Africa (1982) (video) (midi)

F-Em-Am F-Em-Am F-Em-Am F-Em-Am

G Bm Em

1. I hear the drums echoing tonight,

G F Am G F - Em-Am

she has only whispers of some quiet conversation.

G Bm Em

She's coming in twelve-thirthy flight,

G F Am G F -Em-Am

the moolight winds reflect the stars that guide me toward salvation.

G Bm Em

I stopped an old man along the way,

G F Am G F -Em-Am

hoping to find some old forgotten words of ancient melodies.

G Bm Em G Am F

He turned to me as if to say, hurry boy it's waiting there for you.

Dm Bb F C

Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you,

Dm Bb F C

there's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do .

Dm Bb F C

I bless the rains down in Africa,

Dm Bb F C

Gonna take some time to do the things we never had.

G Bm Em

2. The wild dogs cry out in the night,

G F Am G F - Em-Am

as they grow restless longing for some solitary company.

G Bm Em

I know that I must do what's right,

G F Am G F - Em-Am

sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti.

G Bm Em

I seek to cure what's deep inside,

G Am F

Frightened of this thing that I've become + CHORUS

Dm Bb F C

I bless the rains down in Africa ....(rep. several times and fade)

(orig. = capo 4th) (Toto)