Toto - How Many Times

[Intro]
D5 D7(#9)
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D5
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[Verse]
D Am Bm Am
How many years keep on slipping away
G F6 E7
And it seems that your life doesn’t matter
D7(#9)
You never had a chance
D5 D7(#9) D5
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D Am Bm Am
How many ways is a love torn apart
G F6 E7
And you look to your heart for some answers
D7(#9)
Don’t let it slip away
D5 D7(#9) D5
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[Pre-Chorus]
G7 Bb9 B7 A7 Ab7
I can’t blame myself anymore, I’ve been beaten and accused before
G7 G7 Ab7 A7
Well I took some bad advice, and I paid too high a price
B9 A7#9
I could sell my soul, you know I wouldn’t think twice

[Chorus]
Dm F Am Bb
How many times must a man fall down
Dm F Am Bb
I said whoa-oh-oh oh-oh-oh oh-ohoo
Dm F Am Bb
How many dreams have to fall to the ground
G7/B C#+
It goes on an’ on an’ on an’ on an’ on, yeah

D5 D7(#9) D5
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[Verse]
D Am Bm Am
How many times do you look for some sign
G F6 E7
That there’s hope, and your life has some meaning
D7(#9)
Almost every day,
D5 D7(#9) D5
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[Pre-Chorus]
G7 Bb9 B7 A7 Ab7
Maybe I was born to wander, I got no high hopes any longer
G7 G7 Ab7 A7
So tell me my friend, just where does it end
B9 A7#9
Is nothin’ ever gonna free me from this hell I’m livin’ in

[Chorus]
Dm F Am Bb
How many times must a man fall down
Dm F Am Bb
I said whoa-oh-oh oh-oh-oh oh-ohoo
Dm F Am Bb
How many dreams have to fall to the ground
G7/B C#+ Am
It goes on an’ on an’ on an’ on an’ on, yeah

[Instrumental]
N.C.
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(Guitar Riff in dropped D)

e |—————-|—————-|
B |—————-|—————-|
G |—————-|—————-|
D |————-5–|—————-| x7
A |—5–567—–4-|—5–567——-|
D |567–7—0–0—|567–7———-|

(Drum break)
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[Pre-Chorus]
G7 Bb9 B7 A7 Ab7
Can’t blame myself anymore, I’ve been beaten and accused before
G7 G7 Ab7 A7
So tell me my friend, just where does it end
B9 A7#9
I’m sick and tired of livin’ in a rat race that no one ever wins

[Chorus]
Dm F Am Bb
How many times must a man fall down
Dm F Am Bb
I said whoa-oh-oh oh-oh-oh oh-ohoo
Dm F Am Bb
How many dreams have to fall to the ground
G7/B C#+
It goes on an’ on an’ on an’ on an’ on, yeah

Dm F Am Bb
How many times must a man fall down
Dm F Am Bb
I said whoa-oh-oh oh-oh-oh oh-ohoo
Dm F Am Bb
How many dreams have to fall to the ground
G7/B C#+
It goes on an’on an’on an’on an’on, yeah

[Outro]
D5 D7(#9)
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D5 D5 D7(#9)
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