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Giveon – For Tonight Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsEm C G5 G

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[Intro ]
Em   C    G5   Em   C    G

[Verse 1]
Em            C   G
   We've been done long
   before it all begun
Em       C              G
   Still can't give it up
Em         C  G
   Lead me on  but leave
   before the morning comes
Em               C
Even though it's what we want,
G
can't keep this up for long

[Pre-Chorus 1]
    Em             C
But I just, I just don't
             G
wanna leave you
Might just, might just
throw away the reasons
Em     C           G
Why we both can't lay here
    Em
And secret, secret,
C
both gotta keep it
G
Honest, honest, that's just a game
   Em      C           G
We know we both can't play

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[Chorus 1]
      Em     C    G
For tonight, I'm yours
     Em  C    G
So deny  the truth
             Em   C       G
We'll stay behind closed doors
                         Em  C     G
'Cause all I wanna do is lie with you
                          Em  C     G
Even though it's wrong to lie with you

[Verse 2]
Em         C   G
   We've become numb to what
   we know is wrong
Em            C          G
   But no one knows but us
Em              C   G
   The feelings rush every
   single time we touch
Em               C
Even though it's what we want,
G
can't keep this up for long

[Pre-Chorus 2]
    Em             C
But I just, I just don't
             G
wanna leave you
Might just, might just
throw away the reasons
Em     C           G
Why we both can't lay here
    Em              C
And secret, secret, both gotta keep it
G
Honest, honest, that's just a game
   Em      C           G
We know we both can't play

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[Chorus 2]
      Em     C    G
For tonight, I'm yours (I'm yours)
     Em  C    G
So deny  the truth (deny the truth)
             Em   C       G
We'll stay behind closed doors
'Cause all I wanna do
   Em  C     G
is lie with you

[Outro]
      Em     C   G
For tonight, I'm yours
     Em  C   G
So deny  the truth
             Em   C      G
We'll stay behind closed doors
'Cause all I wanna
      Em  C    G
do is lie with you
Even though it's wrong,
     Em  C    G
I'll lie with you

How to play For Tonight: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for For Tonight by Giveon on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

For Tonight by Giveon is built around C major (no sharps or flats), with 4 chords in all: Em, C, G5 and G.

Listen for Em – C – G – Em (iii – I – V – iii in C major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is mi – doh – soh – mi. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Beginner-friendly: on guitar every chord is an open shape, which makes this a good song to learn early on.