Chords for Toto - Africa (LIVE throughout the years)
Tempo:
93.3 bpm
Chords used:
A
G#m
C#m
E
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
[C#m]
[B] The [D#m] sun's crackling [G#m] tonight, [B] she hears the [A] whispers of some [G#m] quiet conversation.
[C#m] [B] She's coming [D#m] in twelve dirty [G#m] flights, [B] her bullet wings [A] reflect the stars [C#] and gladly hope [G#m]
[A] salvation.
[G#m] the way, hoping to find [A] some old forgotten [E] words or [G#m] ancient [A] melodies.
[D#m] to me as if [G#m] to say, hurry [A] boy, it's waiting there for [C#m] you.
[D] [A] [E] [F#m] There's [D] nothing that a hundred [A] men or more could [E] ever do.
[D] bless the rains [A] down in [E] Africa.
[B] The [D#m] sun's crackling [G#m] tonight, [B] she hears the [A] whispers of some [G#m] quiet conversation.
[C#m] [B] She's coming [D#m] in twelve dirty [G#m] flights, [B] her bullet wings [A] reflect the stars [C#] and gladly hope [G#m]
[A] salvation.
[G#m] the way, hoping to find [A] some old forgotten [E] words or [G#m] ancient [A] melodies.
[D#m] to me as if [G#m] to say, hurry [A] boy, it's waiting there for [C#m] you.
[D] [A] [E] [F#m] There's [D] nothing that a hundred [A] men or more could [E] ever do.
[D] bless the rains [A] down in [E] Africa.
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A
G#m
C#m
E
B
A
G#m
C#m
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _
[B] The [D#m] sun's crackling [G#m] tonight, [B] she hears the [A] whispers of some [G#m] quiet conversation.
_ [A] _ _
[C#m] _ _ [B] She's coming [D#m] in twelve dirty [G#m] flights, [B] her bullet wings [A] reflect the stars [C#] and gladly hope [G#m] _
[A] salvation.
_ [C#m] _ _ [B] I stopped [D#m] an old man along [G#m] the way, hoping to find [A] some old forgotten [E] words or [G#m] ancient [A] melodies.
_ [G#m] _ _ [B] He turned [D#m] to me as if [G#m] to say, _ hurry [A] boy, it's waiting there for [C#m] you.
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] There's [D] nothing that a hundred [A] men or more could [E] ever do.
_ [F#m] I [D] bless the rains [A] down in [E] Africa.
_ [F#m] Gonna [D] take some time to [A] do the things we [C#m] never planned. _ _
[F#] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
[C#] _ _ [B] Wild [D#m] dogs cry out [G#m] in the night, [B] as they grow [A] restless longing [E] for some solitary [A] company.
_ [C#] _ _ [B] I know [D#m] that I must do [G#m] what's right, [F#] sure as killing in general [A] rises like [F#] the moon above [G#m] the [A] Serengeti.
_ [C#m] _ _ [B] I sing [D#m] to cure what's deep [G#m] inside, from love [A] this thing cannot be [G#m] caught.
[C#m] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] I [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] bless [D] the rains down [A] in Africa.
_ [E] _ _ [F#m] Gonna take [D] some time to [A] do the things we never [C#m] planned.
_ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [D#m] _ _ [G#m] _ _
[F#] _ _ [A] _ _ [F#] _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ [G#m] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[G#m] _ _ Hurry boy, [A] she's waiting there for [C#m] you.
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ [D] Bless the rains [A] down in Africa.
[E] _ _ [F#m] Gonna [D] take some time to do [A] the things we [C#m] never planned.
[E] _ _ [F#] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _
[B] The [D#m] sun's crackling [G#m] tonight, [B] she hears the [A] whispers of some [G#m] quiet conversation.
_ [A] _ _
[C#m] _ _ [B] She's coming [D#m] in twelve dirty [G#m] flights, [B] her bullet wings [A] reflect the stars [C#] and gladly hope [G#m] _
[A] salvation.
_ [C#m] _ _ [B] I stopped [D#m] an old man along [G#m] the way, hoping to find [A] some old forgotten [E] words or [G#m] ancient [A] melodies.
_ [G#m] _ _ [B] He turned [D#m] to me as if [G#m] to say, _ hurry [A] boy, it's waiting there for [C#m] you.
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] There's [D] nothing that a hundred [A] men or more could [E] ever do.
_ [F#m] I [D] bless the rains [A] down in [E] Africa.
_ [F#m] Gonna [D] take some time to [A] do the things we [C#m] never planned. _ _
[F#] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
[C#] _ _ [B] Wild [D#m] dogs cry out [G#m] in the night, [B] as they grow [A] restless longing [E] for some solitary [A] company.
_ [C#] _ _ [B] I know [D#m] that I must do [G#m] what's right, [F#] sure as killing in general [A] rises like [F#] the moon above [G#m] the [A] Serengeti.
_ [C#m] _ _ [B] I sing [D#m] to cure what's deep [G#m] inside, from love [A] this thing cannot be [G#m] caught.
[C#m] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] I [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] bless [D] the rains down [A] in Africa.
_ [E] _ _ [F#m] Gonna take [D] some time to [A] do the things we never [C#m] planned.
_ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [D#m] _ _ [G#m] _ _
[F#] _ _ [A] _ _ [F#] _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ [G#m] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[G#m] _ _ Hurry boy, [A] she's waiting there for [C#m] you.
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ [D] Bless the rains [A] down in Africa.
[E] _ _ [F#m] Gonna [D] take some time to do [A] the things we [C#m] never planned.
[E] _ _ [F#] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _