Total Eclipse of the Heart Chords & Guitar Lesson
Welcome to my Total Eclipse of the Heart chords and guitar lesson by Bonnie Tyler. This is such a great song and a wonderful song for working on dynamics and building a performance.
I'll talk more about the different strumming patterns and dynamics we can use in the video lessons below.
There are a few barre chords needed for this song, but you could easily use power chords instead for the same effect and to make playing it a little easier. I'll show you how in the lesson video.
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Total Eclipse of the Heart Guitar Chords:
Total Eclipse of the Heart Strumming Patterns:
Verse Strumming:
1 2 + 3 4 +
DDU DDU
Chorus Strumming:
1 2 + a 3 4+a
DDDU DDDU
Total Eclipse of the Heart Guitar Lesson:
Video lesson coming soon!
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Total Eclipse of the Heart Chord Chart:
Capo 1st Fret
VERSE:
Am
(Turn around) Every now and then I get a
G
little bit lonely, and you're never coming round
Am
(Turn around) Every now and then I get a
G
little bit tired of listening to the sound of my tears
C
(Turn around) Every now and then I get a
Bb
little bit nervous that the best of all the years have gone by
C
(Turn around) Every now and then I get a
Bb
little bit terrified and then I see the look in your eyes
Eb Ab (2/4)
(Turn around, Bright eyes) Every now and then I fall apart
Eb |Ab G|
(Turn around, Bright eyes) Every now and then I fall apart
CHORUS:
|Em C| |D G|
And I need you now, tonight, and I need you more than ever
|Em C| |D G|
And if you only hold me tight we'll be holding on forever
|Em C| D (2/4)
And we'll only be making it right 'cause we'll never be wrong
|C D/|
Together we can take it to the end of the line
|Em A| A (2/4)
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
|A G| |D C|
I really need you tonight, forever's gonna start tonight
D (2/4)
Forever's gonna start tonight
|G Em| |B7 C|
Once upon a time I was falling in love but now I'm only falling apart
|Am D| |G Em| |C D|
There's nothing I can do, a total eclipse of the heart
|G Em| |B7 C|
Once upon a time there was light in my life but now there's only love in the dark
|Am D| |G Em| |C D| D (hold a measure)
Nothing I can say, a total eclipse of the heart
INSTRUMENTAL:
Am G Am G C Bb C Bb
Eb Ab (2/4)
(Turn around, Bright eyes) Every now and then I fall apart
Eb |Ab G|
(Turn around, Bright eyes) Every now and then I fall apart
CHORUS:
|Em C| |D G|
And I need you now, tonight, and I need you more than ever
|Em C| |D G|
And if you only hold me tight we'll be holding on forever
|Em C| D (2/4)
And we'll only be making it right 'cause we'll never be wrong
|C D/|
Together we can take it to the end of the line
|Em A| A (2/4)
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
|A G| |D C|
I really need you tonight, forever's gonna start tonight
D
Forever's gonna start tonight
OUTRO:
|G Em| |B7 C|
Once upon a time there was light in my life but now there's only love in the dark
|Am D| |G Em| |C D|
Nothing I can say, a total eclipse of the heart
|D G| |Em C|
A total eclipse of the heart
|D G| |Em C| |D G| (Let G ring)
A total eclipse of the heart
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