Africa Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[F][Em][Am]
[F][Em][Am]
[F][Em][Am]
[F][Em][Am]

[Verse 1]
[G]I hear the drums ech[Bm]oing tonight[Em]
But [G]she hears only whi[F]spers of some
[C]quiet conver[Em]sa t[F]ion[Em][Am]
[G]She's coming in,[Bm] twelve thirty fli[Em]ght
The [G]moonlit wings re[F]flect the stars that
[C]guide me towards sal[Em]va
[F]tion[Em][Am]
[G]I stopped an old[Bm] man along the way[Em]
[G]Hoping to find some [F]old forgotten words
[C]or ancient mel[Em]o
[F]dies[Em][Am]
[G]He turned to me [Bm]as if to say[Em]
"Hurry boy, it's [F]waiting there for you"
[Em][Am]

[Chorus 1]
[Dm]It's gonna take a lot[Bb]
to drag me [F]away from [C]you
[Dm]There's nothing that a hundr[Bb]ed men
or [F]more could ever [C]do
[Dm]I bless the rains [Bb]down in A fri[F]ca[C]
[Dm]Gonna take some time[Bb] to do the
[F]things we never [Am]had [C](ooh[Dm])[C]

[Interlude 1]
[F](Ooh)[Em][Am]
[F][Em][Am]

[Verse 2]
[G]The wild dogs cry[Bm] out in the nig[Em]ht
As [G]they grow restless, [F]longing for some
[C]solitary [Em]compa[F]ny[Em][Am]
[G]I know that I m[Bm]ust do what's right[Em]
As sure as [G]Kilimanjaro [F]rises like Oly[C]mpus
above the [Em]Serenge[F]ti[Em][Am]
[G]I seek to cur[Bm]e what's deep insid[Em]e
frightened of this [F]thing that I've become
[Em][Am]

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

[Interlude 2]
[F](Ooh)[Em][Am]
[F][Em][Am]

[Solo 1]
[G][Bm][Em][G]
[F][C][Em]
[F][Em][Am]
[G][Bm][Em]
Hurry boy, she's [F]waiting there for you
[Em][Am]

[Chorus 3]
[Dm]It's gonna take a lot[Bb]
to drag me [F]away from [C]you
[Dm]There's nothing that a hundr[Bb]ed men
or [F]more could ever [C]do
[Dm]I bless the rains [Bb]down in A fri[F]ca[C]
[Dm]I bless the rains [Bb]down in A fri[F]ca[C]
[Dm]I bless the rains [Bb]down in A fri[F]ca[C]
[Dm]I bless the rains [Bb]down in A fri[F]ca[C]
[Dm]I bless the rains [Bb]down in A fri[F]ca[C]
[Dm]Gonna take some time[Bb] to do the
[F]things we never [Am]had [C](ooh[Dm])[C]

[Outro 1]
[F](Ooh)[Em][Am]
[F][Em][Am]
[F][Em][Am]
[F][Em][Am]
[Repeat and fade]