AFRICA

Tom: G
Intro:  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 + REFRAIN 
Dm                Bb            F  C
    I bless the rains down in  Africa ....(fade)