Africa Ukulele Chords

by Toto
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: G C E A
Capo: no capo
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2 contributors total, last edit on Feb 26, 2019
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Chords

A
C#m
B
D#m
G#m
C#m7
D#7
F#m
D
E

Strumming

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Africa – TOTO
 
[Intro]
A   C#m   x4
 
[Verse 1]
B                   D#m     G#m
I hear the drums echoing tonight
B               A             C#m         G#m   A  C#m
She has only whispers of some quiet conversa - tion
B                 D#m          G#m         B
She's coming in, twelve thirty flight, the moonlit winds
A                      C#m7              G#m  A  C#m
Reflect the stars that guide me toward salvation
B              D#m             G#m
I stopped an old man along the way
B                   A             C#m              G#m  A C#m
Hoping to find some old forgotten words of ancient melodies
B              D#7       G#m                 A                C#m
He turned to me as if to say, hurry boy it's waiting there for you
 
[Chorus]
F#m           D               A       E
Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
F#m                     D             A             E
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
F#m          D            A   E
I bless the rains down in Africa
F#m             D               A        C#m E F#m  A  C#m
Gonna take some time to do the things we never  had
 
[Verse 2]
B                 D#m         G#m
The wild dogs cry out in the night
B            A                    C#m            G#m  A  C#m
As they grow restless longing for some solitary company
B          D#m               G#m
I know that I must do what's right
B                      A           C#m              G#m    A  C#m
As sure as Kilimangaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti
B         D#7               G#m
I seek to cure what's deep inside
G#m                 A               C#m
Frightened of this thing that I've become
 
[Chorus]
F#m         D             A       E
Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
F#m                   D             A             E
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
F#m        D              A   E
I bless the rains down in Africa
F#m           D              A        C#m E F#m  A  C#m
Gonna take some time to do the things we never  had
 
[Instrumental]
B   D#m   G#m   B   A   C#m   G#m    A  C#m
B   D#7     G#m               A              C#m
               hurry boy, she's waiting there for you
 
[Chorus]
F#m         D             A       E
Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
F#m                   D             A             E
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
F#m        D              A   E
I bless the rains down in Africa (repeat x4)
F#m           D              A        C#m E F#m  A  C#m
Gonna take some time to do the things we never  had
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5 comments
yadokarinoise
what's the strumming pattern?
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arielrottondi
Awesome job. But the intro should be A (2104) G#m (1342) C#m (6447)
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Uke05
I recommend tuning down a half step then transposing up one, the chords are easier in my opinion
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