[Intro] A A9 C#m B F#/A# G#m I hear the drums echoing tonight G#m/F# A/E E/F# E/G# A9 (A A9) C#m But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversa - tion B F#/A# G#m G#m/F# She's coming in 12:30 flight the moonlit wings A/E E/F# E/G# A9 (A A9) C#m Reflect the stars that guide me toward salva-tion B F#/A# G#m I stopped an old man along the way G#m/F# A/E E/F# E/G# A9 (A A9) C#m Hoping to find some old forgotten words of ancient melo-dies B F#/A# G#m A9 ( A A9 C#m ) He turned to me as if to say: "Hurry boy it's waiting there for you!" F#m D9 A9 E E4 E It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you F#m D9 A9 E E4 E There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do F#m D9 A9 E E4 E I bless the rains down in Africa F#m D9 A9 C#m E F#m E/G# It's gonna take some time to do the things we never had ( A A9 C#m ) ( A A9 C#m ) B F#/A# G#m The wild dogs cry out in the night G#m/F# A/E E/F# E/G# A9 (A A9) C#m As they grow restless longing for some solitary compa-ny B F#/A# G#m I know that I must do what's right G#m/F# A/E E/F# E/G# A9 (A A9) C#m Sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti B F#/A# G#m I seek to cure what's deep inside G#m/F# A A9 ( A A9 C#m ) Frightened of this thing that I've become F#m D9 A9 E E4 E It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you F#m D9 A9 E E4 E There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do F#m D9 A9 E E4 E I bless the rains down in Africa F#m D9 A9 C#m E F#m E/G# Gonna take some time to do the things we never had ( A A9 C#m ) ( A A9 C#m ) ( B F#/A# G#m G#m/F# A/E ) ( E/F# E/G# A9 G#m C#m ) B F#/A# G#m A9 G#m C#m Hurry boy she's waiting there for you F#m D9 A9 E E4 E Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you F#m D9 A9 E E4 E There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do F#m D9 A9 E E4 E I bless the rains down in Africa F#m D9 A9 E E4 E I bless the rains down in Africa F#m D9 A9 E E4 E I bless the rains down in Africa F#m D9 A9 E E4 E I bless the rains down in Africa F#m D9 A9 E E4 E I bless the rains down in Africa F#m D9 A9 C#m E F#m E/G# Gonna take some time to do the things we never had [Final] A A9 C#m