E                                 B        F#
It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
G#m                     E              B            F#
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
G#m          E               F#
I bless the rains down in Africa
G#m              E               B             D#m  G#m  B
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had (ooh, ooh)

[Verse 1]
C#                        A#m
I hear the drums echoing tonight
A#m                 B               D#m   A#m    B   D#m
But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation
C#                  A#m
She's coming in, 12:30 flight
A#m                 B                     D#m             A#m   B  D#m
The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards salvation
C#               A#m
I stopped an old man along the way
A#m                 B              D#m             A#m   B  D#m
Hoping to find some old forgotten words or ancient melodies
C#                       A#m                    B               D#m
He turned to me as if to say, "Hurry boy, it's waiting there for you"

[Chorus]
G#m                E              B        F#
It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
G#m                     E              B             F#
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
G#m          E            B   F#
I bless the rains down in Africa
G#m              E              B              D#m F G#m B D#m
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had (ooh, ooh)

[Verse 2]
C#                      A#m
The wild dogs cry out in the night
A#m                    B                    D#m  A#m B  D#m
As they grow restless, longing for some solitary company
C                  A#m
I know that I must do what's right
A#m                     B           D#m             A#m  B  D#m
As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti
C#                         A#m                        B               D#m
I seek to cure what's deep inside, frightened of this thing that I've become

[Chorus]
G#m                E              B        F#
It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you (drag me away)
G#m                     E              B             F#
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
G#m          E            B   F#
I bless the rains down in Africa (I bless the rains)
G#m          E            B   F#
I bless the rains down in Africa (I bless the rains)
G#m          E            B   F#
I bless the rains down in Africa (down in Africa)
G#m              E              B              D#m F G#m B D#m
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had (ooh, ooh)