                     G
TURN AROUND, BRIGHT EYES Every now and the I fall apart.

            D                 C        D                  G
      And I need you now tonight and I need you more than ever
                 D            C              D             G
      and if you only hold me tight we'll be holding on forever.
                B                 C                  D
      And we'll only be making it right 'cause we'll never be wrong.
      G                              D
      Together we can take it to the end of the line.
           Em                          A
      Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time.
        G                             D
      I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark.
            Em                         A
      We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks.
                        G           D                  C
      I really need you tonight, forever's gonna start tonight,
         D                          
      forever's gonna start tonight.

   G                      Em                  B                    C  
   Once upon a time I was falling in love but now I'm only falling apart.
           C/D                 D                   
   There's nothing I can do, a total eclipse of the heart.
   G                          Em                   B          
   Once upon a time there was light in my life but now there's only love in
           C
       the dark.
   C/D                  D                    G
   Nothing I can say, a total eclipse of the heart.

         Bb           D#
         TURN AROUND, BRIGHT EYES
         Bb           D#
         TURN AROUND, BRIGHT EYES

Am                                           G
TURN AROUND Every now and then I know you'll never be the boy
     you always wanted to be.
Am                                               G
TURN AROUND But every now and then I know you'll always be
     the only boy who wanted me the way that I am.
C                                             F
TURN AROUND Every now and then I know there's no one in the universe
     as magical and wondrous as you.
C                                             F
TURN AROUND Every now and then I know there's nothing any better,
     there's nothing that I just wouldn't do.
Bb           D#
TURN AROUND, BRIGHT EYES Every now and then I fall apart.
Bb           D#
TURN AROUND, BRIGHT EYES Every now and then I fall apart.

      And I need you now tonight...(see before)

      Once upon a time I was...(see before)


   Am	  x02210
   G	  320033
   C	  x32010
   F	  133211
   Bb	  113331
   D#	  668881
   D	  xx0232
   Em	  022000
   A	  x02220
   C/D    x32013