Cavatina, by Stanley Myers and used as the main theme in "The Deerhunter", was originally arranged by Australian guitarist John Williams for two guitars. Either in the two-guitar or the later single-guitar arrangement it is often beyond the ability of most amateurs to play – me included. So I looked at a number of arrangements which are available and decided to make my own based partly on what I had seen but rationalised to broaden its playability to a wider group. 

There are five files available, all free to download. Two are the soundtracks 

- the full piece (cavatina.mp3)

- the backing track (cavatina_backtrack.mp3) 

while the other three files are the notation/TAB files for 

- the full arrangement (cavatina_full_arrangement.pdf)

- the solo arrangement (cavatina_solo_arrangement.pdf) 

- the 2nd guitar arrangement (cavatina_2nd_guitar_arrangement.pdf) 

so you can take your pick as to the way you wish to play the piece.

My arrangement is by no ...

There are some great guitar arrangements of "Night and Day" played on YouTube but I noticed that a number of site visitors said they would at least have liked chord TAB or notation files, but they were not available. 

There are many ways to play this timeless piece including the one I am making available for free here. I've not included a melody line nor any embellishments which you can easily add yourself and, of course, you can change the construction of the chords shown in the diagrams to suit your level of playing. As for style, I would play this arrangement in argpeggios rather than strumming but you are not limited, just play to suit yourself.

Download here: https://playfingerstyle.co.uk/Night_and_Day.pdf 

Have fun!