A#      A#m     B       C#      C#sus   D#m     E       
<====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  
 ||OO    |OOO    ||||    OOO|    OO||    |||O    O|||   
 |O||    ||||    ||OO    ||||    ||O|    ||O|    |||O   
 O|||    O|||    |O||    ||||    ||||    OO||    ||||   
 ||||    ||||    O|||    |||O    |||O    ||||    |O||   
.||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   
 ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||   

F#      F7      Fm      G#      G#m     
<====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  
 |O|O    ||O|    O|O|    ||||    O|||   
 ||O|    O|||    ||||    ||||    |||O   
 O|||    |O|O    |||O    |O|O    |O||   
 ||||    ||||    ||||    ||O|    ||O|   
.||||   .||||   .||||   .O|||   .||||   
 ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||   

[Intro]
B A#m D#m

B A#m D#m

B A#m D#m

B A#m D#m


[Verse 1]

C#                   Fm     A#m
I hear the drums echoing tonight

C#/G#              B/F#           D#m         A#m  B  A#m D#m
She hears only whispers of some quiet conversa - tion

C#                Fm           A#m
She's coming in, twelve thirty flight

        C#/G#        B/F#                  C#sus/G#            A#m  B  A#m D#m
The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me toward salva - tion

C#            Fm               A#m
I stopped an old man along the way

       C#/G#         B/F#           C#sus/G#          A#m    B  A#m D#m
Hoping to find some old forgotten words or ancient melo - dies

C#            Fm         A#m                  B                  D#m
He turned to me as if to say "hurry boy, it's waiting there for you"


[Chorus]

G#m           E              B        F#
Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you

G#m                    E              B               F#
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do

G#m          E          B      F#
I bless the rains down in  Africa

G#m             E               B              D#m  F#  G#m  F#/A#  B
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had...

    B A#m D#m

Ooo Ooo

    B A#m D#m


[Verse 2]

C#             Fm            A#m
The wild dogs cry out in the night

   C#/G#               B/F#              C#sus/G#  A#m   B A#m D#m
As they grow restless longing for some solitary compa-ny

C#           Fm              A#m
I know that I must do what's right

           C#/G#        B/F#         C#sus/G#            A#m     B A#m D#m
As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Ser - engeti

C#         Fm                A#m
I seek to cure what's deep inside

A#m                B                 D#m
Frightened of this thing that I've become


[Chorus]

G#m           E              B        F#
Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you

G#m                    E              B               F#
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do

G#m          E          B      F#
I bless the rains down in  Africa

G#m             E               B              D#m  F#  G#m  F#/A#  B
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had...

    B A#m D#m

Ooo Ooo

    B A#m D#m


[Interlude]

C#    Fm      A#m   C#/G#

B/F#  C#sus/G#  A#m   B  A#m D#m


[Bridge]

C#   F7  A#m                   B                 D#m
            "hurry boy, she's waiting there for you"


[Outro]

     G#m          E               B        F#
It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you

G#m                    E              B               F#
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do

G#m          E             B   F#
I bless the rains down in Africa

G#m          E             B   F#
I bless the rains down in Africa

G#m          E             B   F#
I bless the rains down in Africa

G#m          E             B   F#
I bless the rains down in Africa

G#m          E             B   F#
I bless the rains down in Africa

G#m             E              B               D#m  F#  G#m  F#/A#  B
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had...

    B A#m D#m

Ooo Ooo

    B A#m D#m

 (Repeat and fade)