A#m     B       C#      C7      Cm      D#      D#m     
<====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  
 |OOO    ||||    OOO|    |||O    ||||    |||O    |||O   
 ||||    ||OO    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||O|   
 O|||    |O||    ||||    ||||    |OOO    |OO|    OO||   
 ||||    O|||    |||O    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||   
.||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   
 ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||   

F       F#      Fm      G#      G#sus   
<====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  
 ||O|    |O|O    O|O|    ||||    O|||   
 O|||    ||O|    ||||    ||||    ||||   
 ||||    O|||    |||O    |O|O    |O||   
 ||||    ||||    ||||    ||O|    ||OO   
.||||   .||||   .||||   .O|||   .||||   
 ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||   

[Intro]
F# Fm A#m

F# Fm A#m

F# Fm A#m

F# Fm A#m


[Verse 1]

G#                   Cm     Fm
I hear the drums echoing tonight

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

G#                Cm           Fm
She's coming in, twelve thirty flight

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

G#            Cm               Fm
I stopped an old man along the way

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

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


[Chorus]

D#m           B              F#        C#
Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you

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

D#m          B          F#      C#
I bless the rains down in  Africa

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

    F# Fm A#m

Ooo Ooo

    F# Fm A#m


[Verse 2]

G#             Cm            Fm
The wild dogs cry out in the night

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

G#           Cm              Fm
I know that I must do what's right

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

G#         Cm                Fm
I seek to cure what's deep inside

Fm                F#                 A#m
Frightened of this thing that I've become


[Chorus]

D#m           B              F#        C#
Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you

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

D#m          B          F#      C#
I bless the rains down in  Africa

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

    F# Fm A#m

Ooo Ooo

    F# Fm A#m


[Interlude]

G#    Cm      Fm   G#/D#

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


[Bridge]

G#   C7  Fm                   F#                 A#m
            "hurry boy, she's waiting there for you"


[Outro]

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

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

D#m          B             F#   C#
I bless the rains down in Africa

D#m          B             F#   C#
I bless the rains down in Africa

D#m          B             F#   C#
I bless the rains down in Africa

D#m          B             F#   C#
I bless the rains down in Africa

D#m          B             F#   C#
I bless the rains down in Africa

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

    F# Fm A#m

Ooo Ooo

    F# Fm A#m

 (Repeat and fade)