HEARTACHE TONIGHT D. Henley, G. Frey, B. Seger & J.D. Souther Eagles The Long Run 1979 This song is a great one off The Long Run with Glenn on vocals and a super-easy guitar line. It is so much fun to play, so try it out, and good luck imitating the thick harmonies!
INTRO + + + + + + + + + + + + e:-6-5-----5-3-----|-----------------|-----------------| B:-6-6-----6-5-----|-----------------|-----------------| G:-7-5-----5-5-----|-----------------|-----------------| D:---------------4/|/5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-| A:---------------4/|/5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-| E:---------------2/|/3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
Now the first verse comes in a-capella, followed by the electric part shown here (at the "everybody wants to touch..." verse). It moves into the chorus, then back into another verse. The lyrics appear below. Ev'rybody wants... If it takes all night G Em G Em + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| G:---------------6/|/7~~~~~~~~~~~~~--|---------------6/|/7~~~~~~~~~~~~~--|---------------6/| D:---------------4/|/5~~~~~~~~~~~~~--|---------------4/|/5~~~~~~~~~~~~~--|---------------4/| A:-----------------|-----------------|-2---------------|-----------------|-2---------------| E:-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|
Ev'rybody wants... Make it come out right ...gonna be a G C G D + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| G:/7~~~~~~~~~~~----|---------------6/|/7~~~~~~~~~~~----|-------7-7-------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| D:/5~~~~~~~~~~~--4/|/5~~~~~~~~~~~--4/|/5~~~~~~~~~~~--6/|/7---7-7-7-------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| A:---------------2/|/3~~~~~~~~~~~----|---------------4/|/5---5-5-5-------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| E:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
heartache tonight heartache tonight... ...gonna be a heartache tonight C5 G5 C5 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| G:-0---2---3---2---|-0---2---3---2---|-----------------|-----------------|-0---2---3---2---| D:-----------------|-----------------|-0---2---3---2---|-0---2---3---2---|-----------------| A:---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---3---3-|-----------------|-----------------|---3---3---3---3-| E:-----------------|-----------------|---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---3---3-|-----------------|
a heartache tonight I know lord I know Some people like to... A5 D5 G Em + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| G:-0---2---3---2---|-----------------|-2---4---2---4-6/|/7-7-7-7-7~~~~---|---------------6/| D:-----------------|-2---4---2---4-2-|---0---0---0---4/|/5-5-5-5-5~~~~-8/|/9-9-9-9-9~~~~-4/| A:---3---3---3---3-|---0---0---0-----|-----------------|---------------6/|/7-7-7-7-7~~~~---| E:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Some folks can't hold... But nobody wants to go home now There's too much G Em G + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| G:/7-7-7-7-7~~~~---|---------------6/|/7-7-7-7-7~~~~---|---------------6/|/7-7-7-7-7~~~~---| D:/5-5-5-5-5~~~~-8/|/9-9-9-9-9~~~~-4/|/5-5-5-5-5~~~~-4/|/5-5-5-5-5~~~~-4/|/5-5-5-5-5~~~~-6/| A:---------------6/|/7-7-7-7-7~~~~---|---------------2/|/3-3-3-3-3~~~~---|---------------4/| E:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
goin' on This night is gonna last forever Last all last all G Em G + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------| B:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------| G:-----------------|---------------6/|/7-9-9-7-7~~~~---|-----------------6/|/7-9-9-7-7~~~~---| D:/7-7-7-7-7-----6/|/7-7-7-7-7~~~~-4/|/5-5-5-5-5~~~~-8/|/9-11-11-9-9~~~~-4/|/5-5-5-5-5~~~~-8/| A:/5-5-5-5-5-----4/|/5-5-5-5-5~~~~---|---------------6/|/7-7--7--7-7~~~~---|---------------6/| E:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
summer long But sometime before... The radio is gonna play that song Em + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B:-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| G:-----------------6/|/7-9-9-7-7~~~~---|---------------6/|/7-7-7-7-7~~~~---|-------7-7~~~~---| D:/9-11-11-9-9~~~~-4/|/5-5-5-5-5~~~~-4/|/5-5-5-5-5~~~~-4/|/5-5-5-5-5~~~~-6/|/7-7-7-7-7~~~~---| A:/7-7--7--7-7~~~~---|---------------2/|/3-3-3-3-3~~~~---|---------------4/|/5-5-5-5-5~~~~---| E:-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
+ + + + e:-----------------| B:-----------------| G:-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| D:-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| A:-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| E:-----------------|
Now it goes into another chorus, then we get this part again: heartache tonight...moon's shinin'..turn out... we'll get it... G5 C5 C#5 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| G:-----------------|---------------4/|/5-5-5-5-5~~~~-5/|/6-6-6-6-6~~~~---| D:-5-5-5-5-5~~~~-4/|/5-5-5-5-5~~~~-4/|/5-5-5-5-5~~~~-5/|/6-6-6-6-6~~~~-4/| A:-5-5-5-5-5~~~~-4/|/5-5-5-5-5~~~~-2/|/3-3-3-3-3~~~~-3/|/4-4-4-4-4~~~~-4/| E:-3-3-3-3-3~~~~-2/|/3-3-3-3-3~~~~---|-----------------|---------------2/|
