Africa

  F           Em  Am
A|----------------3--|    
E|-5-5-5-5-5--3------| x4 
C|-------------------|    
G|-------------------|    

[Verse 1]
G                Bm        Em
I hear the drums echoing tonight
    G              F                Am          Em F  Em Am
But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation
G            Bm               Em
She's coming in twelve thirty flight
    G               F                    Am7                 Em F  Em Am
The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards salvation
G            Bm                Em
I stopped an old man along the way
G                   F             Am               Em  F   Em Am
Hoping to find some old forgotten words or ancient melodies
G            Bm          Em                   F                 Am
He turned to me as if to say "Hurry boy, it's waiting there for you"


[Chorus]
Dm                Bb              F        C
It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
Dm                     Bb             F               C
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
Dm          Bb            F   C
I bless the rains down in Africa
Dm              Bb             F               Am C Dm Em  F  Em Am
Gonna take some time to do the things we never have    Oo-ooh


[Interlude]
F  Em Am


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


[Chorus]
Dm                Bb              F        C
It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
Dm                     Bb             F               C
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
Dm          Bb            F   C
I bless the rains down in Africa
Dm              Bb             F               Am C Dm Em  F  Em Am
Gonna take some time to do the things we never have    Oo-ooh


[Interlude]
F  Em Am


[Solo]
G Bm Em G F Am Em F  Em Am

G Bm Em G                F                 Am
        Hurry boy, she's waiting there for you


[Outro]
Dm                Bb              F        C
It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
Dm                     Bb             F               C
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
Dm          Bb            F   C
I bless the rains down in Africa
Dm          Bb            F   C
I bless the rains down in Africa (oh, bless the rain)
Dm          Bb            F   C
I bless the rains down in Africa (o-oh, bless the rain)
Dm          Bb            F   C
I bless the rains down in Africa
Dm          Bb            F   C
I bless the rains down in Africa (ooh, gotta take some time)
Dm              Bb             F               Am C Dm Em  F  Em Am
Gonna take some time to do the things we never have    Oo-ooh

F  Em Am
(Repeat and fade out)