Chords for Africa (Toto cover), Austin Ukulele Society
Tempo:
151 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
Am
Dm
Gm
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Ab]
[G] 1, 2, 3, 4, [Bb]
[Dm]
and
4,
[Bb] 5, 6,
[Am] [Dm] 7, 8, 9,
[Bb] 10, [Am] [Dm]
[Bb] [Am]
[Dm] 11, 12, 13, 14, and
[C] 14,
[G] 15, [Am] 16, 17, 18, 19, [C] 20
21,
[Bb] 22, 23, 24, [Dm]
25, 26, 27, 28, 29, [Am] [Bb]
[C] [Dm] 30
[C]
She's [G] coming in [Am] 1235.
[C] The moon and her beams [Bb] reflect the stars [Dm] that guide me for [Am]
[Bb] salvation.
[Am]
[Dm] [C] I [G] stopped an old man along [Am] the way,
[C] hoping to find [Bb] some longer God [Dm] who will rest for [Am] each in [Bb] heavenly peace.
[Am] [Dm] [C]
He turned [G] to me as if [Am] to say,
Hurry boy, [Bb] he's waiting [Dm] there for you.
[Gm] It's gonna [Eb] take a lot to drag [Bb] me away [F] from you.
[Gm] There's nothing [Eb] I'll ever [Bb] forget [F] you.
[Gm] Bless [Eb] the rains [Bb] down in [F] Africa.
[Gm] Gonna take [Eb] some time to do [Bb] the things we [Dm] never
[F] had.
[Gm]
[Am] [Bb] [Am]
[Dm]
[Bb] [Am]
[Dm]
[C] While the [G] lords cry out in [Am] the night,
[C] as they go restless [Bb] longing for [Dm] some [Am] solitary [Bb] company.
[Am] [Dm] [C]
I know that [G] I must do [Am] what's right.
[C] Sure as killing the [Bb] arrow rises,
[Dm] I come and whisper [Am] from a [Bb] serenade.
[Am]
[Dm] [C] I [G] seek to cure what's [Am] deep inside.
Frightened [Bb] of this thing that [Dm] I've become.
[C] [Gm]
It's gonna take [Eb] a lot to [Gm] drag me away [F] from you.
[Gm]
There's nothing [Eb] I'll ever [Bb]
forget [F] you.
[C] [Gm]
I bless [Eb] the rains down [Bb] in [F] Africa.
[Gm]
Gonna take some time to do [Bb] the things we [Dm] never had.
[F]
[Gm] [F] [Bb]
[Am] [Dm]
[Bb] I'm just a little girl,
[Am] [Dm]
just a little [C]
[G] girl.
[Am]
I'm [C] just [Bb] a little girl,
[Dm] [Am]
[Bb] [Am]
[Dm] just [C] a little girl.
[G]
[Am] Hurry boy, [Bb] he's waiting [Dm] there for you.
Hurry boy, he's waiting there for [Gm] you.
Gonna take [Eb] a lot to drag [Bb] me away [F] from you.
[Gm]
There's [Eb] nothing I'll ever forget [Bb] you.
[F] [Gm]
I bless [Eb] the rains down [Gm] in
[F] Africa.
[Gm]
I bless [Eb] the rains down [Bb] in
[F] Africa.
[C] [Gm]
I [Eb] bless the rains down [Bb] in
[F] Africa.
[Gm]
I bless [Eb] the rains down [Bb] in
[F] Africa.
[Gm]
I bless [Eb] the rains down [Bb] in
[F] Africa.
I bless [Gm] the rains.
Gonna take [Eb] some time to do [Bb] the things we never [Dm] [F] had.
[Bb]
[Am] [Dm]
I bless the [Bb] rains down [Am] in Africa.
[Dm] I bless the rains [Bb] down in Africa.
