A Thousand Years

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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]
G5/F Ebmaj7Cm7Bb/Eb
Gm(no5)
Fsus4FBbsus4BbBb/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]
F6 Ebmaj7Cm7Ebmaj7
Gsus2sus4
Fadd9
Bb/Ab Bb/AbBbsus2/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/AbBb/AbBbsus2/Ab
Bbsus2sus4/Ab
Bb/AbBb/AbBbsus2/Ab
Bbsus2sus4/Ab
(Sail me away to a distant shore
where everything's fine)

A Thousand Years chords and lyrics

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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]
[Intro]
Gm(no5)      G5/F      Ebmaj7  Cm7 Bb/Eb
Fsus4 F Bbsus4 Bb Bb/Ab   Gsus2sus4
[Verse]
Gsus2sus4
Day after day
    Gsus2sus4
The air has changed
[Pre-Chorus]
      Gsus2sus4
Where everything's fine
[Chorus]
[Verse]
Gsus2sus4
Tell me my friend
        Gsus2sus4
There's blood on the wind
[Pre-Chorus]
      Gsus2sus4
Where everything's fine
[Chorus]
[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]
      Gsus2sus4
Where everything's fine
[Chorus]
Bb/Ab  Bb/Ab Bbsus2/Ab Bbsus2sus4/Ab
where everything's fine)

A Thousand Years Chords by Toto

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