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African Skies Chords

Music by: Simple Minds
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[Intro 1]
[Am][F][Am][G][Am][G][Am]
[G][Am][F][Am]
[F][Am][F][Am][F]
[Am][F][Am]
[F][Am]

[Verse 1]
[Am]You [Dm]say y[F]ou're surp[Am]rised[F]
[Am]I th[F]ought I'd[Dm]
[F]write [Am]today[F]
[Dm]Pieces [Am]of my[F] life[Am]
[F]That time [Dm]can't [Am]fade [F]away
[Am]

[Verse 2]
[Am]Land lies [F]dry, Africa
[Am]And the clouds roll [F]by,
[Am]Africa[F][Am]
[F][Am]
[F]I held [Dm]you e[F]very n[Am]ight[A]
[F]I believed in [Dm]all[Am][F]
you'd [Am]say[F]
[Am]Now the dust b[Dm]lows in [Am]my eyes
[F]But [Am]those drea[F]m s wo[Dm]n't
[Am]fade[F] away
[Am]

[Verse 3]
[F]
[Am]The sky burn[A]s r[Am]ed, A[F]fri[Am]ca
Don't you cry,

[Interlude 1]
Africa
[Am][Dm][Am][F][Am]
[F][Dm][F]

[Verse 4]
[Am]Africa
When you [F]cry [Dm]it ra[Am]ins ? [F]Africa
[Am]

[Interlude 2]
[F][Am][F][Am]
[F][Am][F]
[Am]

[Verse 5]
Still [F]the chil[Dm]dren [F]smile, [Am]Africa
When [F]you cry [Dm]it ra[F]ins, A[Am]frica
When the [F]wild [Dm]dogs [F]howl, [Am]Africa
Still [F]the clouds [Dm]roll [F]by,

[Outro 1]
Africa
[Am][A][Am][A][Am]
[Dm][F][Am][F][Dm]
[A][A]
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