[Am] [Dm] [F] [N]
[Eb]
[G] 1, 2, 3, 4, [Bb]
[Dm]
and
4,
[Bb] 5, 6,
[Am] [Dm] 7, 8, 9,
[Bb] 10, [Am] [Dm]
[Bb] [Am]
[Dm] 11, 12, 13, 14, and
[C] 14,
[G] 15, [Am] 16, 17, 18, 19, [C] 20
21,
[Bb] 22, 23, 24, [Dm]
25, 26, 27, 28, 29, [Am] [Bb]
[C] [Dm] 30
[C]
She's [G] coming in [Am] 1235.
[C] The moon and her beams [Bb] reflect the stars [Dm] that guide me for [Am]
[Bb] salvation.
[Am]
[Dm] [C] I [G] stopped an old man along [Am] the way,
[C] hoping to find [Bb] some longer God [Dm] who will rest for [Am] each in [Bb] heavenly peace.
[Am] [Dm] [C]
He turned [G] to me as if [Am] to say,
Hurry boy, [Bb] he's waiting [Dm] there for you.
[Gm] It's gonna [Eb] take a lot to drag [Bb] me away [F] from you.
[Gm] There's nothing [Eb] I'll ever [Bb] forget [F] you.
[Gm] Bless [Eb] the rains [Bb] down in [F] Africa.
[Gm] Gonna take [Eb] some time to do [Bb] the things we [Dm] never
[F] had.
[Gm]
[Am] [Bb] [Am]
[Dm]
[Bb] [Am]
[Dm]
[C] While the [G] lords cry out in [Am] the night,
[C] as they go restless [Bb] longing for [Dm] some [Am] solitary [Bb] company.
[Am] [Dm] [C]
I know that [G] I must do [Am] what's right.
[C] Sure as killing the [Bb] arrow rises,
[Dm] I come and whisper [Am] from a [Bb] serenade.
[Am]
[Dm] [C] I [G] seek to cure what's [Am] deep inside.
Frightened [Bb] of this thing that [Dm] I've become.
[C] [Gm]
It's gonna take [Eb] a lot to [Gm] drag me away [F] from you.
[Gm]
There's nothing [Eb] I'll ever [Bb]
forget [F] you.
[C] [Gm]
I bless [Eb] the rains down [Bb] in [F] Africa.
[Gm]
Gonna take some time to do [Bb] the things we [Dm] never had.
[F]
[Gm] [F] [Bb]
[Am] [Dm]
[Bb] I'm just a little girl,
[Am] [Dm]
just a little [C]
[G] girl.
[Am]
I'm [C] just [Bb] a little girl,
[Dm] [Am]
[Bb] [Am]
[Dm] just [C] a little girl.
[G]
[Am] Hurry boy, [Bb] he's waiting [Dm] there for you.
Hurry boy, he's waiting there for [Gm] you.
Gonna take [Eb] a lot to drag [Bb] me away [F] from you.
[Gm]
There's [Eb] nothing I'll ever forget [Bb] you.
[F] [Gm]
I bless [Eb] the rains down [Gm] in
[F] Africa.
[Gm]
I bless [Eb] the rains down [Bb] in
[F] Africa.
[C] [Gm]
I [Eb] bless the rains down [Bb] in
[F] Africa.
[Gm]
I bless [Eb] the rains down [Bb] in
[F] Africa.
[Gm]
I bless [Eb] the rains down [Bb] in
[F] Africa.
I bless [Gm] the rains.
Gonna take [Eb] some time to do [Bb] the things we never [Dm] [F] had.
[Bb]
[Am] [Dm]
I bless the [Bb] rains down [Am] in Africa.
[Dm] I bless the rains [Bb] down in Africa.
