Africa Chords by Toto

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[B] I hear the [D#m] drums echoing [G#m] tonight, [B] and she hears only [A] whispers of [E] some quiet conversation.
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[G#m] _ [C#m] _ [B] She's coming [D#m] in twelve thirty [G#m] flight, [B] her moonlit wings [A] reflect the stars [G#m] that guide me towards _ [A] salvation.
_ [G#m] [C#m] I [B] stopped [D#m] an old man along [G#m] the way, [B] hoping to find [A] some old forgotten [E] words or ancient [A] melodies.
_ [C#m] _ _ [B] He turned [D#m] to me as if [G#m] to say,
Hurry boy, [A] it's waiting there for [C#m] _ _ you.
_ _ [F#m] It takes [D] a lot to drag me [A] away [E] from you.
[F#m] There's nothing [D] that a hundred men [A] or more could ever [E] do.
_ [F#m] I've been [D] to rains down [A] in [E] Africa, _ [F#m] but it takes [D] some time to do [A] the things we never [C#m] had.
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[F#m] The [C#m] _ [A] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
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_ _ [B] wild [D#m] dogs cry out in [G#m] the night, as they grow restless [A] longing for [E] some solitary _ [A] company.
_ [E] _ [C#m] [B] I know [F#] that I must do [G#m] what's right, sure as Kilimanjaro [A] rises like [E] a limbless above the [A] Serengeti.
_ [G#m] _ [C#m] _ [B] I seek [F#] to cure what's deep [G#m] inside, frightened of [A] this thing that I've [C#m] become.
_ _ _ _ [F#m] It's gonna take [D] a lot to drag [A] me away [E] from you.
[F#m] There's nothing [D] that a hundred men [A] or more could ever [E] do.
[F#m] I've been [D] to rains [A] down in [E] Africa, _ [F#m] but it takes [D] some time to do [A] the things we [C#m] never [E] had. _
[F#m] _ [E] _ [A] _ _ [G#m] _ [C#m] _ _ _
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_ _ [B] _ _ [D#m] _ _ [G#m] _ _
_ [F#] _ [A] _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ [C#m] _ [B] _ _ [D#m] _ _
[G#m] _ _ Hurry boy, [A] she's waiting there for [C#m]
you.
_ _ _ [F#m] It's gonna [D] take a lot to drag [A] me away [E] from [F#m] you.
There's [D] nothing that a hundred men [A] or more could [E] ever do.
_ [F#m] I've been [D] to rains [A] down in [E] Africa.
_ [F#m] I've [D] been to rains [A] down in _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ Africa.
It [F#m] takes [D] some time to do [A] the things we [C#m] never had.
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[A] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ It's gonna take some time [A] to _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ do _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ the things we never had.