A       A#7     A#m     B       C#      C#m     D#      
<====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  
 |O||    O|OO    |OOO    ||||    OOO|    OO||    |||O   
 O|||    |O||    ||||    ||OO    ||||    ||||    ||||   
 ||||    ||||    O|||    |O||    ||||    ||||    |OO|   
 ||||    ||||    ||||    O|||    |||O    |||O    ||||   
.||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   
 ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||   

D#m     E       F#      F#sus   G#m     
<====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  
 |||O    O|||    |O|O    |O||    O|||   
 ||O|    |||O    ||O|    ||OO    |||O   
 OO||    ||||    O|||    ||||    |O||   
 ||||    |O||    ||||    O|||    ||O|   
.||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   
 ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||   

[Intro]
E D#m G#m

E D#m G#m

E D#m G#m

E D#m G#m


[Verse 1]

F#                   A#m     D#m
I hear the drums echoing tonight

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

F#                A#m           D#m
She's coming in, twelve thirty flight

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

F#            A#m               D#m
I stopped an old man along the way

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

F#            A#m         D#m                  E                  G#m
He turned to me as if to say "hurry boy, it's waiting there for you"


[Chorus]

C#m           A              E        B
Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you

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

C#m          A          E      B
I bless the rains down in  Africa

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

    E D#m G#m

Ooo Ooo

    E D#m G#m


[Verse 2]

F#             A#m            D#m
The wild dogs cry out in the night

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

F#           A#m              D#m
I know that I must do what's right

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

F#         A#m                D#m
I seek to cure what's deep inside

D#m                E                 G#m
Frightened of this thing that I've become


[Chorus]

C#m           A              E        B
Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you

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

C#m          A          E      B
I bless the rains down in  Africa

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

    E D#m G#m

Ooo Ooo

    E D#m G#m


[Interlude]

F#    A#m      D#m   F#/C#

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


[Bridge]

F#   A#7  D#m                   E                 G#m
            "hurry boy, she's waiting there for you"


[Outro]

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

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

C#m          A             E   B
I bless the rains down in Africa

C#m          A             E   B
I bless the rains down in Africa

C#m          A             E   B
I bless the rains down in Africa

C#m          A             E   B
I bless the rains down in Africa

C#m          A             E   B
I bless the rains down in Africa

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

    E D#m G#m

Ooo Ooo

    E D#m G#m

 (Repeat and fade)