Africa

INTRO:  G Bm

A                C#m      F#m
I hear the drums echoing tonight
A              G                
She hears only whispers of some 
Bm         F#m      G  Bm
quiet conversations
A               C#m           
She's coming in twelve- thirty 
F#m
flight
 A                G               
The moonlit winds reflect the 
       Bm               F#m       
stars that guide me toward 
G Bm
salvation
A            C#m               F#m
I stopped an old man along the way
A                    G            
Hoping to find some old forgotten 
Bm               F#m      G Bm
words or ancient melodies
A              C#m       F#m    
He turned to me as if to say 
            G                  Bm
Hurry boy it's waiting there for you

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CHORUS:

Em             C                
It's gonna take a lot to drag me
G          D
 away from you
Em                     C         
There's nothing that a hundred 
     G               D
men or more could ever do
Em           C            G    D
I bless the rains down in Africa
Em              C           
Gonna take some time to do the 
   G                 Bm D Em  G Bm
things we never  had

A             C#m           F#m
The wild dogs cry out in the night
A                     G          
As they grow restless longing for
      Bm        F#m     G Bm
 some solitary company
A            C#m             F#m
I know that I must do what's right
A                     G      
Sure as Kilimangiaro rises like 
    Bm                 F#m     G Bm
Olympus above the Serangetti
A            C#m             F#m
I seek to cure what's deep inside
                   G               
Frightened of this thing that I've 
      Bm
become

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