Biography:
Toro y Moi is a solo project of Columbia, South Carolina native and resident, Chaz Bear (f.k.a. Chaz Bundick). In 2009, Bear earned a BFA in Graphic Design from The University of South Carolina.
Chaz Bear's methods are constantly evolving. While heavily influenced by his parent's vinyl and tape collection, his contemporary influences are Animal Collective, Sonic Youth, J Dilla, and Daft Punk.
Toro y Moi started in 2007 as a bedroom project that quickly grew into live performance.
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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: Gm7 - Abmaj7 (repeats) Gm7 - Abmaj7 - Fm7 - Bb/Ab
Gm7 Abmaj7
Give me somewhere to be
Gm7 Abmaj7
Take me to somewhere now
Gm7 Abmaj7
You might as well waste your time with me
Fm7 Bb/Ab
If you're gonna be here
Gm7 Abmaj7 Gm7 Abmaj7
Get away from the woods that make you afraid
Gm7 Abmaj7
Down to the last new strands of thought
Fm7 Bb/Ab
Making you a target for a fight
Gm7 Abmaj7
Give me somewhere to be
Gm7 Abmaj7
Take me to somewhere now
Gm7 Abmaj7
You might as well waste your time with me
Fm7 Bb/Ab
If you're gonna be here
Gm7 Abmaj7 Gm7
I don't think I'm worth it
Abmaj7
As a best friend
Gm7 Abmaj7 Gm7
I don't want to hold you down
Abmaj7 Gm7 - Abmaj7
But if there's someone better for you
Fm7 Bb/Ab
I don't want to be around when you've gotta go
In the album version there's a little riff that goes "something" like:
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Gm7 Abmaj7
Give me somewhere to be
Gm7 Abmaj7
Take me to somewhere now
Gm7 Abmaj7
You might as well waste your time with me
Fm7 Bb/Ab
If you're gonna be here
Gm7 Abmaj7 Gm7 Abmaj7
Get away from the woods that make you afraid
Gm7 Abmaj7
Down to the last new strands of thought
Fm7 Bb/Ab
Making you a target for a fight
Gm7 Abmaj7
Give me somewhere to be
Gm7 Abmaj7
Take me to somewhere now
Gm7 Abmaj7
You might as well waste your time with me
Fm7 Bb/Ab
If you're gonna be here
Gm7 Abmaj7 Gm7
I don't think I'm worth it
Abmaj7
As a best friend
Gm7 Abmaj7 Gm7
I don't want to hold you down
Abmaj7 Gm7 - Abmaj7
But if there's someone better for you
Fm7 Bb/Ab
I don't want to be around when you've gotta go
In the album version there's a little riff that goes "something" like:
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|-8-8-------10-10-10--------------|
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Tortoise
Tortoise Stella
Tortuga Dolores
Toshinobu Kubota
Toshk