Africa

G Bm A C#m F#m7 I hear the drums echoing tonight A D E F#m7 G Bm But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversa --tion A C#m F#m7 She's coming in, twelve-thirty flight A D E F#m7 G Bm The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards salva--tion A C#m F#m7 I stopped an old man along the way A G E F#m7 G Bm Hoping to find some old forgotten words or ancient melo-dies A C#m F#m7 He turned to me as if to say F#m G Bm Hurry boy its waiting there for you Em C G D It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you Em C G D There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do Em C G D I bless the rains down in Afri-ca Em C G Bm D Em F#m G Bm Gonna take some time to do the things we never haaaaaaaaaave interlude between verse G Bm A C#m F#m7 The wild dogs cry out in the night A D E F#m7 G Bm As they grow restless longing for some solitary company A C#m F#m7 I know that I must do what is right A D E F#m7 G Bm As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Seren-geti A C#m F#m7 I seek to cure what's deep inside F#m G Bm Frightened of this thing that I've become Em C G D It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you Em C G D There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do Em C G D I bless the rains down in Afri-ca Em C G Bm D Em F#m G Bm Gonna take some time to do the things we never haaaaaaaaaave interlude between verse G Bm Keyboard solo A C#m F#m7 A D E F#m7 G Bm A C#m F#m7 F#m G Bm Em C G D It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you Em C G D There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do Em C G D I bless the rains down in Afri-ca Em C G Bm D Em F#m G Bm Gonna take some time to do the things we never haaaaaaaaaave Em C G D I bless the rains down in Afri-ca