Toto – Africa (Guitar)
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Chords
Album: Toto IV (1982)
[Chords]
B/F# 224442
A/E 002220
[Intro]
A G#m C#m
A G#m C#m
A G#m C#m
A G#m C#m
[Verse 1]
B D#m G#m I hear the drums echoing tonight B/F# A/E C#m G#m A G#m C#m She hears only whispers of some quiet conversa - tion B D#m G#m She's coming in, twelve thirty flight B/F# A/E Bsus/F# G#m A G#m C#m The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me toward salva - tion B D#m G#m I stopped an old man along the way B/F# A/E Bsus/F# G#m A G#m C#m Hoping to find some old forgotten words or ancient melo - dies B D#m G#m A C#m He turned to me as if to say “hurry boy, it's waiting there for you”
[Chorus]
F#m D A E Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you F#m D A E There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do F#m D A E I bless the rains down in Africa F#m D A C#m E F#m E/G# A Gonna take some time to do the things we never had... A G#m C#m Ooo Ooo
A G#m C#m
[Verse 2]
B D#m G#m The wild dogs cry out in the night B/F# A/E Bsus/F# G#m A G#m C#m As they grow restless longing for some solitary compa-ny B D#m G#m I know that I must do what's right B/F# A/E Bsus/F# G#m A G#m C#m As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Ser - engeti B D#m G#m I seek to cure what's deep inside G#m A C#m Frightened of this thing that I've become
[Chorus]
F#m D A E Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you F#m D A E There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do F#m D A E I bless the rains down in Africa F#m D A C#m E F#m E/G# A Gonna take some time to do the things we never had... A G#m C#m Ooo Ooo
A G#m C#m
[Interlude]
B D#m G#m B/F#
A/E Bsus/F# G#m A G#m C#m
[Bridge]
B D#7 G#m A C#m “hurry boy, she's waiting there for you”
[Outro]
F#m D A E It’s gonna take a lot to drag me away from you F#m D A E There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do F#m D A E I bless the rains down in Africa F#m D A E I bless the rains down in Africa F#m D A E I bless the rains down in Africa F#m D A E I bless the rains down in Africa F#m D A E I bless the rains down in Africa F#m D A C#m E F#m E/G# A Gonna take some time to do the things we never had… A G#m C#m Ooo Ooo A G#m C#m (Repeat and fade)