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Africa

Key of G (default)
Key of F
Key of C
Key of D
Key of E
Key of A
[Intro]
  F Em Am
  F Em Am
  F Em Am
  F Em Am
  [Verse 1]
  G                   Bm     Em
  I hear the drums echoing tonight
  G/D              F/C           Am         Em   F Em Am
  She hears only whispers of some quiet conversa - tion
  G                 Bm           Em
  She's coming in, twelve thirty flight
  G/D              F/C                    Am7              Em   F Em Am
  The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me toward salva-tion
  G              Bm             Em
  I stopped an old man along the way
  G/D                F/C            Am              Em   F Em Am
  Hoping to find some old forgotten words or ancient melo-dies
  G              Bm       Em                  F                Am
  He turned to me as if to say “hurry boy, it's waiting there for you”
  [Chorus]
  Dm                 Bb        F        C
  Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
  Dm                     Bb             F               C
  There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do       
  Dm          Bb           F   C
  I bless the rains down in  Africa
  Dm             Bb               F              Am C Dm
  Gonna take some time to do the things we never had…
      F Em Am
  Ooo Ooo
      F Em Am
  [Verse 2]
  G             Bm            Em
  The wild dogs cry out in the night
  G/D                  F/C              Am      Em   F Em Am
  As they grow restless longing for some solitary compa-ny
  G           Bm              Em
  I know that I must do what's right
  G/D                   F/C        Am               Em    F Em Am
  As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti
  G         Bm                Em
  I seek to cure what's deep inside
  Em                F                   Am
  Frightened of this thing that I've become
  [Chorus]
       Dm                 Bb        F        C
  It’s gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
  Dm                     Bb             F               C
  There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
  Dm        Bb             F   C
  I bless the rains down in  Africa
  Dm             Bb               F              Am C Dm
  Gonna take some time to do the things we never had…
      F Em Am
  Ooo Ooo
      F Em Am
  [Interlude]
  G   Bm  Em   
  G   F    Am  Em   F Em Am
  [Bridge]
  G   B7  Em                 F                  Am
              “hurry boy, she's waiting there for you”
  [Outro/Chorus]
       Dm                 Bb        F        C
  It’s gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
  Dm                    Bb              F               C
  There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
  Dm        Bb             F   C
  I bless the rains down in  Africa
  Dm        Bb             F   C
  I bless the rains down in  Africa
  Dm        Bb             F   C
  I bless the rains down in  Africa
  Dm        Bb             F   C
  I bless the rains down in  Africa
  Dm        Bb             F   C
  I bless the rains down in  Africa
  Dm             Bb               F              Am C Dm
  Gonna take some time to do the things we never had…
      F Em Am
  Ooo Ooo
      (repeat fading)
      F Em Am