{title: Africa}
{artist: Toto}
{define: Em* frets 0 4 0 0 fingers 0 3 0 0}
Intro:[F]///// [Em*]// [Am]/ x4
[G] I hear the drums [Bm] echoin’ to[Em]night, but [G] she hears only
[F] Whispers of some [Am] quiet conver[Em]sa-[F]tion [Em*] [Am]
[G] She's coming [Bm] in twelve thirty [Em] flight the [G] moonlight winds
Re[F]flect the stars that [Am] guide me toward sal[Em]va-[F]tion [Em*] [Am]
[G] I stopped an [Bm] old man along the [Em] way, [G] Hoping to find some
[F] old forgotten [Am] words or ancient [Em]melo-[F]dies [Em*] [Am]
[G] He turned to [Bm] me as if to [Em] say,
"Hurry boy she's [F] waiting there for [Am] you"
[Dm] Gonna take a [Bb] lot to drag me aw[F]ay from [C] you
[Dm] There's nothing that a [Bb] hundred men or [F] more could ever [C] do
[Dm] I bless the [Bb] rains down in [F] Afri[C]ca
[Dm] Gonna take some [Bb] time to do the [F] things we never
[Am] ha-[C]-a-[Dm] –ad [C]Ooh hoo [F] [Em*] [Am] [F] [Em*] [Am]
[G] The wild dogs [Bm] cry out in the [Em] night, As [G] they grow restless
[F] longing for some [Am] solitary [Em] compa-[F]ny [Em*] [Am]
[G] I know that [Bm] I must do what's [Em] right, sure as [G] Kilimanjaro
[F] rises like O-[Am]-lympus above the [Em]Serenge-[F]ti [Em*] [Am]
[G] I seek to [Bm] cure what's deep in-[Em]-side
[Em] Frightened of this [F] thing that I've bec[Am]ome
[Dm] Gonna take a [Bb] lot to drag me aw[F]ay from [C] you
[Dm] There's nothing that a [Bb] hundred men or [F] more could ever [C] do
[Dm] I bless the [Bb] rains down in [F] Afri[C]ca
[Dm] Gonna take some [Bb] time to do the [F] things we never
[Am] ha-[C]-a-[Dm] –ad [C]Ooh [F] [Em*] [Am] [F] [Em*] [Am]
[G] ------------ [Bm] ----------------- [Em] ---- [G] ------------------
[F] ------------- [Am] ---------------- [Em] --- [F]---- [Em*] [Am]
[G] ------------ [Bm] ----------- [Em] ---- "Hurry boy she’s [F] waiting there for [Am] you"
[Dm] Gonna take a [Bb] lot to drag me aw[F]ay from [C] you
[Dm] There's nothing that a [Bb] hundred men or [F] more could ever [C] do
[Dm] I bless the [Bb] rains down in [F] Afri[C]ca
[Dm] I bless the [Bb] rains down in [F] Afri[C]ca (I bless the rains)
[Dm] I bless the [Bb] rains down in [F] Afri[C]ca (ooooh the rains)
[Dm] I bless the [Bb] rains down in [F] Afri[C]ca
[Dm] I bless the [Bb] rains down in [F] Afri[C]ca
[Dm] Gonna take some [Bb] time to do the [F] things we never
[Am] ha-[C]-a-[Dm] –ad [C]Ooh [F] [Em*] [Am]