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

F#      Fm      G#      G7      Gm      
<====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  
 |O|O    O|O|    ||||    ||O|    |||O   
 ||O|    ||||    ||||    |O|O    |O||   
 O|||    |||O    |O|O    ||||    ||O|   
 ||||    ||||    ||O|    ||||    ||||   
.||||   .||||   .O|||   .||||   .||||   
 ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||   

[Intro]
C# Cm Fm

C# Cm Fm

C# Cm Fm

C# Cm Fm


[Verse 1]

D#                   Gm     Cm
I hear the drums echoing tonight

D#/A#              C#/G#           Fm         Cm  C#  Cm Fm
She hears only whispers of some quiet conversa - tion

D#                Gm           Cm
She's coming in, twelve thirty flight

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

D#            Gm               Cm
I stopped an old man along the way

       D#/A#         C#/G#           D#sus/A#          Cm    C#  Cm Fm
Hoping to find some old forgotten words or ancient melo - dies

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


[Chorus]

A#m           F#              C#        G#
Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you

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

A#m          F#          C#      G#
I bless the rains down in  Africa

A#m             F#               C#              Fm  G#  A#m  G#/C  C#
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had...

    C# Cm Fm

Ooo Ooo

    C# Cm Fm


[Verse 2]

D#             Gm            Cm
The wild dogs cry out in the night

   D#/A#               C#/G#              D#sus/A#  Cm   C# Cm Fm
As they grow restless longing for some solitary compa-ny

D#           Gm              Cm
I know that I must do what's right

           D#/A#        C#/G#         D#sus/A#            Cm     C# Cm Fm
As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Ser - engeti

D#         Gm                Cm
I seek to cure what's deep inside

Cm                C#                 Fm
Frightened of this thing that I've become


[Chorus]

A#m           F#              C#        G#
Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you

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

A#m          F#          C#      G#
I bless the rains down in  Africa

A#m             F#               C#              Fm  G#  A#m  G#/C  C#
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had...

    C# Cm Fm

Ooo Ooo

    C# Cm Fm


[Interlude]

D#    Gm      Cm   D#/A#

C#/G#  D#sus/A#  Cm   C#  Cm Fm


[Bridge]

D#   G7  Cm                   C#                 Fm
            "hurry boy, she's waiting there for you"


[Outro]

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

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

A#m          F#             C#   G#
I bless the rains down in Africa

A#m          F#             C#   G#
I bless the rains down in Africa

A#m          F#             C#   G#
I bless the rains down in Africa

A#m          F#             C#   G#
I bless the rains down in Africa

A#m          F#             C#   G#
I bless the rains down in Africa

A#m             F#              C#               Fm  G#  A#m  G#/C  C#
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had...

    C# Cm Fm

Ooo Ooo

    C# Cm Fm

 (Repeat and fade)