Toots and the Maytals, originalmente llamados simplemente The Maytals, es un influyente grupo jamaicano de música ska y reggae.
Su líder, Frederick "Toots" Hibbert, nació en May Pen, Clarendon, Jamaica en 1945. Creció cantando música gospel en el coro de una iglesia, pero se trasladó a Kingston en 1961, donde conoció a Henry "Raleigh" Gordon y a Nathaniel "Jerry" McCarthy. Juntos formaron el trío vocal The Maytals. En 1962-63 grabaron el álbum "Never Grow Old - presenting the Maytals"
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
...POMP AND PRIDE... by Toots and the Maytals --------------------.........................
*from 'Funky Kingston' (1973)*
Intro:
EBF#B (x2)
Verse 1:
EB Everybody just cryin' out, (cry out), calm down, (calm down), F#B Have your pomp and pride. BE Calm down, (calm down), calm down, (calm down), F#B Have your pomp and pride.
Verse 2:
EB Everybody just cryin' out, (cry out), calm down, (calm down), F#B Have your pomp and pride. EB Is it an opulin, Iceland, calm down, F#B Have your pomp and pride.
Chorus 1:
EBF#B For to-day, to-day, to-day is a happy day. EBC#F#7 For to-night, to-night, can be another night... F#7 Do re mi, fah so la te do...
Verse 3:
EB Everybody just crying, crying, sighing, sighing, F#B Dying to see the light. EB And when they see it, they see it's not bright, F#B Can this be right?
Break:
EBF#B (x2)
Verse 4:
EB Everybody just cryin' out, (cry out), calm down, (calm down), F#B Have your pomp and pride. EB Is it an opulin, Iceland, calm down, F#B Have your pomp and pride.
Chorus 2:
EBF#B For to-day, to-day, to-day is a happy day. EBC#F#7 For to-night, to-night, can be another night... F#7 Do re mi, fah so la te do...
Verse 5:
EB Everybody just cryin' out, (cry out), calm down, (calm down), F#B Have your pomp and pride. EB Is it an opulin, Iceland, calm down, F#B Have your pomp and pride.