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AFRICA - TOTO

[Intro]

 |  || x4

[Verse 1]

             
I hear the dru

         
ms echoin' ton

#
ight
         
She has only w

/            
hispers of som

          
e quiet conver

    
sa - tion
            
She's coming i

#           
n twelve thirt

           
y flight   the

 
 moonlit wings
           
     Reflect t

              
he stars that 

          
guide me towar

           
d salva-tion
            
I stopped an o

#           
ld man along t

   
he way
          
Hoping to find

           
 some old forg

          
otten words or

       
 ancient melo-

#    
dies
            
He turned to m

#        
e as if to say

              
  hurry boy it

             
's waiting the

          
re for you


[Hook]

           
     Gonna tak

             
e a lot to dra

             
g me away from

 
 you
           
     There's n

              
othing that a 

             
hundred men or

             
 more could ev

   
er do       
           
     I bless t

             
he rains down 

        
in   Africa
           
     Gonna tak

             
e some time to

             
 do the things

               (   
 we never  had


[Verse 2]

             
The wild dogs 

          
cry out in the

 
 night
          
As they grow r

           
estless longin

          
g for some sol

         
itary compa-ny
           
I know that I 

            
must do what's

 
 right
          
Sure as Kilima

           
njaro rises li

          
ke Olympus abo

      
ve the Serenge

      
-ti
             
     I seek to

          
 cure what's d

      
eep inside
           
Frightened of 

             
this thing tha

             
t I've become


[Hook]

           
     Gonna tak

             
e a lot to dra

             
g me away from

 
 you
           
     There's n

              
othing that a 

             
hundred men or

             
 more could ev

   
er do
           
     I bless t

             
he rains down 

        
in   Africa
           
     Gonna tak

             
e some time to

             
 do the things

                (   
 we never  had


[Solo]

                              


[Outro]

      
              

           
 hurry boy it'

             
s waiting ther

        
e for you
           
     Gonna tak

             
e a lot to dra

             
g me away from

 
 you
           
     There's n

              
othing that a 

             
hundred men or

             
 more could ev

   
er do
           
     I bless t

             
he rains down 

        
in   Africa [R

EPEAT X4]
           
     Gonna tak

             
e some time to

             
 do the things

               (  
 we never  had

                                                                      repeat til fade

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