Toto-Rosanna
[Intro BPM - 85]Drums - same approach as with Superstition - both hands playing drums on body
Final snare with RH so can bring LH hand over to play G
[G]
[Verse - start with sort of power chords]
[G] All I wanna do when I wake up
in the morning is see you eyes
Rosanna, Rosanna
[F9] I never thought that a girl like you
could ever [Em7] care for me, Ros [G] anna [CC] (big riff)
[F] All I wanna do in the middle of
the evening is hold you tight (stay on chest voice)
(Head voice) Rosanna, Rosanna
[Eb x65343] I didn't know you were looking for
more than [Dm7] I could ever give
[Chorus] - play double time,slight slap on strings for snare
[Gm] Not quite a year since she
[F/A] went a [Bb] way, Ros [Eb x65343] an [Bb] na [F] yeah
[Gm] Now she's gone and I [F/A] have to [Bb] say
[Eb Eb, Bb Bb, F F - sustain F - Drums - play triplets just with right hand - keep bass drum going
then on final stab play high F5 x-x-10-10-13-13]
(drums (s) = snare, b = bass)
[F] (s)Meet [Gm] (s)you [Cm7] all the way (b bxb), (bb)[Eb x65343] (bb)[Bb] (bb)[F]
[F] Meet [Gm] you [Cm7] all the way, Ros [Eb x65343] ann [Bb] a [F] yeah
[F] Meet [Gm] you [Cm7] all the way, [Eb x65343] [Bb] [F]
[F] Meet [Gm] you [Cm7] all the way, (no snare on this one)
Ros [Eb x65343] ann [Bb] a [F] yeah
[Verse]
[G] I can see your face still shining through
the window on the other side
Rosanna, Rosanna
[F9] I didn't know that a girl like you could
make me feel so [Em7] sad, Rosanna [G] [C]
[F] (stay on chest voice)
All I wanna do is tell you now you'll never ever have to compromise
(Head voice) Rosanna, Rosanna
[Eb] I never thought that losing you
could ev [Dm7] er hurt so bad
[Chorus] - play double time,slight slap on strings for snare
[Gm] Not quite a year since she
[F/A] went a [Bb] way, Ros [Eb x65343] an [Bb] na [F] yeah
[Gm] Now she's gone and I [F/A] have to [Bb] say
[Eb Eb, Bb Bb, F F - sustain F - Drums xxS SBB SxS SBB SxS]
[F] Meet [Gm] you [Cm7] all the way, [Eb x65343] [Bb] [F]
[F] Meet [Gm] you [Cm7] all the way, Ros [Eb x65343] ann [Bb] a [F] yeah
[F] Meet [Gm] you [Cm7] all the way, [Eb x65343] [Bb] [F]
[F] Meet [Gm] you [Cm7] all the way, Ros [Eb x65343] ann [Bb] a [F] yeah
[Instrumental - Verse Chords]
G G G F9 Em7 G (G C)
Guitar Solo
F F F F Eb Eb Dm7 Dm7
[Chorus] - play double time,slight slap on strings for snare
[Gm] Not quite a year since she
[F/A] went a [Bb] way, Ros [Eb x65343] an [Bb] na [F] yeah
[Gm] Now she's gone and I [F/A] have to [Bb] say
[Eb Eb, Bb Bb, F F -Break]
[F] Meet [Gm] you [Cm7] all the way, [Eb x65343] [Bb] [F]
[F] Meet [Gm] you [Cm7] all the way, Ros [Eb x65343] ann [Bb] a [F] yeah
[F] Meet [Gm] you [Cm7] all the way, [Eb x65343] [Bb] [F]
[F] Meet [Gm] you [Cm7] all the way, Ros [Eb x65343] ann [Bb] a [F] yeah
[Drum fill - Drum xxS SSS SxS SSS SxS - keep bass drum on 1 through]
Then xxS Sxx Sxx B on (SS)Meet (S)You (B)All
[F] Meet [Gm] you [Cm7] all the way, [Eb,] [Bb,] [F]
[F] Meet [Gm] you [Cm7] all the way, Ros [Eb] ann [Bb] a [F] yeah
[F] Meet [Gm] you [Cm7] all the way, [Eb,] [Bb,] [F]
[F] Meet [Gm] you [Cm7] all the way, Ros [Eb] ann [Bb] a [F] yeah
[Piano and guitar solo out in Gm]
Keyboard/Guitar Riff: Fade
[Notes]
Horn run - MUTED strum up and down to help higher notes ring out
- don't fret little finger on E of D ever - keep floating
--3123123 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
E ---1--111-1-------3-p1-1-1---1--
B ---1--331-1-------1----3-3---1--
G ---2--222-2-------2----2-2---2--
D ---x--xxx-x-------x----x-x---3--
A ---3--333-3-------3----3-3---3
E ---1--111-1-------1----1-1---1
+snare +snare
Horn run
--3123123 1 2 3 1 2 3
E --------4p3p1-------13--
B ---0356-------3(3)--13--
G --3-----------------10--
D --------------------10--
A ------------------------
E ------------------------
OR
Horn run
--3123123 1 2 3 1 2 3
E ---1--111-1----------------13--
B ---1--331------------------13--
G ---2--222------13p12p10----10--
D ---3--xx3--------------12--10--
A ---3--333---------------
E ---1--111---------------
Or
Finger flick for Rosanna on horn line during G
3x003x-3x00x3-----3x005x-3x003x
1------2----Flick-----Flick---Flick
Imply horn part on G during Rosanna - play G6 320000 or
3x003x -- 3x0000 3x0003 3x0003 3x0000 3x003x Drum fill after 'have to say'
xxS SSS SxS SSS SxS - hard hit on final snare - try flam
Bxx xxx Bxx xxx Bxx
Meet you all the way - play F and Gm with Snare
Consider using x65343 version of Eb for parts of the song
F9 is Fsus2 at 8th fret, Em7 at 7th fret
bring arms all the way round for intro (mute strings with left arm)
play hihat on side of guitar and play same figure as original