Africa
Toto
[F] [Am] x4
[G] I hear the [Bm] drums echoin’ to-[Em]-night
[Em7] She hears only [F] whispers of some [Am] quiet conver-[Em]-sation
[F] [Am]
[G] She's coming [Bm] in twelve thirty [Em] flight
The [Em7] moonlight winds re-[F]-flect the stars that [Am] guide me toward sal-[Em]-vation
[F] [Am]
[G] I stopped an [Bm] old man along the [Em] way
[Em7] Hoping to find some [F] old forgotten [Am] words or ancient [Em]
melo-[F]-dies [Am]
[G] He turned to [Bm] me as if to [Em] say
[Em7]hurry boy it's [F] waiting there for you [Am] [Am]
[Dm] Gonna take a [Bb] lot to drag me a-[F]-way from [C] you
[Dm] There's nothing that a [Bb] hundred men or [F] more could ever [C] do
[Dm] I bless the [Bb] rains down in [F] Afri-[C]-ca
[Dm] Gonna take some [Bb] time to do the [F] things we never [Am] ha-[C]-a-[Dm]-ad
[F] [Am]
[F] [Am]
[G] The wild dogs [Bm] cry out in the [Em] night
As [Em7] they grow restless [F] longing for some
[Am] solitary [Em] company[F] [Am]
[G] I know that [Bm] I must do what's [Em] right
Sure as [Em7] Kilimanjaro [F] rises like
O-[Am]-lympus above the [Em]Serengeti[F] [Am]
[G] I seek to [Bm] cure what's deep in-[Em]-side
[Em7] Frightened of this [F] thing that I've become[Am] [Am]
[Dm] Gonna take a [Bb] lot to drag me a-[F]-way from [C] you
[Dm] There's nothing that a [Bb] hundred men or [F] more could ever [C] do
[Dm] I bless the [Bb] rains down in [F] Afri-[C]-ca
[Dm] Gonna take some [Bb] time to do the [F] things we never [Am] ha-[C]-a-[Dm]-ad
[F] [Am]
[F] [Am]
Instrumental:
[G] [Bm] [Em] [Em7]
[F] [Am] [Em] [F] [Am]
[G] [Bm] [Em] [Em7]hurry boy she’s [F] waiting there for you [Am] [Am]
[Dm] Gonna take a [Bb] lot to drag me a-[F]-way from [C] you
[Dm] There's nothing that a [Bb] hundred men or [F] more could ever [C] do
[Dm] I bless the [Bb] rains down in [F] Afri-[C]-ca
[Dm] I bless the [Bb] rains down in [F] Afri-[C]-ca (I bless the rains)
[Dm] I bless the [Bb] rains down in [F] Afri-[C]-ca (ooooh the rains)
[Dm] I bless the [Bb] rains down in [F] Afri-[C]-ca
[Dm] I bless the [Bb] rains down in [F] Afri-[C]-ca
[Dm] Gonna take some [Bb] time to do the [F] things we never [Am] ha-[C]-a-[Dm]-ad
[F] [Am] x4