Africa

[Intro]
A G#m C#m A G#m C#m A G#m C#m A G#m C#m

[Verse 1]
B                 D#m7            G#m7
 I hear the drums echoing tonight,
    B/F#               A/E          E/F#        G#m7 A   G#m C#m
But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversa__tion.
B               D#m7                    G#m7
 She's coming in    twelvethirty flight,
    B/F#             A/E                 E/F#
Her moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards
   G#m7 A   G#m C#m
salva__tion.
B                D#m7                  G#m7
 I stopped an old    man along the way,
B/F#                A/E                E/F#
Hoping to find some old forgotten words    or ancient
G#m7  A    G#m C#m
me  lodies.
B               D#m7            G#m7
 He turned to me    as if to say

[Chorus]
                  A
"Hurry, boy, it's waiting there for you.
G#m C#m
F#m                  D               A            E
   It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you,
F#m                       D                  A
   There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever
   E
do,
F#m                 D        A      E
   I bless the rains down in Africa.
F#m                    D          A               C#m E F#m E/G#
   Gonna take some time to do the things we never had.

[Interlude]
A G#m C#m A G#m C#m

[Verse 2]
B              D#m7                 G#m7
 The wild dogs cry out in the night,
        B/F#          A/E              E/F#     G#m7 A  G#m C#m
As they grow restless longing for some solitary company.
B             D#m7                    G#m7
 I know that I    must do what's right
        B/F#        A/E         E/F#             G#m7   A  G#m C#m
Sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti.
B              D#m7              G#m7
 I seek to cure    what's deep inside.

[Chorus]
                   A
Frightened of this thing that I've become.
G#m C#m
F#m                  D               A            E
   It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you,
F#m                       D                  A
   There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever
   E
do,
F#m                 D        A      E
   I bless the rains down in Africa.
F#m                    D          A               C#m E F#m E/G#
   Gonna take some time to do the things we never had.

[Interlude]
A G#m C#m A G#m C#m

[Solo]
B D#m7 G#m7 B/F# A/E E/F# G#m7
A G#m C#m B D#m7

[Chorus]
G#m7                  A
    "Hurry, boy, it's waiting there for you.
G#m C#m
F#m                  D               A            E
   It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you,
F#m                       D                  A
   There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever
   E
do,
F#m                 D        A      E
   I bless the rains down in Africa.
F#m                 D        A      C#m
   I bless the rains down in Africa.
F#m                 D        A      E
   I bless the rains down in Africa.
F#m                 D        A      E
   I bless the rains down in Africa.
F#m                 D        A      E
   I bless the rains down in Africa.
F#m                    D          A               C#m E F#m E/G#
   Gonna take some time to do the things we never had.

[Outro]
A G#m C#m A G#m C#m A G#m C#m A G#m C#m
A G#m C#m A G#m C#m A G#m C#m A G#m C#m
A G#m C#m