Africa Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][F][Am]
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[Verse 1]
[G]I hear the drums e[Bm]choing tonight
[Em]But she [D]hears only whisp[F]ers
of some [Dm]quiet con[Em]versation
[F]She[Am]'s co[G]ming
[Bm]in 12: 30 fl[Em]ight
The [D]moonlit wings [F]reflect the stars that
[Am]guide me towards [Em]sal vation
[F]I s[Am]toppe[G]d an old
[Bm]man along [Em]the way
[D]Hoping to find some [F]long forgotten
words [Am]or ancient [Em]melod[F]ies[Am]
[G]He turned to [Bm]me as if to say[Em], "Hurry boy,
it's [F]waiting there for you"
[Am]

[Verse 2]
[Dm]It's gonna take [Bb]a lot to drag
me [F]away [C]from you
[Dm]There's nothing that a hundr[Bb]ed
men or [F]more could ever [C]do
[Dm]I bless the [Bb]rains down in Afri[F]ca[C]
[Dm]Gonna take some time[Bb] to do the
[F]things we never [Am]had[C][Dm]
[F]The

[Verse 3]
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[G]wild dogs
[Bm]cry out in t[Em]he night
As [D]they grow restless [F]longing for
some solit[Am]ary [Em]company[F]
[Am]I kn[G]ow that I must[Bm]
do what's [Em]right
As sure as [D]Kilimanjaro [F]rises like Olympus
[Dm]above [Em]the [F]Sera[Am]nget[G]ti
I seek [Bm]to cure what's deep inside,
[Em]frightened of this thing[F] that I've become
[Am]

[Verse 4]
[Dm]It's gonna take [Bb]a lot to drag
me [F]away from [C]you
[Dm]There's nothing that a hundr[Bb]ed
men [F]or more could ever [C]do[F]
[Dm]I bless the [Bb]rains down in Afri[F]ca[C]
[Dm]Gonna take some time[Bb] to do the thing[F]s we never had[Am][C]

[Interlude 1]
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[F][Am][G][Bm]
[Em][D][F][Dm][Em][F][Am][G]
[Bm][Em]

[Verse 5]
Hurry boy, she's [F]waiting
there for [Am]you

[Verse 6]
[Dm]It's gonna take [Bb]a lot to drag
me [F]away [C]from you
[Dm]There's nothing that a hundr[Bb]ed
men or [F]more could ever [C]do
[F]I bless the[Bb] rain[F]s [C]down[Dm] in[Bb][F][C]
[Dm]Afri[Bb]ca[F][C][Dm][Bb][F]
[C][Dm][Bb][F]
[C]Gon[Dm]na take some ti[Bb]me to do the t[F]hings we never h[Am]ad

[Outro 1]
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