Toto – A Thousand Years (Guitar)
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Highly underrated Toto song from 1988's "The Seventh One"
Written by David Paich, Joseph Williams and Mark Williams (Lionel's Dad)
[Chords]
Gm(no5) Gsus2sus4 Bbsus2sus4/Ab e|--3-------x----------1------------| B|--x-------1----------1------------| G|--3-------2----------3------------| D|--x-------0----------1------------| A|--1-------x----------x------------| E|--3-------3----------4------------|
[Intro]
Gm(no5) G5/F Ebmaj7 Cm7 Bb/Eb
Fsus4 F Bbsus4 Bb Bb/Ab Gsus2sus4
[Verse]
Gsus2sus4
Day after day
F6 Ebmaj7 Cm7 I feel myself slowing down Ebmaj7 Fadd9 What does it mean?
Gsus2sus4
The air has changed
G5/F Ebmaj7 Cm7 It's getting harder to breath Ebmaj7 F Or so it would seem
[Pre-Chorus]
Bbsus4 Bb Bb/Ab Sail me away to a distant shore
Gsus2sus4
Where everything's fine
[Chorus]
Cm7 Ebmaj7 Fadd9 A thousand years Cm7 Ebmaj7 Fadd9 Lost in the blink of an eye Fm7 Eb/Ab If the sky keeps fallin' Bbsus4 Bbadd9 Cm7 The world will come tumblin' down Ebmaj7 Fadd9 In a thousand years
[Verse]
Gsus2sus4
Tell me my friend
F6 Ebmaj7 Cm7 Can you imagine a place Ebmaj7 Fadd9 Free of boundaries and lies
Gsus2sus4
There's blood on the wind
G5/F Ebmaj7 Cm7 Ebmaj7 F And it's come all of the way from faraway skies
[Pre-Chorus]
Bbsus4 Bb Bb/Ab Take me away to a different world
Gsus2sus4
Where everything's fine
[Chorus]
Cm7 Ebmaj7 Fadd9 A thousand years Cm7 Ebmaj7 Fadd9 Lost in the blink of an eye Fm7 Eb/Ab If the sky keeps fallin' Bbsus4 Bbadd9 Cm7 The world will come tumblin' down Ebmaj7 Fadd9 In a thousand years Cm7 Ebmaj7 Fadd9 A thousand years Cm7 Ebmaj7 Fadd9 One day for every life Fm7 Eb/Ab Just keep on going Bbsus4 Bbadd9 Cm7 We'll find you a home underground Ebmaj7 Fadd9 In a thousand years
[Instrumental break]
Gsus2sus4 F6 Ebmaj7 Cm7 Ebmaj7
Fadd9
Bb/Ab Bb/Ab Bbsus2/Ab Bbsus2sus4/Ab
Gsus2 F6 Ebmaj7 Cm7 Ebmaj7
F
Gsus2 G5/F Ebmaj7 Cm7 Ebmaj7
F
[Pre-Chorus]
Bbsus4 Bb Bb/Ab Sail me away to a distant shore
Gsus2sus4
Where everything's fine
[Chorus]
Cm7 Ebmaj7 Fadd9 A thousand years Cm7 Ebmaj7 Fadd9 Lost in the blink of an eye Fm7 Eb/Ab If the sky keeps fallin' Bbsus4 Bbadd9 Cm7 The world will come tumblin' down Ebmaj7 Fadd9 In a thousand years Cm7 Ebmaj7 Fadd9 A thousand years Cm7 Ebmaj7 Fadd9 One day for every life Fm7 Eb/Ab Just keep on going Bbsus4 Bbadd9 Cm7 We'll find you a home underground Ebmaj7 Fadd9 In a thousand years
Bb/Ab Bb/Ab Bbsus2/Ab Bbsus2sus4/Ab
Bb/Ab Bb/Ab Bbsus2/Ab Bbsus2sus4/Ab (Sail me away to a distant shore
where everything's fine)