heartache tonight heartache tonight I know... G5 D5 G5 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| G:---------------6/|/7-7-7-7-7~~~~---|-----------------|-----------------| D:/5-5-5-5-5~~~~-6/|/7-7-7-7-7~~~~-4/|/5-5-5-5-5~~~~-4/|/5-5-5-5-5~~~~~--| A:/5-5-5-5-5~~~~-4/|/5-5-5-5-5~~~~-4/|/5-5-5-5-5~~~~-4/|/5-5-5-5-5~~~~~--| E:/3-3-3-3-3~~~~---|---------------2/|/3-3-3-3-3~~~~-2/|/3-3-3-3-3~~~~~--|
Now, they play the intro again, four times: + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:-6-5-----5-3-----|-----------------|-6-5-----5-3-----|-----------------| B:-6-6-----6-5-----|-----------------|-6-6-----6-5-----|-----------------| G:-7-5-----5-5-----|-----------------|-7-5-----5-5-----|-----------------| D:---------------4/|/5-5-5-5-5~~~~---|---------------4/|/5-5-5-5-5~~~~---| A:---------------4/|/5-5-5-5-5~~~~---|---------------4/|/5-5-5-5-5~~~~---| E:---------------2/|/3-3-3-3-3~~~~---|---------------2/|/3-3-3-3-3~~~~---|
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:-6-5-----5-3-----|-----------------|-6-5-----5-3-----|-----------------|-----------------| B:-6-6-----6-5-----|-----------------|-6-6-----6-5-----|-----------------|-----------------| G:-7-5-----5-5-----|-----------------|-7-5-----5-5-----|-----------------|-----------------| D:---------------4/|/5-5-5-5-5~~~~---|---------------4/|/5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-| A:---------------4/|/5-5-5-5-5~~~~---|---------------4/|/5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-| E:---------------2/|/3-3-3-3-3~~~~---|---------------2/|/3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
They sing the first verse again, then repeat the first guitar part, then they go into a chorus. The end up doing the bridge thing from above, with a slight modification: heartache tonight...moon's shinin'..turn out... we'll get it... + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| G:-----------------|---------------4/|/5-5-5-5-5~~~~-5/|/6-6-6-6-6~~~~---| D:-5-5-5-5-5~~~~-4/|/5-5-5-5-5~~~~-4/|/5-5-5-5-5~~~~-5/|/6-6-6-6-6~~~~-4/| A:-5-5-5-5-5~~~~-4/|/5-5-5-5-5~~~~-2/|/3-3-3-3-3~~~~-3/|/4-4-4-4-4~~~~-4/| E:-3-3-3-3-3~~~~-2/|/3-3-3-3-3~~~~---|-----------------|---------------2/|
heartache tonight heartache tonight I know... gonna be + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| G:---------------6/|/7-7-7-7-7~~~~---|-----------------|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| D:/5-5-5-5-5~~~~-6/|/7-7-7-7-7~~~~-4/|/5-5-5-5-5~~~~---|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| A:/5-5-5-5-5~~~~-4/|/5-5-5-5-5~~~~-4/|/5-5-5-5-5~~~~---|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| E:/3-3-3-3-3~~~~---|---------------2/|/3-3-3-3-3~~~~---|-----------------|
a heartache tonight... + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| G:---------------6/|/7-7-7-7-7~~~~---|-----------------|-----------------| D:-5-5-5-5-5~~~~-6/|/7-7-7-7-7~~~~-4/|/5-5-5-5-5~~~~-4/|/5-5-5-5-5-------| A:-5-5-5-5-5~~~~-4/|/5-5-5-5-5~~~~-4/|/5-5-5-5-5~~~~-4/|/5-5-5-5-5-------| E:-3-3-3-3-3~~~~---|---------------2/|/3-3-3-3-3~~~~-2/|/3-3-3-3-3-------|
Now, to finish off the song, they play the intro four more times, as shown above.
LYRICS Somebody's gonna hurt someone before the night is through Somebody's gonna come undone. There's nothin' we can do. Everybody wants to touch somebody if it takes all night. Everybody wants to take a little chance, Make it come out right. There's gonna be a heartache tonight, a heartache tonight, I know. There's gonna be a heartache tonight, I know. Lord, I know. Some people like to stay out late Some folks can't hold out that long But nobody wants to go home now. there's too much goin' on. This night is gonna last forever. Last all, last all summer long. Some time before the sun comes up The radio is gonna play that song. There's gonna be a heartache tonight, A heartache tonight, I know. There's gonna be a heartache tonight, A heartache tonight, I know. Lord I know. There's gonna be a heartache tonight, the moon's shinin' bright so turn out the light, and we'll get it right. There's gonna be a heartache tonight, a heartache tonight I know. Heartache baby, Somebody's gonna hurt someone,(somebody) Before the night is through Somebody's gonna come undone, There's nothin' we can do (Everybody)Everybody wants to touch somebody if it takes all night Everybody wants to take a little chance To make it come out right There's gonna be a heartache tonight A heartache tonight, I know There's gonna be a heartache tonight, A heartache tonight ,I know Let's go. We can beat around the bushes; we can get down to the bone We can leave it in the parkin' lot, but either way, there's gonna be a heartache tonight, a hearache tonight I know. There'll be a heartache tonight a heartache tonight I know.