Toto is a Grammy Award winning American rock band that was formed in Los Angeles, California in 1977 by David Paich, Steve Lukather, Bobby Kimball, brothers Jeff Porcaro and Steve Porcaro, and David Hungate. The band members had met in high school and at studio sessions in the 1970s, when they became some of the busiest session musicians in the music business.
Composed entirely of seasoned studio musicians, Toto seemed to come out of nowhere. They
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Intro]
A G#m C#m
A G#m C#m
A G#m C#m
A G#m C#m
[Verse 1]
B D#m G#m
I hear the drums echoing tonight
B/F# A/E C#m G#m A G#m C#m
She hears only whispers of some quiet conversa - tion
B D#m G#m
She's coming in, twelve thirty flight
B/F# A/E C#m7 G#m A G#m C#m
The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me toward salva-tion
B D#m G#m
I stopped an old man along the way
B/F# A/E C#m G#m A G#m C#m
Hoping to find some old forgotten words or ancient melo-dies
B D#m G#m A C#m
He turned to me as if to say “hurry boy, it's waiting there for you”
[Chorus]
F#m D A E
Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
F#m D A E
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
F#m D A E
I bless the rains down in Africa
F#m D A C#m E F#m
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had...
A G#m C#m
Ooo Ooo
A G#m C#m
[Verse 2]
B D#m G#m
The wild dogs cry out in the night
B/F# A/E C#m G#m A G#m C#m
As they grow restless longing for some solitary compa-ny
B D#m G#m
I know that I must do what's right
B/F# A/E C#m G#m A G#m C#m
As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti
B D#m G#m
I seek to cure what's deep inside
G#m A C#m
Frightened of this thing that I've become
[Chorus]
F#m D A E
It’s gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
F#m D A E
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
F#m D A E
I bless the rains down in Africa
F#m D A C#m E F#m
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had...
A G#m C#m
Ooo Ooo
A G#m C#m
[Interlude]
B D#m G#m
B A C#m G#m A G#m C#m
[Bridge]
B D#7 G#m A C#m
“hurry boy, she's waiting there for you”
[Outro/Chorus]
F#m D A E
It’s gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
F#m D A E
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
F#m D A E
I bless the rains down in Africa
F#m D A E
I bless the rains down in Africa
F#m D A E
I bless the rains down in Africa
F#m D A E
I bless the rains down in Africa
F#m D A E
I bless the rains down in Africa
F#m D A C#m E F#m
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had…
A G#m C#m
Ooo Ooo
(repeat fading)
A G#m C#m