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[Intro]
A# Am Dm

A# Am Dm

A# Am Dm

A# Am Dm


[Verse 1]

C                   Em     Am
I hear the drums echoing tonight

C/G              A#/F           Dm         Am  A#  Am Dm
She hears only whispers of some quiet conversa - tion

C                Em           Am
She's coming in, twelve thirty flight

        C/G        A#/F                  Csus/G            Am  A#  Am Dm
The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me toward salva - tion

C            Em               Am
I stopped an old man along the way

       C/G         A#/F           Csus/G          Am    A#  Am Dm
Hoping to find some old forgotten words or ancient melo - dies

C            Em         Am                  A#                  Dm
He turned to me as if to say "hurry boy, it's waiting there for you"


[Chorus]

Gm           D#              A#        F
Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you

Gm                    D#              A#               F
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do

Gm          D#          A#      F
I bless the rains down in  Africa

Gm             D#               A#              Dm  F  Gm  F/A  A#
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had...

    A# Am Dm

Ooo Ooo

    A# Am Dm


[Verse 2]

C             Em            Am
The wild dogs cry out in the night

   C/G               A#/F              Csus/G  Am   A# Am Dm
As they grow restless longing for some solitary compa-ny

C           Em              Am
I know that I must do what's right

           C/G        A#/F         Csus/G            Am     A# Am Dm
As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Ser - engeti

C         Em                Am
I seek to cure what's deep inside

Am                A#                 Dm
Frightened of this thing that I've become


[Chorus]

Gm           D#              A#        F
Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you

Gm                    D#              A#               F
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do

Gm          D#          A#      F
I bless the rains down in  Africa

Gm             D#               A#              Dm  F  Gm  F/A  A#
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had...

    A# Am Dm

Ooo Ooo

    A# Am Dm


[Interlude]

C    Em      Am   C/G

A#/F  Csus/G  Am   A#  Am Dm


[Bridge]

C   E7  Am                   A#                 Dm
            "hurry boy, she's waiting there for you"


[Outro]

     Gm          D#               A#        F
It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you

Gm                    D#              A#               F
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do

Gm          D#             A#   F
I bless the rains down in Africa

Gm          D#             A#   F
I bless the rains down in Africa

Gm          D#             A#   F
I bless the rains down in Africa

Gm          D#             A#   F
I bless the rains down in Africa

Gm          D#             A#   F
I bless the rains down in Africa

Gm             D#              A#               Dm  F  Gm  F/A  A#
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had...

    A# Am Dm

Ooo Ooo

    A# Am Dm

 (Repeat and fade)