[Am] [Dm] [F] [N]
[Eb]
Key:
Bb
Am
Dm
Gm
C
Bb
Am
Dm
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] 1, 2, 3, 4, [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
and_
_4,
_ [Bb] _ 5, 6, _ _
[Am] _ [Dm] 7, 8, 9, _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ 10, [Am] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ 11, 12, 13, 14, and_
_ _ [C] _ _ _14,
[G] 15, _ _ [Am] 16, 17, 18, 19, _ _ [C] 20_
_21,
_ [Bb] _ 22, 23, 24, [Dm] _
25, 26, 27, 28, 29, [Am] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ [C] [Dm] 30_
_ [C] _
She's [G] coming in _ _ [Am] 1235.
_ _ [C] The moon and her beams [Bb] reflect the stars [Dm] that guide me for [Am] _ _
_ _ [Bb] salvation.
_ _ _ [Am] _
[Dm] _ _ [C] _ I [G] stopped an old man along [Am] the way,
_ [C] hoping to find [Bb] some longer God [Dm] who will rest for [Am] each in _ _ [Bb] heavenly _ peace.
[Am] _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _
He turned [G] to me as if [Am] to say,
_ Hurry boy, [Bb] he's waiting [Dm] there for _ you. _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] It's gonna [Eb] take a lot to drag [Bb] me away _ [F] from you.
_ [Gm] _ _ There's nothing [Eb] I'll ever _ _ [Bb] forget [F] _ you.
_ [Gm] Bless _ _ [Eb] the _ rains [Bb] down in _ _ _ [F] Africa.
_ _ [Gm] _ Gonna take [Eb] some time to do [Bb] the things we [Dm] never _
_ _ _ [F] had.
_ [Gm] _ _
[Am] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] While the [G] lords cry out in [Am] the night,
_ [C] as they go restless [Bb] longing for [Dm] some _ [Am] solitary _ _ _ [Bb] company.
_ _ _ [Am] _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _
I know that [G] I must do [Am] what's right.
[C] Sure as killing the [Bb] arrow rises,
[Dm] I come and whisper [Am] from a _ _ [Bb] serenade.
_ _ _ [Am] _
[Dm] _ _ [C] _ I [G] seek to cure what's [Am] deep inside. _ _
Frightened [Bb] of this thing that [Dm] I've become.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Gm]
It's gonna take [Eb] a lot to [Gm] drag me away _ [F] from you.
_ [Gm] _
There's nothing [Eb] I'll ever _ _ [Bb]
forget _ [F] you.
_ _ [C] _ [Gm] _
I bless [Eb] the rains down [Bb] in _ _ [F] Africa.
_ _ _ [Gm] _
Gonna take some time to do [Bb] the things we [Dm] never _ had.
[F] _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] I'm just a little girl,
[Am] _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ just a little _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] girl.
_ _ [Am] _ _
I'm [C] just _ _ [Bb] a little girl, _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Am]
[Dm] just _ [C] a little girl.
_ [G] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ Hurry boy, [Bb] he's waiting [Dm] there for you.
Hurry boy, he's waiting there for [Gm] you.
Gonna take [Eb] a lot to drag [Bb] me away [F] from you.
_ [Gm] _
There's [Eb] nothing I'll ever forget [Bb] you. _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
I bless [Eb] the rains down [Gm] in _
_ [F] Africa.
_ _ _ [Gm] _
I bless [Eb] the rains down [Bb] in _
_ [F] Africa.
_ _ [C] _ [Gm] _
I [Eb] bless the rains down [Bb] in _
_ [F] Africa.
_ _ _ [Gm] _
I bless [Eb] the rains down [Bb] in _
_ [F] Africa.
_ _ _ [Gm] _
I bless [Eb] the rains down [Bb] in _
_ [F] Africa.
I bless [Gm] the rains.
Gonna take [Eb] some time to do [Bb] the things we never [Dm] _ _ [F] had. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ I bless the _ [Bb] rains down [Am] in Africa.
[Dm] _ I bless the _ rains _ [Bb] down in Africa.
