Total Eclipse Of The Heart

Words & Music:

Jim Steinman (Bonnie Tyler)

 

Bm                                      A

Turn around, every now and then I get a little bit lonely and you're never coming round.

Turn around, every now and then I get a little bit tired of listening to the sound of my tears.

D

Turn around, every now and then

        C

I get a little bit nervous that the best of all the years have gone by.

Turn around, every now and then

I get a little bit terrified and then I see the look in your eyes.

F                   Bb

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

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

 

Turn around, every now and then I get a little bit restless and I dream of something wild.

Turn around, every now and then

I get a little bit helpless and I'm lying like a child in your arms.

Turn around, every now and then I get a little bit angry and I know I've got to get out and cry.

Turn around, every now and then

I get a little bit terrified but then I see the look in your eyes.

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

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

 

      F#m            D           E                  A

And I need you now tonight and I need you more than ever

And if you only hold me tight we'll be holding on forever.

          F#m               D                  E

And we'll only be making it right 'cause we'll never be wrong.

D                              E

Together we can take it to the end of the line.

F#m                              B

Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time.

A                                E/G#

I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark.

F#m                              B

We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks.

         D           B         C#m         D                     E

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

 

A                      F#m                   C#m                     D   A/C#

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

Bm                          E        A           F#m    D  E

There's nothing I can do, a total eclipse of the heart.

Once upon a time there was light in my life but now there's only love in the dark.

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

 

A             F#m       D   E

Turn around, bright eyes...  [repeat & out]

 





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