Toto - Africa

^BI hear the drums ^D#m7echoin' to^G#mnight B/F# A/E E/F# Emaj7/G# A G#(bass note only)C#m She has only whispers of some quiet conversa - tion ^BShe's coming ^D#m7in twelve thirty ^G#mflight the ^B/F#moonlit wings Re^A/Eflect the stars that ^E/F#guide me toward sal^Emaj7/G#va-tion ^{A G# C#m B}I stopped an ^D#m7old man along the ^G#mway ^B/F#Hoping to find som^A/Ee old forgotten^E/F# words or ancien^Emaj7/G#t melo-di^Aes ^{G# C#m B}He turned to ^D#m7me as if to ^G#msay hurry boy it's ^Awaiting there for yo^G#u ^C#m

^F#m Gonna take a ^Dlot to drag me a^Away from ^Eyou ^F#m There's nothing that a ^Dhundred men or ^Amore could ever ^Edo ^F#m I bless the ^Drains down in ^AAfri^Eca F#m D A C#m E F#m Emaj7/G# (A G# C#m) x2 Gonna take some time to do the things we never had

^BThe wild dogs ^D#m7cry out in the ^G#mnight As ^B/F#they grow restles^A/Es longing for som^E/F#e solitar^Emaj7/G#y compa-ny^{A G# C#m B}I know that ^D#m7I must do what's ^G#mright Sure as ^B/F#Kilimanjar^A/Eo rises like^E/F# Olympus above th^Emaj7/G#e Serenge-ti^{A G# C#m B}I seek to ^D#m7cure what's deep in^G#mside ^G#mFrightened of this t^Ahing that I've becom^G#e ^C#m

^F#m Gonna take a ^Dlot to drag me a^Away from ^Eyou ^F#m There's nothing that a ^Dhundred men or ^Amore could ever ^Edo ^F#m I bless the ^Drains down in ^AAfri^Eca F#m D A C#m E F#m Emaj7/G# (A G# C#m) x2 Gonna take some time to do the things we never had

^{B D#m7 G#m G#m}hurry boy it's ^Awaiting there for y^G#ou ^{C#m F#m} Gonna take a ^Dlot to drag me a^Away from ^Eyou ^F#m There's nothing that a ^Dhundred men or ^Amore could ever ^Edo ^F#m I bless the ^Drains down in ^AAfri^Eca [REPEAT X4] F#m D A C#m E F#m Emaj7/G# (A G# C#m) Gonna take some time to do the things we never had