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Africa Tab

by Toto


Africa - Toto (E Flat Tuning)

Intro- ,, x4 [Play  as  passing chord]

                        
V1 I hear the drums echoing tonight
                                                 Intro Chords x1
   But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation
                             
   She's coming in twelve-thirty flight
                                                              Intro Chords x1
   Her moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards salvation
                              
   I stopped an old man along the way
                                                      Intro Chords x1
   Hoping to find some old forgotten words or ancient melodies
                                           Intro Chords x1
   He turned to me as if to say: "Hurry boy, it's waiting there for you"

                                        
Ch 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
                                              , Intro Chords x2
   Gonna take some time to do the things we never had

                             
V2 The wild dogs cry out in the night
                                                  Intro Chords x1
   As they grow restless longing for some solitary company
                             
   I know that I must do what's right
                                                     Intro Chords x1
   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

Repeat Chorus

Solo Chords-        [Intro Chords x1]   

                                
Hurry boy, she's 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 x5
                                            
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had

Outro- Intro Chords x4