TOTO discuss Michael Jackson's "Thriller" Chords

_ _ _ _ [E] Session drummer, the late Jeff Piccaro, was a major player on the album, as [B] was fellow
Toto band member, guitarist [E] Steve Lukather. _
_ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [E] Jeff and I got a call to work with [Ab] Quincy
on Thriller [A] Record, it's a duet with Paul McCartney.
[D] First time we met Paul, who is
a wonderful, [E] beautiful cat, and one of my all time heroes.
And Michael Jackson and Paul
McCartney are going to do a [C] duet together.
Quincy sent over the cassette [F] to Jeff, [C] and
Jeff goes, Luke, come on over [D] man, let's sit down and dig the tune.
Paul and [E] Michael, this
is going to be incredible.
So we sit down, and we're just going, this is going to [B] be
absolutely fantastic.
[E] And the song [E] starts, he goes, the doggone girl is mine.
And if
I could have a camera look on [Gb] Jeff's face, man.
We [B] fell out, man.
We fell out.
We were
cracking up at the lyric, the doggone [A] girl is mine.
The song reached number two in the
states [Gb] and number eight in Britain.
_ [Eb] Steve Lukather.
My buddy Eddie Van Halen, they wanted
him to do a solo on it.
Quincy called Eddie, who, Eddie kept hanging up on Quincy, until
he finally figured out who Quincy Jones was.
Because Eddie's Dutch, rock and roll, giant,
one of the best guitar players ever.
I kept calling Eddie, and, who is it?
I said [Ebm] Quincy
Jones.
He said, F off.
I called him four times, he didn't believe it was me.
I said, tell
us, Terkamp.
Terkamp's been calling me, it is me, you know.
And he said, oh, I'm sorry,
man.
And he finally came on in, and he put it away.
Two hours.
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_ _ _ [Bb] I'm Halen, in one room, and I'm putting him [Bbm] on Beavitt, you [Ebm] know, with the two guitars
and speakers in on [Gb] two little six-packs [Eb] of beer.
[Ebm] And Bruce is calling from next door,
he's got [Bbm] the speakers on fire, because he's mixing Beavitt, you know, and there's stuff
going on everywhere.
At that point, I never thought this was going to be a big, like,
[Ebm] single like that.
[F] And Eddie, I don't think he even got paid for the date.
To this day,
he still [Eb] talks about that.
He's like, this guy, this guy's going to pay me scale.
[Bbm] _ [Ebm] But
that gave Michael Rock credibility at Rock Radio, and that's what they were trying to
do, [Ebm] was cross over.
[F] The song, and its video, crossed right over to MTV, making [Ebm] Jackson
their number one artist.
[E] Becoming a TV and music [Abm] sensation also brought [Ab] problems that
Jackson had to learn to deal with.
Here's keyboard player and Jackson's [Dbm] friend, Greg
Fillingates.
One day, during one of the [Eb] sessions, we had some down [E] time.
There was something
wrong with the [Eb] recording desk, and so it was going to be a while, so [Dbm] Michael was getting
a little bored.
So he said to me, [Db] he says, let's go across the street, let's go shopping.
So he put on a disguise, he put on a [Eb] big Afro wig, and [Dbm] these funky jacked up [Ebm] teeth,
and dark sunglasses, and we [E] walked out of the studio, and we crossed [C] the street to the
Beverly Center, and as we're crossing, [E] I'm thinking to myself, I'm crossing the street
with [Eb] Michael Jackson, and it's just the two of us.
No security, nothing.
And we walked
in the Beverly Center, and we looked around.
I'm [E] not looking at him, I'm looking at the
people.
[Db] And he bought a couple things, [D] I think he bought a watch [Dbm] or something like that.
And the girl at the counter was like, [A] thank you.
She [E] wasn't really sure, but as we walked
away, she finally [Dbm] realized who it [E] was.
And then so we finally started getting a [B] little
crowd, then we left.
[E] No security, no big assholes, we just calmly walked out.
_ [A] _ _ [F] [Em] You could say a song [G] called Human Nature was [A] perfect then for the album, but it only found
its way onto [Em] Thriller by accident.
The song was written [A] by Steve Picaro, who'd just left
Toto.
[Em] Band members Steve Lukather [G] and Mike Picaro.
[A] Human Nature for [Am] Michael Jackson was a big one, and [Em] it's funny, because [G] that happened
like within months of [A] his leaving the band.
He had the hook, [Em] and he would play it all
the time and stuff like that.
And [A] at that point we were going, oh no man, we [F] want to
be more rock and [Em] roll.
And he kept that one in his [G] jerk bag. _
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_ _ [Gbm] Sweet seducing [A] sighs
Get me out [G] [A] into the night [G] time
Four walls won't hold me [A] tonight
_ If [D] this all is just an act for [G] me
[Em] Then let me take [E] a bite
If they say, [A] why, why
Toto, [Db] they sent over two demos, two things they felt would be right for Michael.
And
we [Gbm] left the tape on, and all of a [E] sudden, at the [Bm] end there was all this silence, and
I [G] said, why, [D] why, da da da dum dum dum dum dum.
And I said, what the hell [Em] is that?
This
is what I want to go for, because [Gbm] it's got such a wonderful [G] flavor.
[A] She knows [G] the touch of [A] a stranger
_ Electric eyes are everywhere
[A] You see [D] that girl, [G] she [A] knows I'm watching
[G] She likes the way [E] I stare
If [G] they say, why, [D] why
Stella, [Bm] that is you, I need [G] you
Why, [D] why, [Em] does it really pain
[Bm] If they say, [D] why, why
Hey, Stella, that is you, [G] I need you
Why, [D] why, does [Em] it really [Bm] pain
[Em] I'd like to live this way
I'd like love in this way _ _ _ _
_ [A] This [D] way
Michael was cutting thrill, and we were all on [E] that record.
He whipped that one out and
finished it, and we [A] were all going, oh.
[F] _ That tune may not have [G] been right for Toto at the [D] time, and also it may have [G] been cut
[E] to perfection for Toto at the [G] time, and still not been a hit.
I mean, it's [E] so arbitrary,
and it's [G] the right combination of elements and talent and the voice singing it [E] that could
make a tune fly or [G] not fly.
So, [E] fact remains, it was a great accomplishment for him and
a [A] big song for Michael.
If they say, why, [D] why
Stella, that is you, [G] I need you
Why, [D] why, does [Em] it really pain _ _ _
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