Tonight Tonight

How to play Tonight Tonight by Hot Chelle Rae on guitar

These are the sounding chords. With a capo on fret 2 you play D, A, G, Dm, the shapes the player above shows.

Tonight Tonight is a fun beginner song to learn because it stays upbeat and repeats the same small group of chords. You get a steady, driving feel at about 120 BPM, so it is great for building confidence while keeping the energy up.

You can lean on the open shapes E, A, and Em, while B is the harder barre shape to watch. The main change to lock in is the back-and-forth between E and B, since that is what keeps coming around in the opening progression and throughout the song.

Start by switching slowly between E and B until the movement feels clean. Then add the rest of the cycle and loop it without stopping. Once your changes are smooth, bring the tempo up little by little until you can keep the groove going at full speed.

Use the play-along above to follow each chord change in time with the music, or learn the shapes first with the chord diagrams below.