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!
...IN THE DARK... by Toots and the Maytals -----------------.........................
*from 'Funky Kingston' (1973)*
Intro:
D#, G#D# D#, A#7D#
D# Riddle me this, riddle me this, G#D# Riddle me, riddle me that. A#7D# I bet you don't know just where I'm at.
Verse 1:
D#G#D# In the dark, you live your life, D#A#7 In the dark, you cheat and lie. D#G#D# In the dark, you want to fuss and fight, G#D#A#7D# In the dark, you will get no life.
Interlude:
D#, G#D# D#, A#7D# Listen...
Verse 2:
D#G#D# People tell me love, love is true, D#A#7 People tell me love, what love can do. D#G#D# You keep on telling me love and then sleep, G#D#A#7D# That's when you try to turn your back on me.
Interlude:
D#, G#D# D#, A#7D#
Verse 3:
D#G#D# I'm so lonely and so blue, D#A#7 Good God, I keep on loving no one but you. D#G#D# I wonder where you go, I wonder where you are, G#D#A#7D# And I know one day soon you'll wanna, (break my heart).
Interlude:
D#, F#G#D# (x3), D#, A#7D#
Outro:
D# Riddle me this, riddle me this, G#D# Riddle me, riddle me that. A#7D# I bet you don't know just where I'm at. D# Riddle me this, riddle me this, G#D# Riddle me, riddle me that. A#7D# I bet you don't know just where I'm at.