A#      Am      B7      Bm      C       D       Dm      
<====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  
 ||OO    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||O|   
 |O||    O|||    O|OO    |OOO    ||||    OOO|    OO||   
 O|||    ||||    |O||    ||||    |||O    ||||    ||||   
 ||||    ||||    ||||    O|||    ||||    ||||    ||||   
.||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   
 ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||   

E       Em      F       G       Gsus    
<====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  
 O|||    ||||    ||O|    ||||    ||||   
 |||O    |||O    O|||    |O|O    |O||   
 ||||    ||O|    ||||    ||O|    ||OO   
 |O||    |O||    ||||    ||||    ||||   
.||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   
 ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||   

[Intro]
F Em Am

F Em Am

F Em Am

F Em Am


[Verse 1]

G                   Bm     Em
I hear the drums echoing tonight

G/D              F/C           Am         Em  F  Em Am
She hears only whispers of some quiet conversa - tion

G                Bm           Em
She's coming in, twelve thirty flight

        G/D        F/C                  Gsus/D            Em  F  Em Am
The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me toward salva - tion

G            Bm               Em
I stopped an old man along the way

       G/D         F/C           Gsus/D          Em    F  Em Am
Hoping to find some old forgotten words or ancient melo - dies

G            Bm         Em                  F                  Am
He turned to me as if to say "hurry boy, it's waiting there for you"


[Chorus]

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

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

Dm          A#          F      C
I bless the rains down in  Africa

Dm             A#               F              Am  C  Dm  C/E  F
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had...

    F Em Am

Ooo Ooo

    F Em Am


[Verse 2]

G             Bm            Em
The wild dogs cry out in the night

   G/D               F/C              Gsus/D  Em   F Em Am
As they grow restless longing for some solitary compa-ny

G           Bm              Em
I know that I must do what's right

           G/D        F/C         Gsus/D            Em     F Em Am
As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Ser - engeti

G         Bm                Em
I seek to cure what's deep inside

Em                F                 Am
Frightened of this thing that I've become


[Chorus]

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

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

Dm          A#          F      C
I bless the rains down in  Africa

Dm             A#               F              Am  C  Dm  C/E  F
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had...

    F Em Am

Ooo Ooo

    F Em Am


[Interlude]

G    Bm      Em   G/D

F/C  Gsus/D  Em   F  Em Am


[Bridge]

G   B7  Em                   F                 Am
            "hurry boy, she's waiting there for you"


[Outro]

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

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

Dm          A#             F   C
I bless the rains down in Africa

Dm          A#             F   C
I bless the rains down in Africa

Dm          A#             F   C
I bless the rains down in Africa

Dm          A#             F   C
I bless the rains down in Africa

Dm          A#             F   C
I bless the rains down in Africa

Dm             A#              F               Am  C  Dm  C/E  F
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had...

    F Em Am

Ooo Ooo

    F Em Am

 (Repeat and fade)