Chords for Toto - Africa

Tempo:
92.65 bpm
Chords used:

A

E

C#m

F#m

D

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Toto - Africa chords
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[C#m]
[A]
[C#m]
[A] [C#m] I
[B] hear [D#m] the drums [G#m] echoing tonight, [B] she [A] hears only whispers [G#m] of some quiet conversation.
[A]
[C#m] She's [D#m] coming in twelve [G#m] thirty flight, [F#] brunette [A] wings reflect the [F#] stars that guide me [G#m] toward [A] salvation.
I [B] [D#m] stopped an old man [G#m] along the way, [B] hoping to [A] find some old [E] forgotten words or ancient [A] melodies.
[B] He [D#m] turned to me as [G#m] if to say, hurry [A] boy it's waiting there for you.
[C#m] [F#m] You're [D] taking off to [A] take me.
[E] [F#m] There's [D] nothing that a hundred [A] men or more could [E] ever do.
[F#m]
[D] Cause the rain's [A] down and I'm out of breath.
[E] I'm going to Africa, [F#m] we're going to [D] make some time to [A] do the things we [C#m] never [E] said.
[F#m] [A] [C#m]
[A] [C#m]
[B] The wild [D#m] dogs cry out [G#m] in the night, [F#] as they grow [A] restless longing [E] for some solitary [A] company.
[G#m] [B] I know [D#m] that I must do [G#m] what's right, [F#] sure as [A] Kilimanjaro rises [E] like a leprous above the
[A] Serengeti.
[B] I [D#m] seek to cure what's deep [G#m] inside, frightened out [A] of this thing that I've [G#m] [C#m] become.
[F#m]
[D] [A] [E] [F#m] There's [D] nothing that a hundred men [A] or more [E] [F#m]
[D] could ever do.
Cause the rain's [A] down and I'm [E] out of breath.
[F#m] I'm going to make [D] some time to [A] do the things we never [E] said.
[F#] [A] [C#m]
[A] [C#m]
[B] [D#m] [G#m]
[F#] [A] [F#] [G#m]
[A] [C#m] [B] [D#m]
[G#m] Hurry boy [A] she's waiting there [C#m] for you.
[F#m] You're [D] taking off
[A] [E] [F#m] to take me.
There's [D] nothing that a hundred men [A] or more could ever [E] do.
[F#m] I [D] bless the rain's [A] down in [E] Africa.
[F#m] I [D] bless the rain's [A] down in [E] Africa.
[F#m] I bless [D] the rain's [A] down in Africa.
[E] [F#m] I [D] bless the rain's [A] down in Africa.
[E] [F#m] I bless [D] the rain's [A] down in Africa.
[E] [F#m] I'm going to make [D] some time to do the [A] things we never [C#m] said.
[E] [A] [G#m] [C#m]
[A] [C#m]
[A] [C#m]
[A] [C#m]
Key:  
A
1231
E
2311
C#m
13421114
F#m
123111112
D
1321
A
1231
E
2311
C#m
13421114
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_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ I _
[B] hear [D#m] the drums [G#m] echoing tonight, [B] she [A] hears only whispers [G#m] of some quiet conversation.
[A] _ _
_ [C#m] _ She's [D#m] coming in twelve [G#m] thirty flight, [F#] brunette [A] wings reflect the [F#] stars that guide me [G#m] toward [A] salvation.
I _ [B] _ [D#m] stopped an old man [G#m] along the way, [B] hoping to [A] find some old [E] forgotten words or ancient _ [A] melodies.
_ _ [B] He [D#m] turned to me as [G#m] if to say, hurry [A] boy it's waiting there for you.
[C#m] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] You're [D] taking off to [A] take me.
_ [E] _ _ [F#m] There's [D] nothing that a hundred [A] men or more could [E] ever do.
[F#m] _
[D] Cause the rain's [A] down and I'm out of breath.
[E] I'm going to Africa, [F#m] we're going to [D] make some time to [A] do the things we [C#m] never [E] said. _
[F#m] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ _ [B] The wild [D#m] dogs cry out [G#m] in the night, [F#] as they grow [A] restless longing [E] for some solitary _ [A] company.
_ [G#m] _ _ [B] I know [D#m] that I must do [G#m] what's right, [F#] sure as [A] Kilimanjaro rises [E] like a leprous above the
_ [A] Serengeti.
_ _ [B] I [D#m] seek to cure what's deep [G#m] inside, frightened out [A] of this thing that I've [G#m] _ [C#m] become.
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] There's [D] nothing that a hundred men [A] or more _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _
[D] could ever do.
Cause the rain's [A] down and I'm [E] out of breath.
[F#m] I'm going to make [D] some time to [A] do the things we never [E] said. _
[F#] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [D#m] _ _ [G#m] _ _
[F#] _ _ [A] _ _ [F#] _ _ [G#m] _ _
[A] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [B] _ _ [D#m] _ _
[G#m] _ Hurry boy [A] she's waiting there [C#m] for you. _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] You're [D] taking off _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] to take me.
There's [D] nothing that a hundred men [A] or more could ever [E] do.
_ [F#m] I [D] bless the rain's [A] down in [E] Africa.
_ [F#m] I [D] bless the rain's [A] down in [E] Africa.
_ [F#m] I bless [D] the rain's [A] down in Africa.
[E] _ _ [F#m] I [D] bless the rain's [A] down in Africa.
[E] _ _ [F#m] I bless [D] the rain's [A] down in Africa.
_ [E] _ _ [F#m] I'm going to make [D] some time to do the [A] things we never [C#m] said.
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G#m] _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _

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