Total eclipse of the heart    (intro) (midi)    (sample)

     Am                                                             G

1. Turn around ! Every now and then I get a little bit lonely,

     and you're never coming round.

    Am                                                              G

    Turn around ! Every now and then I get a little bit tired

     of list'ning to the sound of my (tears).

       C                                                             Bb

     Turn around ! Every now and then I get a little bit nervous,

     that the best of all the years have gone (by).

      C                                                             Bb

    Turn around ! Every now and then I get a little bit terrified,

     and then I see the look in your (eyes).

     Eb                 Ab                                                          

    Turn around, bright eyes ! Every now and then I fall a(part).

     Eb                 Ab                                                           G

    Turn around, bright eyes ! Every now and then I fall apart.

                 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

      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                        ~

      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.

                                     G          D                                C

      I really need you tonight, forever's gonna start tonight,

          D                                G

      forever's gonna start tonight.

                                           D                          B7                           Em

   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                                         D              

   Once upon a time there was light in my life, 

            B7                                       Em

     but now there's only love in the dark,

    Am                           D                             G     - Em – C – D - Em

   nothing I can say, a total eclipse of the heart.

2. Am – G         Am – G       C – Bb         C - Bb

      Eb                Ab                                                         

    Turn around, bright eyes ! Every now and then I fall a(part).

     Eb                 Ab                                                           G

    Turn around, bright eyes ! Every now and then I fall apart.

               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

      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

      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.

                                      G         D                                C

      I really need you tonight, forever's gonna start tonight,

           D                              

      forever's gonna start to(night).

      G                                  D                          B7                            Em

   Once upon a time I was falling in love, but now I'm only falling apart,

               Am                           D                              G   - Em – C 

   there's nothing I can say, a total eclipse of the heart.

      D                             G  - Em – C    Am      D                   G     

  a total eclipse of the heart,             a total eclipse of the heart.

    - Em – C – D – G              (capo 1st)            (Bonnie Tyler)