Song Help Request After Tonight By Justin Nozuka

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i was wondering if anyone knew the chords for "After Tonight" by Justin Nozuka. Shawn Megofna did a cover on youtube and the only chords i could get from that is D and F#m.

URL of Shawn Megofna's cover---->http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arMeimw0LNA

please and thank you.
=D
 
I think what Shawn was using was:

D (2220)
F#m (2120)
Em (4432) - sometimes he might be using G (4232) instead
F#m_high (6654)
Bm_high (7675)
Bm (4222)
F#m7 (6657)

There’s something in your eyes (D, F#m)
Is everything alright (D, F#m)
You look up to the sky (Em, F#m_high)
You long for something more darling (Bm_high)
**repeat chord progression for rest of verse

Chorus:
I know that after tonight (Bm)
you don’t have to look up at the stars no no no no (F#m, Bm)
I know by the end tonight (Bm)
you don’t have to look about the stars (F#m, Bm)
And I know that if the love is alright (Bm)
you don’t have to look up at the stars (F#m, Bm)
no no no no (G, F#m_high --> F#m7)

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But I think what Justin uses in his recording is more like:

Cm (5333)
Gm (3231)
Fm (5543)
G#_high (5346)
Bb (3211)
G# (1343)

Intro: Bb, G#, Bb, G#
There’s something in your eyes (Cm, Gm)
Is everything alright (Cm, Gm)
You look up to the sky (Fm, Gm)
You long for something more darling (G#_high)
Give me your right hand (Bb, G#)
I think I understand (Bb, G#)
Follow me and you will never have to wish again (Fm, Gm, G#_high)

Chorus:

I know that after tonight (Fm, Cm)
you don’t have to look up at the stars no no no no (Gm, Cm)
I know by the end tonight (Fm, Cm)
you don’t have to look about the stars (Gm, Cm)
And I know that if the love is alright (Fm, Cm)
you don’t have to look up at the stars (Gm, Cm)
no no no no (Bb, G#)


Either way, it's a pretty sweet song. Very Mraz-ish.
 
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Wow. How do you come up with those crazy chords, PMS? I have a hard time just fingering them all, since half of those are unorthodox voicings of the chords. But very nice work, thank you very much for posting them.
 
woah pure that a great way to write the fingering for chords. That really helped =D. Thank you so much.
 
Justin Nozuka - After Tonight

Hi People,

I've seen a few threads with this song but.. i've recently went on youtube and i found a REALLY nice cover to this on the uke, but im not really good at reading chords by ear. Can anyone help me out please?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l4HQsf-Tw0

By the way, this is my first post. If its in the wrong section i apologize. Thanks.
 
So I found the chords, but they are guitar chords....
The guy who posted it didnt know what 3 C chords were, so he named them C1, C2, C3.... These are the Chords to do that fancy slide....
But alot of the chords are on here, so hopefully this'll get you started...
Compliments of UltimateGuitar.com



(VERSE)
Am Em
There's something in your eyes
Am Em
Is everything all right
Dm Em
You look up to the sky
C1
you long for something more
C1/C2/C3
Darling
C3/C2/C1 C1/C2/C3
give me your right hand
C3/C2/C1
I think I understand
Dm Em C1
Follow me and you will never have to wish again


(CHORUS)
Dm Am
I Know that after tonight
Em Am
you don't have to look up at the stars
Dm
no no no no
Am Em
I know by the end of tonight
Am
you don't have to look up at the stars
Dm Am Em
Am
I know if the love is alright, you don't have to look up at the stars
Dm
no no no no
Am Em
I know by the end of tonight
Am
you don't have to look up at the stars
C3 C3/C2/C1
no no no no


(VERSE)
Am Em
Tell me how you feel
Am Em
and if I'm getting near
Dm Em
I'll tell you where to steer
C1
you tell me where to steer
C1/C2/C3
Darling
C3/C2/C1 C1/C2/C3
way above the clouds
C3/C2/C1
and high above the stars
Dm Em
through the unknown black holes
C1
no one knows where we are

But we'll return to earth and do it all over again


(CHORUS)
Dm Am
I Know that after tonight
Em Am
you don't have to look up at the stars
Dm
no no no no
Am Em
I know by the end of tonight
Am
you don't have to look up at the stars
Dm Am Em
Am
I know if the love is alright, you don't have to look up at the stars
Dm
no no no no
Am Em
I know by the end of tonight
Am
you don't have to look up at the stars


(BRIDGE)
F Em Am Dm Am
Come away with me
F Em Am Dm Am
Come fly away with me
Dm
Just for one night
Em
no one will ever know
C1 C1/C2/C3
no no no oh darling
C3/C2/C1
I will leave you satisfied
C1/C2/C3 C3/C2/C1
forever past time
Dm Em
You don't have to hide
C1
you're free to fly


(CHORUS)
Dm Am
I Know that after tonight
Em Am
you don't have to look up at the stars
Dm
no no no no
Am Em
I know by the end of tonight
Am
you don't have to look up at the stars
Dm Am Em
Am
I know if the love is alright, you don't have to look up at the stars
Dm
no no no no
Am Em
I know by the end of tonight
Am
you don't have to look up at the stars


(REPEAT CHORUS) - but ends with different line...

Am
you'll be looking down upon them from heaven
 
Forgot to mention, the Guitar chords work with the uke fine....
Just use standard GCEA Tuning and it'll sound dead on...
 
if anyone could make a tutorial vid for the song that would be awesome! :)
 
oh, sorry bout that i just rlly wanted one...i asked for a vid btw, not another forum link...
 
oh, sorry bout that i just rlly wanted one...i asked for a vid btw, not another forum link...
As Mick Jagger so eloquently put it, "You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometime you just might find you get what you need."
 
Hi People,

I've seen a few threads with this song but.. i've recently went on youtube and i found a REALLY nice cover to this on the uke, but im not really good at reading chords by ear. Can anyone help me out please?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l4HQsf-Tw0

By the way, this is my first post. If its in the wrong section i apologize. Thanks.

Well, in the video, his tuning is all off. That probably explains it. If you want to know how to tune it to his intonation using a chromatic tuner, set it to 445 on the calibration and do D-tuning (F# B D# G#).

B - 5433
Bb - 4322
A - 3211
Dbm - 2210
Abm - 2000
Gbm - 0231

B/Bb/A A/B B/Bb/A
Dbm Abm Dbm Abm
Gbm Abm A A
Bb/B B/Bb/A A/B B/Bb/A
Gbm Abm A A
Gbm Dbm Abm Dbm x 4
 
After Tonight - Justin Nozuka

anyone know or have the tabs of this song by Justin Nozuka?
 
Thank you megdizzle, merging this thread . . .
 
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