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Intro 1
(G major) (D major) (G major) (E major) (A minor) (D major) (C sharpdim)
(C major) (A minor) (D major) (G major) (A minor) (D major) (G major) (C major) (C sharpdim)
(D major) (E major)
(A minor) (D major)
Every (G major) time
Verse 1
I (A minor) drink don't think of (B minor) Mother Africa, (E minor)
(A minor) nor do (D major) I want (G major) to cry
It's my desire (A minor) that I'm
(B minor) bound to go (B flat major) back there, (A minor)
long be (D major) fore I (G major) die
How (C major) a park wind drummer
could have (G major) ever come so (D major) far?
I can't understand,
(G major) you have to (C major) be strong
To (C sharpdim) withstand (B minor) all that (E minor) torture
power (A minor) (D major) to the black man (G major)
Beat out the drums, sweetie
Help me (D major) to remember
That land I love so dearly
My mother Africa, (B minor)
but for the (G major) long journey
I would a (C major) gone already, (C sharpdim)
back to (F sharp major) where (B minor) land is power
In (E major) the home of my (A minor) forefathers (D major) (G major) (D major)
(G major) (C major) (C sharpdim) (B flatdim) (B minor) (E major) (A minor) (D major)
The (G major) values inher (A major) ited (B minor) from Africa, (E minor) (A minor)
I have them (D major) to show (G major)
And the messages they (A minor) beat out (B minor)
on the (B flat major) tum (B minor) ba you'll (A major) (D major) hear in Calypso (G major)
In spite (C major) of the old (A minor) colo (G major) nial trick
ery (D major) to divide an (G major) d rule
Africa (C major) is (C sharpdim) now coming (G major) together,
(A minor)
proud, (D major) black and beautiful
(G major) Beat how we drum, sweetly,
help (D major) me to remember
That (A major) (D major) land I love so dearly,
my mother Africa
(G major) But (B minor) for (G major) the long journey,
I would have (C major) gone already
(B flatdim) Back to (F sharp major) where (B minor) land is power,
(E major) in the home of my (A minor) forefather (D major) (G major)
(D major) (G major) (C major) (C sharpdim) (D major) (B minor) (E major) (A minor) (D major)
(G major)
I will learn their customs (A minor)
and (B minor) their language (A minor) too,
have no (D major) time to (G major) waste
By the time I (A minor) can (B minor) say,
darling, I (B flat major) love (A minor) you,
trouble (D major) in the place
(G major) But their pride (C major) and charm,
(D major) love (G major) and dignity, (D major)
I will not ab (G major) use
So if you (C major) want (D major) a man as
your (G major) am bassad (B minor) or,
(A minor) I'm (D major) the one to choose (G major)
(D major) Beat (G major) down the drums sweetly
Help me (D major) to remember
That (A major) (D major) land I love so dearly
(A major) My (D major) mother Africa
(G major) One (B minor) (G major) for the long journey
I would a (C major) gone already
(C sharpdim) Back to (F sharp major) a (D major) landless power
In (E major) the home of (D major) my forefather
(G major) (C major) (C sharpdim) (D major) (E major) (A minor)
(D major)
(G major) My friends keep teasing (A minor) (B minor) me
about cul (E minor) ture shock
(A minor) Beg (D major) ging me stay home, (G major) (D major)
(G major) but all who want to (A minor) talk
(D major) Well, (B minor) let them talk,
(A minor) Africa, (D major) here I (G major) come
I'm (C major) on my way to (G major) Ghana, Nigeria, (D major)
then to Uganda (G major)
Then I'll start (C major) my jour (D major) ney back home
(G major) To (D major) the Congo, (A minor) London and (D major) Antigua
(G major) Beat (D major) down the (G major) drums, sweetly
(E minor) Help (D major) me to remember
That (A major) (D major) land (A minor) I (D major) love so dearly,
(A minor) my (D major) mother Africa
(G major) But (B minor) (G major) for the love you need,
I would have (C major) gone already
(C sharpdim) Back (Edim) (C sharpdim) to (F sharp major) where (B minor) land is power, (E major)
in the home of my (A major) (A minor) forefathers (D major)
Outro 1
(G major)
(D major) (G major) (C major) (Edim) (F sharp major) (B minor) (E major) (A minor) (D major)
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