Toto - Africa

V1 ^CI hear the drums ^Em7echoing ^Amtonight Em7 A# Dm C Intro Chords x1 But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation ^CShe's coming ^Em7in twelve-thirty ^Amflight Em7 A# Dm C Intro Chords x1 Her moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards salvation ^CI stopped an old ^Em7man along the ^Amway Em7 A# Dm C Intro Chords x1 Hoping to find some old forgotten words or ancient melodies C Em7 Am Em7 Intro Chords x1 He turned to me as if to say: "Hurry boy, it's waiting there for you"

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V2 ^CThe wild dogs ^Em7cry out in the n^Amight Em7 A# Dm C Intro Chords x1 As they grow restless longing for some solitary company ^CI know that ^Em7I must do what's r^Amight Em7 A# Dm C Intro Chords x1 Sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti ^CI seek to ^Em7cure what's deep ^Aminside, ^Em7frightened of this ^A#thing that ^CI've beco^Dmme

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