Africa chords by Toto
Intro 1
A
G#m
C#m
A
G#m
C#m
A
G#m
C#m
A
G#m
C#m
Verse 1
B
D#m
G#m
I hear the drums echoing tonight
B
A
But she hears only whispers of some
E
G#m
A
G#m
C#m
quiet conversation
B
D#m
G#m
She's coming in, twelve thirty flight
B
A
The moonlit wings reflect the stars that
E
G#m
guide me towards salva
A
G#m
C#m
tion
B
D#m
G#m
I stopped an old man along the way
B
A
Hoping to find some old forgotten words
E
G#m
or ancient melo
A
G#m
C#m
dies
B
D#m
G#m
He turned to me as if to say
A
"Hurry boy, it's waiting there for you"
G#m
C#m
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Chorus 1
F#m
D
It's gonna take a lot
A
E
to drag me away from you
F#m
D
There's nothing that a hundred men
A
E
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 the
A
C#m
E
F#m
E
things we never had (ooh)
Interlude 1
A
Abm
Dbm
(Ooh)
A
Abm
Dbm
Verse 2
B
D#m
G#m
The wild dogs cry out in the night
B
A
As they grow restless, longing for some
E
G#m
A
G#m
C#m
solitary compa ny
B
D#m
G#m
I know that I must do what's right
B
A
E
As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus
G#m
A
G#m
C#m
above the Serengeti
B
D#m
G#m
I seek to cure what's deep inside
A
frightened of this thing that I've become
G#m
C#m
Chorus 2
F#m
D
It's gonna take a lot
A
E
to drag me away from you
F#m
D
There's nothing that a hundred men
A
E
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 the
A
C#m
E
F#m
E
things we never had (ooh)
Interlude 2
A
Abm
Dbm
(Ooh)
A
Abm
Dbm
Solo 1
B
D#m
G#m
B
A
E
G#m
A
G#m
C#m
B
D#m
G#m
A
Hurry boy, she's waiting there for you
G#m
C#m
Chorus 3
F#m
D
It's gonna take a lot
A
E
to drag me away from you
F#m
D
There's nothing that a hundred men
A
E
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 the
A
C#m
E
F#m
E
things we never had (ooh)
Outro 1
A
G#m
C#m
(Ooh)
A
G#m
C#m
A
G#m
C#m
A
G#m
C#m
[Repeat and fade]
Africa
Toto
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