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Eric Clapton-Wonderful Tonight - BPM - 95

            "Do I look alright" bit - E string 5p3h5 7 over Em 
            
play full C maj bar at 7 for the finger picking bit - fingers in better position??

[BPM 96]               
[Intro over G D/F# C D]                                                                  
Solo - G at 7th fret - C shape, D - xx077x E string 7 B 10 8, C - 7xx87x B string 12 10 8 
Arpeggiate the chords before playing the solo parts up up up down - then this phrase for D
                                                                                          
E-------7-----8-----12------------------------------------------------------------------- 
B-10--------------------------------------------------------------------------------      
G----7-----7-----7--------------------------------------------------------------------    
D-0---------------------------------------------------------------------------------      
A----------------------------------------------------------------------------------       
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------       
                                                                                                
[Verse 1 - phrase with Em is to play high E 5p3 5 7 with as many notes from E min ringing under]
 [G]   It's late in the  [D/F#] evening, [C]  she's wondering what cl [D] othes to wear.                                  
 [G]   She puts on her  [D/F#] make-up, [C]  and brushes her  [D] long blonde hair.
 [C]   And then she a [D] sks me [G]  "Do I  [D/F#] look all  [Em] right?"
And I say "Y [C] es, you look w [D] onderful toni [G] ght!"
      
[Riff]   
[Verse 2]                       
 [G]   We'd go to  [D/F#] party, [C]  and everyone t [D] urns to see
 [G]   This beautiful  [D/F#] lady, [C]  that's walking ar [D] ound with me.
 [C]   And then she  [D] asks me: [G]  "Do you  [D/F#] feel all right [Em] ?"
And I say: "Y [C] es, I feel w [D] onderful ton [G] ight!"
[Linking phrase]                                                                                     
[Stay on G to come into Bridge - can play G strum then b string 10-12 xxx0 x 10h12 xxx0x10 implies G]
[Bridge - phrase with Em is to play high E 5p3 5 7 with as many notes from E min ringing under]      
I feel w [C] onderful bec [D] ause I see the l [G] ove light [D/F#]  in your e [Em] yes,                                             
And the w [C] onder of it a [D] ll is that you j [C] ust don't real [D] ise,
How much I l [G] ove you!
[Riff]         
[Verse 3]                                        
 [G]   It's time to go  [D/F#] home now, [C]  and I've got an aching  [D] head
 [G]   So I give her the  [D/F#] car keys,  [C] and she helps me to  [D] bed.
 [C]   And then I t [D] ell her, [G]  as I  [D/F#] turn off the l [Em] ight:
I say: "My d [C] arling, you are w [D] onderful ton [G] ight!   [D/F#]           [Em]   
 Oh my  [C] darling, you were w [D] onderful t [G] onight."
[Riff / Solo out- - end xxx0 15 15]                                   

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Eric Clapton-I Shot The Sheriff - BPM - 95

[Intro]
Gm                 Cm                       Gm
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy
Gm                 Cm                      Gm
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy
 
[Verse 1]
Eb     Dm         Gm
All around in my home town
Eb                Dm       Gm
They're trying to track me down
Eb                     Dm             Gm
 They say they want to bring me in guilty
        Eb           Dm     Gm
For the killing of a depu   ty
        Eb        Dm     Gm
For the life of a depu   ty    But I say?
 
(Play Main Riff)
D 5-3------------------
A ----5-3-35---3------
E ----------------6--3
 
[Chorus] 
Gm                 Cm                      Gm
I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense
Gm                 Cm                      Gm
I shot the sheriff, and they say it is a capital offense
 
[Verse 2]
Eb      Dm          Gm
Sheriff John Brown always hated me
Eb     Dm         Gm
For what I don't know
Eb     Dm          Gm
Every time that I plant a seed
  Eb             Dm         Gm
He said "Kill it before it grows"
  Eb             Dm         Gm
He said "Kill it before it grows"   I say!
 
(Play Main Riff)
 
 
[Chorus]
Gm                 Cm                      Gm
I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense
Gm                 Cm                      Gm
I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense
 
[Verse 3]
Eb      Dm         Gm
Freedom came my way one day
Eb      Dm           Gm
And I started out of town yeah
Eb        Dm           Gm
All of a sudden I see sheriff John Brown
Eb         Dm       Gm
Aiming to shoot me down
   Eb   Dm    Gm
So I shot, I shot him down    I say!
 
(Play Main Riff)
 
[Chorus]
Gm                 Cm                       Gm
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy
Gm                 Cm                       Gm
I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot the deputy
 
[Verse 4]
Eb     Dm         Gm
Reflexes got the better of me
Eb     Dm         Gm
And what is to be must be
Eb     Dm             Gm
Every day the bucket falls to the well
Eb              Dm          Gm
But one day the bottom will drop out
Eb        Dm                Gm
Yes, one day the bottom will drop out   But I say
 
(Play Main Riff)
 
[Chorus]
Gm                 Cm                       Gm
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy, oh no
Gm                 Cm                       Gm
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot no deputy, oh no
 
[Ending]
Cm  Dm  Gm
Cm  Dm  Gm  (repeat and fade)

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