[Am] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] 1, 2, 3, 4, [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
and_
_4,
_ [Bb] _ 5, 6, _ _
[Am] _ [Dm] 7, 8, 9, _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ 10, [Am] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ 11, 12, 13, 14, and_
_ _ [C] _ _ _14,
[G] 15, _ _ [Am] 16, 17, 18, 19, _ _ [C] 20_
_21,
_ [Bb] _ 22, 23, 24, [Dm] _
25, 26, 27, 28, 29, [Am] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ [C] [Dm] 30_
_ [C] _
She's [G] coming in _ _ [Am] 1235.
_ _ [C] The moon and her beams [Bb] reflect the stars [Dm] that guide me for [Am] _ _
_ _ [Bb] salvation.
_ _ _ [Am] _
[Dm] _ _ [C] _ I [G] stopped an old man along [Am] the way,
_ [C] hoping to find [Bb] some longer God [Dm] who will rest for [Am] each in _ _ [Bb] heavenly _ peace.
[Am] _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _
He turned [G] to me as if [Am] to say,
_ Hurry boy, [Bb] he's waiting [Dm] there for _ you. _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] It's gonna [Eb] take a lot to drag [Bb] me away _ [F] from you.
_ [Gm] _ _ There's nothing [Eb] I'll ever _ _ [Bb] forget [F] _ you.
_ [Gm] Bless _ _ [Eb] the _ rains [Bb] down in _ _ _ [F] Africa.
_ _ [Gm] _ Gonna take [Eb] some time to do [Bb] the things we [Dm] never _
_ _ _ [F] had.
_ [Gm] _ _
[Am] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] While the [G] lords cry out in [Am] the night,
_ [C] as they go restless [Bb] longing for [Dm] some _ [Am] solitary _ _ _ [Bb] company.
_ _ _ [Am] _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _
I know that [G] I must do [Am] what's right.
[C] Sure as killing the [Bb] arrow rises,
[Dm] I come and whisper [Am] from a _ _ [Bb] serenade.
_ _ _ [Am] _
[Dm] _ _ [C] _ I [G] seek to cure what's [Am] deep inside. _ _
Frightened [Bb] of this thing that [Dm] I've become.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Gm]
It's gonna take [Eb] a lot to [Gm] drag me away _ [F] from you.
_ [Gm] _
There's nothing [Eb] I'll ever _ _ [Bb]
forget _ [F] you.
_ _ [C] _ [Gm] _
I bless [Eb] the rains down [Bb] in _ _ [F] Africa.
_ _ _ [Gm] _
Gonna take some time to do [Bb] the things we [Dm] never _ had.
[F] _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] I'm just a little girl,
[Am] _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ just a little _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] girl.
_ _ [Am] _ _
I'm [C] just _ _ [Bb] a little girl, _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Am]
[Dm] just _ [C] a little girl.
_ [G] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ Hurry boy, [Bb] he's waiting [Dm] there for you.
Hurry boy, he's waiting there for [Gm] you.
Gonna take [Eb] a lot to drag [Bb] me away [F] from you.
_ [Gm] _
There's [Eb] nothing I'll ever forget [Bb] you. _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
I bless [Eb] the rains down [Gm] in _
_ [F] Africa.
_ _ _ [Gm] _
I bless [Eb] the rains down [Bb] in _
_ [F] Africa.
_ _ [C] _ [Gm] _
I [Eb] bless the rains down [Bb] in _
_ [F] Africa.
_ _ _ [Gm] _
I bless [Eb] the rains down [Bb] in _
_ [F] Africa.
_ _ _ [Gm] _
I bless [Eb] the rains down [Bb] in _
_ [F] Africa.
I bless [Gm] the rains.
Gonna take [Eb] some time to do [Bb] the things we never [Dm] _ _ [F] had. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ I bless the _ [Bb] rains down [Am] in Africa.
[Dm] _ I bless the _ rains _ [Bb] down in Africa.
[Am] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _