Africa chords by Toto (Official Version)
Intro 1
A
G#m7
C#m7
A
G#m7
C#m7
A
G#m7
C#m7
A
G#m7
C#m7
Verse 1
B
D#m7
G#m7
I hear the drums echoing tonight
B/F#
A/E
But she hears only whispers of some
E/F#
E/G#
A
G#m7
C#m7
quiet conversation
B
D#m7
G#m7
She's coming in, twelve thirty flight
B/F#
A/E
The moonlit wings reflect the stars that
E/F#
E/G#
guide me towards salva
A
G#m7
C#m7
tion
B
D#m7
G#m7
I stopped an old man along the way
B/F#
A/E
Hoping to find some old forgotten words
E/F#
E/G#
or ancient melo
A
G#m7
C#m7
dies
B
D#m7
G#m7
He turned to me as if to say
A
"Hurry boy, it's waiting there for you"
G#m7
C#m7
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Chorus 1
F#m
Dadd9
It's gonna take a lot
A
E
to drag me away from you
F#m
Dadd9
There's nothing that a hundred men
A
E
or more could ever do
F#m
Dadd9
A
E
I bless the rains down in Africa
F#m
Dadd9
Gonna take some time to do the
A
C#m7
E
F#m
E/G#
things we never had (ooh)
Interlude 1
A
Abm7
Dbm7
(Ooh)
A
Abm7
Dbm7
Verse 2
B
D#m7
G#m7
The wild dogs cry out in the night
B/F#
A/E
As they grow restless, longing for some
E/F#
E/G#
A
G#m7
C#m7
solitary compa ny
B
D#m7
G#m7
I know that I must do what's right
B/F#
A/E
E/F#
As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus
E/G#
A
G#m7
C#m7
above the Serengeti
B
D#m7
G#m7
I seek to cure what's deep inside
A
frightened of this thing that I've become
G#m7
C#m7
Chorus 2
F#m
Dadd9
It's gonna take a lot
A
E
to drag me away from you
F#m
Dadd9
There's nothing that a hundred men
A
E
or more could ever do
F#m
Dadd9
A
E
I bless the rains down in Africa
F#m
Dadd9
Gonna take some time to do the
A
C#m7
E
F#m
E/G#
things we never had (ooh)
Interlude 2
A
Abm7
Dbm7
(Ooh)
A
Abm7
Dbm7
Solo 1
B
D#m7
G#m7
B/F#
A/E
F#sus4
E/G#
A
G#m7
C#m7
B
D#m7
G#m7
A
Hurry boy, she's waiting there for you
G#m7
C#m7
Chorus 3
F#m
Dadd9
It's gonna take a lot
A
E
to drag me away from you
F#m
Dadd9
There's nothing that a hundred men
A
E
or more could ever do
F#m
Dadd9
A
E
I bless the rains down in Africa
F#m
Dadd9
A
E
I bless the rains down in Africa
F#m
Dadd9
A
E
I bless the rains down in Africa
F#m
Dadd9
A
E
I bless the rains down in Africa
F#m
Dadd9
A
E
I bless the rains down in Africa
F#m
Dadd9
Gonna take some time to do the
A
C#m7
E
F#m
E/G#
things we never had (ooh)
Outro 1
A
G#m7
C#m7
(Ooh)
A
G#m7
C#m7
A
G#m7
C#m7
A
G#m7
C#m7
[Repeat and fade]
Africa
Toto
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