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Africa Tab

by Toto


LET IT BE CLEAR, I'M NOT BASING THIS TAB OFF ANY KNOWN PERFORMANCE OF THE SONG.  
IN RESPECTS TO THE ORIGINAL.  

THE CAPO WAS MY OWN IDEA.  ALL THE CHORD NAMES REFER TO THE FINGERINGS/POSITIONS, 
AS IF THEY WERE OPEN.  SO WHEN I SAY F#5, ITS 244XXX STARTING AT THE CAPO BEING OPEN.

PLEASE CONSIDER ALL THIS BEFORE RATING/COMMENTING. 

Africa - Toto
Standard Tuning (Capo 2nd Fret)

-   355xxx
-  244xxx
-   x244xx

-    x02220
- x42100
-  244222
-    022100
-  x50003
-  000232

-   022003
-    032013
-    320003
-    xx0232 
-  x24232


Intro:     x4

                    
I hear the drums echoing tonight
                                                
But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation
                
Shes coming in 12:30 flight
                                                             
The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards salvation
                          
I stopped an old man along the way
                                                      
Hoping to find some long forgotten words or ancient melodies
                                                            
He turned to me as if to say, "Hurry boy, its waiting there for you!"

                                          
It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
                                                  
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
                          
I bless the rains down in Africa
                                                   
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had

Bridge:     x2

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

                                          
It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
                                                  
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
                          
I bless the rains down in Africa
                                                   
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had

Solo:    x2

            
    

     

                                    
Hurry boy, shes waiting there for you

                                          
It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
                                                  
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
                          
I bless the rains down in Africa
                          
I bless the rains down in Africa
                          
I bless the rains down in Africa
                          
I bless the rains down in Africa
                          
I bless the rains down in Africa
                                                   
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had

Outro:    x4