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heartache tonight chords
the eagles 1979 ( don henley , glenn frey , bob seger and j . D . souther )

capo iii *

G/D D/A E

E C#m E
somebody’s gonna hurt someone
C#m
before the night is through
E A E
somebody’s gonna come undone .
B
there’s nothin’ we can do .
E C#m E
everybody wants to touch somebody
C#m
if it takes all night .
E A E
everybody wants to take a little chance ,
B
make it come out right .

E A7
there’s gonna be a heartache tonight ,
E E7
a heartache tonight , i know .
A7 F#
there’s gonna be a heartache tonight , a heartache tonight i know .
B
lord , i know .

E C#m E
some people like to stay out late
C#m
some folks can’t hold out that long
E A E
but nobody wants to go home now ,
B
there’s too much goin’ on .

E C#m E
this night is gonna last forever ,
C#m
last all , last all summer long .
E A E
some time before the sun comes up
B
the radio is gonna play that song .

E A7
there’s gonna be a heartache tonight ,
E
a heartache tonight , i know .
A7 F#
there’s gonna be a heartache tonight , a heartache tonight i know .
B
lord , i know .

E
there’s gonna be a heartache tonight ,
E7
the moon’s shinin’ bright
A A7
so turn out the light , and we’ll get it right .
E
there’s gonna be a heartache tonight , A
A7 E
heartache tonight i know .

( heartache baby )

G/D D/A E

break

E C#m E
somebody’s gonna hurt someone ( somebody )
C#m
before the night is through
E A E
somebody’s gonna come undone .
B
there’s nothin’ we can do . ( everybody )
E C#m E
everybody wants to touch somebody
C#m
if it takes all night .
E A E
everybody wants to take a little chance ,
B
make it come out right .

E A7
there’s gonna be a heartache tonight ,
E
a heartache tonight , i know .
A7 F#
there’s gonna be a heartache tonight , a heartache tonight i know .
B
lets go .

E
we can beat around the bushes;
E7
we can get down to the bone
A
we can leave it in the parkin’ lot ,
A7
but either way , there’s gonna be A
E A E
heartache tonight , a heartache tonight i know . ( i know )
E
there’ll be a heartache tonight
A E
a heartache tonight i know .

G/D D/A E 4

x * alternate :

open

G = A#
D = F
A = C
E = G
E7 = G7
C#m = Em
B = D
F# = A
A7 = C7

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