Africa Chords
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| Difficulty: | intermediate |
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| Capo: | no capo |
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Africa - Toto (E Flat Tuning)
[Intro]
A#,C,Dm x4 [Play C as A passing chord]
[Verse]
C Em7 Am
V1 I hear the drums echoing tonight
Em7 A# Dm C Intro Chords x1
But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation
C Em7 Am
She's coming in twelve-thirty flight
Em7 A# Dm C Intro Chords x1
Her moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards salvation
C Em7 Am
I stopped an old man along the way
Em7 A# Dm C Intro Chords x1
Hoping to find some old forgotten words or ancient melodies
C Em7 Am Em7 Intro Chords x1
He turned to me as if to say: "Hurry boy, it's waiting there for you"
[Chorus]
Gm D# A# F
Ch It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
Gm D# A# F
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
Gm D# A# F
I bless the rains down in Africa
Gm D# A# Dm F Gm F, Intro Chords x2
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had
[Verse]
C Em7 Am
V2 The wild dogs cry out in the night
Em7 A# Dm C Intro Chords x1
As they grow restless longing for some solitary company
C Em7 Am
I know that I must do what's right
Em7 A# Dm C Intro Chords x1
Sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti
C Em7 Am Em7 A# C Dm
I seek to cure what's deep inside, frightened of this thing that I've become
Repeat Chorus
Solo Chords-
C Em7 Am Em7 A# Dm C [Intro Chords x1] C Em7 Am
Em7 A# C Dm
Hurry boy, she's waiting there for you
Gm D# A# F
It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
Gm D# A# F
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
Gm D# A# F
I bless the rains down in Africa x5
Gm D# A# Dm F Gm F
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had
[Outro] Intro Chords x4
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8 comments
the intro shud be....Am-Gm7-Cm7....try it believe me its alot better...that all sounds wrong
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half a step lower than Eb? i think it sounds fine
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with your chords, stickin a capo on 2 would make it half a step lower too though.
I think this tabs great
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