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Africa

Toto
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KeyB
Capo—
LevelMedium
Transpose B 0
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Chord sheet
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Album: Toto IV (1982)
 

Chords

B/F# 224442
A/E 002220
 

Intro

AG#mC#m
AG#mC#m
AG#mC#m
AG#mC#m
 

Verse 1

D#mG#m
I hear the drums echoing tonight
B/F#A/EC#mG#mAG#mC#m
She hears only whispers of some quiet conversa - tion
D#mG#m
She's coming in, twelve thirty flight
B/F#A/EBsus/F#G#mAG#mC#m
The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me toward salva - tion
D#mG#m
I stopped an old man along the way
B/F#A/EBsus/F#G#mAG#mC#m
Hoping to find some old forgotten words or ancient melo - dies
D#mG#mAC#m
He turned to me as if to say “hurry boy, it's waiting there for you”
 

Chorus

F#mDAE
Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
F#mDAE
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
F#mDAE
I bless the rains down in Africa
F#mDAC#mEF#mE/G#A
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had...
AG#mC#m
Ooo Ooo
AG#mC#m
 

Verse 2

D#mG#m
The wild dogs cry out in the night
B/F#A/EBsus/F#G#mAG#mC#m
As they grow restless longing for some solitary compa-ny
D#mG#m
I know that I must do what's right
B/F#A/EBsus/F#G#mAG#mC#m
As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Ser - engeti
D#mG#m
I seek to cure what's deep inside
G#mAC#m
Frightened of this thing that I've become
 

Chorus

F#mDAE
Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
F#mDAE
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
F#mDAE
I bless the rains down in Africa
F#mDAC#mEF#mE/G#A
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had...
AG#mC#m
Ooo Ooo
AG#mC#m
 

Interlude

D#mG#mB/F#
A/EBsus/F#G#mAG#mC#m
 

Bridge

D#7G#mAC#m
“hurry boy, she's waiting there for you”
 

Outro

F#mDAE
It’s gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
F#mDAE
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
F#mDAE
I bless the rains down in Africa
F#mDAE
I bless the rains down in Africa
F#mDAE
I bless the rains down in Africa
F#mDAE
I bless the rains down in Africa
F#mDAE
I bless the rains down in Africa
F#mDAC#mEF#mE/G#A
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had…
AG#mC#m
Ooo Ooo
AG#mC#m
(Repeat and fade)
End

How to play Africa chords

This Chordsurf arrangement of Africa by Toto is presented in the key of B. Use the transpose controls above the sheet to move every chord together while keeping the lyric-change positions aligned.

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