"You're All I've Got Tonight" is a song by The Cars, from their debut album, The Cars. Like "Bye Bye Love" and "Moving in Stereo", two other songs from the album, it continues to receive airplay on classic rock stations today despite never having been released as a single. Undoubtedly, one of the main reasons for its popularity on classic rock stations is Elliot Easton’s amazing guitar playing throughout this song.
Here’s what Wikipedia says about the composition related to Easton’s play. Rather technical.
The G to A progression leads back to the A - A♯ - B riff of the next verse. Over the B power chord, lead guitarist Elliot Easton plays a trill between the notes D and D♯, respectively the minor and major thirds of the B chord, which reinforces the ambivalence of the song's key. During the second and third verses, a call and response effect is created between Ric Ocasek's vocals and Easton's lead guitar fills. (Both of which are, increasingly, derived from the B blues scale.)
After the second chorus, there is a brief, melodic guitar solo over the chorus music. After the third chorus, the band vamps over a B power chord, creating a feeling similar to the verses, as a new solo gradually emerges. During this solo, keyboardist Greg Hawkes alternates between high-pitched triads of A major and B major, while the rhythm guitars and bass remain on B. Ocasek's rhythm guitar part is strummed with the accents primarily on the off-beat eighth notes, a technique heard earlier on the album, in "Good Times Roll", another song centering on the chords B, A, and G.
After the second solo, there is one last iteration of the chorus, and the song ends abruptly.
• The song was covered by The Smashing Pumpkins for the box set The Aeroplane Flies High.
• The band Millions covered the song for the tribute album Substitution Mass Confusion: A Tribute to The Cars.
Here's the TAB: www.dropbox.com/s/ovsot9fcajo...
24 фев 2017
