Africa (Complete)

Africa / Toto

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Africa

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(-3  -3 -3  -3-3  3*  4*)

(-6* 6 5*-4 5*  -6* 6 5*-4 5*  -6* 6 5*-4 5*  -6* 6)
* Note the repeated 5 note string of -6* 6 5*-4 5* in 4/4 time

I hear the drums echoing tonight
-6*-6* -6*  -6* -6*-6* 7* -7* -8

She hears only whispers of some quiet conversation
-5*  -5*  6 -6* -6*  6   6  -5* 5*-4  5* -4 -5* 5*

She's coming in twelve-thirty flight
-6*  -6* -6* -6*  -6*  7* -7*  -8

Moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me to salvation
-5*  6   6    -6* -6*  6   6     -5*   5*  -4 4* -4 -5* 5*


I stopped an old man along the way
-6* -6*  -6* -6* -6* -6* 7* -7* -8

Hoping to find some old forgotten words or ancient melodies
 5* 5* 5*   6   -6* -6*  6  6 -5*   5*  -4  4* -4 -5* 5* 5*

He turned to me  as if to say
-6* -6* -6* -6* -6* 7* -7* -8

"Hurry boy, she's waiting there for you"
 7* 7* -7   -8    -8  -7  -7     7* -7
-5*-5*  6   -6*   -6*  6   6    -5*  6


It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
-7   -7 -7  -7 -7 -7  -7  -7 -7 -7 -7   7*  7*

There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
-7      -7 -7   -7  -7  -7 -7  -7 -7  -7    -7  -7  7* 7*
 5*      5* 5*   5*  5* -5 -5  -5  5*  5*    5*  5* 6  6

I bless the rains down in Africa
-7  -7  -7  -7 -7 -7  -7 -7   7* 7*
 5*  5*  5* -6* 6  5* -4  4* -4 -4

Gonna take some time to do the things we never had
-7 -7 -7   -7    -7  -7 -7 -7   -7   -7  -7  7* 7*  -6* 6  7*  -7  7*-6*  6  5*
 5* 5* 5*   5*   -5  -5 -5 -5    5*   5*  5*-4 -4   -3  3*-4    4*-4 -3   3*-3

(-3  -3 -3  -3-3  3*  4*)

(-6* 6 5*-4 5*  -6* 6 5*-4 5*  -6* 6 5*-4 5*  -6* 6)

Wild dogs cry out in the night
-6*  -6*  -6* -6* 7* -7*  -8

As they grow restless longing for some solitary company
-5* -5*  -5*  6  -6*  -6*  6   6   -5* 5*-4 4*-4 -5* 5* 5*

I know that  I must do what's right
-6* -6* -6* -6*-6*  7*  -7*    -8

Sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti
-5* -5* -5*-5* 6 -6*-6* 6  6  -5* 5* 5* 5* 5*-4 -5*  5*-4 5*

I seek to cure what's deep inside
-6*-6* -6* -6*  -6*    -9*  8* -8

Frightened of this thing that I've become
 -9* -9*  10  -10* -10*  10   10   -9* 10
 -8  -8    9*  -9*  -9*   9*   9*  -8  9*


It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had

(-3  -3 -3  -3-3  3*  4*)

(-6* 6 5*-4 5*  -6* 6 5*-4 5*  -6* 6 5*-4 5*  -6* 6)

[Solo]

"Hurry boy, she's waiting there for you"
 7* 7* -7   -8    -8  -7  -7     7* -7
-5*-5*  6   -6*   -6*  6   6    -5*  6


It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa
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