Africa
Toto (1982)


4/4 | D - d u - u d u |
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| [F] | [F↓] [Em7↓] [Am] | [Am] | [Am] |
| [F] | [F↓] [Em7↓] [Am] | [Am] | [Am] |
| [F] | [F↓] [Em7↓] [Am] | [Am] | [Am] |
| [F] | [F↓] [Em7↓] [Am] | [Am] | [Am] |

| [G] . I hear the drums | [Bm7] echoing to- | [Em7] night |
| [G] She hears only | [F] whispers of some |
| [Am] quiet conver- | [Em7] sa- | [F] tion | [F↓] [Em7↓] [Am] |

| [G] . She's coming | [Bm7] in, twelve thirty | [Em7] flight
The moon- | [G] lit wings re- | [F] flect the stars that |
| [Am] guide me towards sal- | [Em7] va- | [F] tion | [F↓] [Em7↓] [Am] |

| [G] . I stopped an | [Bm7] old man along the | [Em7] way |
| [G] Hoping to find some | [F] old forgotten |
| [Am] words or ancient | [Em7] melo- | [F] dies | [F↓] [Em7↓] [Am] |

| [G] He turned to | [Bm7] me as if to | [Em7] say |
| [G] Hurry boy, it's | [F] waiting there for you | [F↓] [Em7↓] [Am] | [Am] | [Am] |

Chorus
| [Dm] It's gonna take a | [Bb] lot to drag me a- | [F] way 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-a-a | [C] -ad | [Dm] [C↑] oo | [F] oo | [F↓] [Em7↓] [Am] | [Am] | [Am] |
| [F] | [F↓] [Em7↓] [Am] | [Am] | [Am] |

| [G] . The wild dogs | [Bm7] cry out in the | [Em7] night
As | [G] they grow restless | [F] longing for some |
| [Am] solitary | [Em7] compa - | [F] ny | [F↓] [Em7↓] [Am] |

| [G] . I know that | [Bm7] I must do what's | [Em7] right
As sure as | [G] Kilimanjaro | [F] rises like
O- | [Am] lympus above the | [Em7] Serenge- | [F] ti | [F↓] [Em7↓] [Am] |

| [G] . I seek to | [Bm7] cure what's deep in- | [Em7] side |
| [G] Frightened of this | [F] thing that I've become | [F↓] [Em7↓] [Am] | [Am] | [Am] |

Chorus
| [Dm] It's gonna take a | [Bb] lot to drag me a- | [F] way 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-a-a | [C] -ad | [Dm] [C↑] oo | [F] oo | [F↓] [Em7↓] [Am] | [Am] | [Am] |
| [F] | [F↓] [Em7↓] [Am] | [Am] | [Am] |

Instrumental
| [G] | [Bm7] | [Em7] | [G] |
| [F] | [Am]   | [Em7] | [F] | [F↓] [Em7↓] [Am] |
| [G] | [Bm7] | [Em7] |
| [G] Hurry boy, she's | [F] waiting there for you | [F↓] [Em7↓] [Am] | [Am] | [Am] |

Chorus
| [Dm] It's gonna take a | [Bb] lot to drag me a- | [F] way 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 |
| [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] 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-a-a | [C] -ad | [Dm] [C↑] oo | [F] oo | [F↓] [Em7↓] [Am] | [Am] | [Am] |
| [F] | [F↓] [Em7↓] [Am] | [Am] | [Am] |
| [F] | [F↓] [Em7↓] [Am] | [Am] | [Am] |
| [F] | [F↓] [Em7↓] [Am↓]

#Capo on 4th fret to play along with original.

#Last Updated 10/10/22 JJ
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