A#      A7      Am      C       Cm      D       D#      
<====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  
 ||OO    |O||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    |||O   
 |O||    ||||    O|||    ||||    ||||    OOO|    ||||   
 O|||    ||||    ||||    |||O    |OOO    ||||    |OO|   
 ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||   
.||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   
 ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||   

Dm      F       Fsus    G#      Gm      
<====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  
 ||O|    ||O|    ||OO    ||||    |||O   
 OO||    O|||    ||||    ||||    |O||   
 ||||    ||||    O|||    |O|O    ||O|   
 ||||    ||||    ||||    ||O|    ||||   
.||||   .||||   .||||   .O|||   .||||   
 ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||   

[Intro]
D# Dm Gm

D# Dm Gm

D# Dm Gm

D# Dm Gm


[Verse 1]

F                   Am     Dm
I hear the drums echoing tonight

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

F                Am           Dm
She's coming in, twelve thirty flight

        F/C        D#/A#                  Fsus/C            Dm  D#  Dm Gm
The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me toward salva - tion

F            Am               Dm
I stopped an old man along the way

       F/C         D#/A#           Fsus/C          Dm    D#  Dm Gm
Hoping to find some old forgotten words or ancient melo - dies

F            Am         Dm                  D#                  Gm
He turned to me as if to say "hurry boy, it's waiting there for you"


[Chorus]

Cm           G#              D#        A#
Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you

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

Cm          G#          D#      A#
I bless the rains down in  Africa

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

    D# Dm Gm

Ooo Ooo

    D# Dm Gm


[Verse 2]

F             Am            Dm
The wild dogs cry out in the night

   F/C               D#/A#              Fsus/C  Dm   D# Dm Gm
As they grow restless longing for some solitary compa-ny

F           Am              Dm
I know that I must do what's right

           F/C        D#/A#         Fsus/C            Dm     D# Dm Gm
As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Ser - engeti

F         Am                Dm
I seek to cure what's deep inside

Dm                D#                 Gm
Frightened of this thing that I've become


[Chorus]

Cm           G#              D#        A#
Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you

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

Cm          G#          D#      A#
I bless the rains down in  Africa

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

    D# Dm Gm

Ooo Ooo

    D# Dm Gm


[Interlude]

F    Am      Dm   F/C

D#/A#  Fsus/C  Dm   D#  Dm Gm


[Bridge]

F   A7  Dm                   D#                 Gm
            "hurry boy, she's waiting there for you"


[Outro]

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

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

Cm          G#             D#   A#
I bless the rains down in Africa

Cm          G#             D#   A#
I bless the rains down in Africa

Cm          G#             D#   A#
I bless the rains down in Africa

Cm          G#             D#   A#
I bless the rains down in Africa

Cm          G#             D#   A#
I bless the rains down in Africa

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

    D# Dm Gm

Ooo Ooo

    D# Dm Gm

 (Repeat and fade)