Africa

A
E~G~
C~m
A
E~G~
C~m
A
E~G~
C~m
A
E~G~
C~m
B
D~m
G~m
I hear the drums echoing tonight
B~F~
A~E
But she hears only whispers of some
E~F~
G~m
A
E~G~
C~m
quiet conversati    on
B
D~m
G~m
She’s coming in twelve-thirty flight
B~F~
A~E
Her moonlit wings reflect the stars
E~F~
G~m
A
E~G~
C~m
that guide me towards salvation
B
D~m
G~m
I stopped an old man along the way
B~F~
A~E
Hoping to find some old
E~F~
G~m
A
E~G~
C~m
forgotten words or ancient melo    dies
B
D~m
G~m
He turned to me as if to say:
A
E~G~
C~m
“Hurry boy, it’s waiting there for you”
F~m
D
A
E
It’s 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
Gonna take some time to do
A
C~m
E
F~m
E~G~
the things we never had
A
E~G~
C~m
A
E~G~
C~m
B
D~m
G~m
The wild dogs cry out in the night
B~F~
A~E
As they grow restless longing
E~F~
G~m
A
E~G~
C~m
for some solitary company
B
D~m
G~m
I know that I must do what’s right
B~F~
A~E
Sure as Kilimanjaro rises
E~F~
G~m
A
E~G~
C~m
like Olympus above the SerengetI
B
D~m
G~m
I seek to cure what’s deep inside,
A
E~G~
C~m
frightened of this thing that I’ve become
F~m
D
A
E
It’s 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
Gonna take some time to do
A
C~m
E
F~m
E~G~
the things we never had
A
E~G~
C~m
A
E~G~
C~m
G~m
A
E~G~
C~m
Hurry boy, she’s waiting there for you
F~m
D
A
E
It’s 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
E
I bless the rains down in Africa
F~m
D
A
E
I bless the rains down in Africa
F~m
D
A
E
I bless the rains down in Africa
F~m
D
A
E
I bless the rains down in Africa
F~m
D
Gonna take some time to do
A
C~m
E
F~m
E~G~
the things we never had
A
E~G~
C~m
A
E~G~
C~m
A
E~G~
C~m
A
E~G~
C~m

C~m

E~G~

D

F~m

D~m

B~F~

B

A

E~F~

A~E

G~m

E