AFRICA - TOTO
A | C#m || x4
B D#m7 G#m
I hear the drums echoin' tonight
[ch]G#m/F#[/ch] A/E E/F# E/G# A C#m
She hears only whispers of some quiet conversa - tion
B D#m7 G#m [ch]G#m/F#[/ch]
She's coming in twelve thirty flight the moonlit wings
A/E E/F# E/G# A C#m
Reflect the stars that guide me toward salva-tion
B D#m7 G#m
I stopped an old man along the way
[ch]G#m/F#[/ch] A/E E/F# E/G# A C#m
Hoping to find some old forgotten words or ancient melo-dies
B D#m7 G#m A C#m
He turned to me as if to say hurry boy it's waiting there for you
F#m D A E
Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
F#m D A E
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
F#m D A E
I bless the rains down in Africa
F#m D A C#m E F#m E/G# A C#m
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had
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B D#m7 G#m
The wild dogs cry out in the night
[ch]G#m/F#[/ch] A/E E/F# E/G# A C#m
As they grow restless longing for some solitary compa-ny
B D#m7 G#m
I know that I must do what's right
[ch]G#m/F#[/ch] A/E E/F# E/G# A C#m
Sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serenge-ti
B D#m7 G#m
I seek to cure what's deep inside
G#m A C#m
Frightened of this thing that I've become
F#m D A E
Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
F#m D A E
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
F#m D A E
I bless the rains down in Africa
F#m D A C#m E F#m E/G# A C#m
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had
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SOLO: B D#m7 G#m [ch]G#m/F#[/ch] A/E E/F# E/G# A C#m
B D#m7 G#m G#m A C#m
hurry boy it's waiting there for you
F#m D A E
Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
F#m D A E
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
F#m D A E
I bless the rains down in Africa [REPEAT X4]
F#m D A C#m E F#m E/G# A C#m
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had
Notes: The chords are correct, I spent years playing the wrong bass notes before
learning them.
I've changed the line "she has only whispers" to "she hears" because it makes more
sense. Official lyrics have "she has". Enjoy.
