Chords for Africa

_ _ [A] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] I hear the [F] drums [Bb] echoing tonight
But she hears [Ab] only whispers [Gm] of some quiet _ [Ab] conversation
_ [Eb] She's [Bb] _
[Dm] coming in a [Gm] 1230 flight
[Bb] Her moonlight [Ab] wings reflect the [Eb] stars that [Gm] guide her toward [Ab] salvation
_ _ [Cm]
[Bb] I [Dm] swapped an old man [Bb] along the way
Hoping to [Ab] find some old [Bb] forgotten words of each of your [Ab] _
[Gm] memories
[Cm] _ [Bb] He [Dm] turns to me as [Gm] if to say
Hurry [Ab] boy, it's waiting [Cm] there for _ you
_ _ [Fm] It's gonna [Db] take a while to [Ab] take me to me
[Eb] _ _ [Fm] It's [Db] gonna take a while to get me [Ab] to you
[Eb] Bless _ [Fm] _ [Db] the rain, it's [Ab] coming _
[Eb] _ _ [Fm] It's gonna [Db] take some time to do [Ab] the things we [Cm] never [Eb] had
_ [Fm] _ [Eb] _ [Ab] _ _
[Gm] _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Gm] _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] The wild [Dm] dogs cry out [Gm] in the [Bb] night
As they grow [Ab] restless longing for [Eb] some solitary [Bb] _ [Ab] company
[Eb] I _
[Bb] know [Dm] that I [Gm] must do what's right
[Bb] Sure as Kevin the [Ab] General rises [Eb] like a membrance [Gm] of old filth
_ [Ab] _ _
_ [Cm] _ [Bb] I [Dm] seek to cure what's [Gm] deep inside
Frightened [Ab] of this thing that I've [Cm] _ become
It's [Fm] _ [Db] gonna take a while to [Ab] take me away
[Eb] _ _ [Fm] _ [Db] There's nothing I'll [Ab] remember
I'm [Eb] never gonna [Fm] do [Db] it
Bless the rain, [Ab] it's coming
[Eb] It's gonna [Fm] _ [Db] take some time to [Ab] do the things we [Cm] never had
[Eb] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Dm] _ [Bb] I hope you find a girl
[Fm] That you can [Gm] love and _ [Ab] care for
_ [Cm] _
[Bb] _ [Dm] I'll never be [Gm] able to ignore you
Hurry [Ab] boy, she's waiting there for [Cm] you
It's _
[Fm] gonna [Db] take a while to [Ab] take [Eb] me to you
[Fm] _ [Db] There's nothing that I'll [Ab] remember
God [Eb] _ _
[Fm] _ [Db] bless the rain, it's [Ab] down tonight
[Eb] _ _
[Fm] God [Db] bless the rain, it's [Ab] down tonight
[Eb] _ _
[Fm] I bless [Db] the rain, it's [Ab] down tonight
[Eb] God [Fm] bless [Db] the rain, it's [Ab] down [Eb] tonight
I [Fm] [Db] bless the rain, it's down [Ab] [Eb] tonight
[Fm] God bless the rain, it's down tonight
[Db] It's gonna take some time [Ab] to do the things we never [Cm] had
[Eb] _ [Fm] _ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] _ _ [Cm] _ _
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