Africa
(capo 2nd fret)

[Intro]
                     

[Verse 1]
             
I hear the dru

        
ms echoing ton

 
ight
         
She hears only

             
 whispers of s

           
ome quiet conv

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ersation 
            
She's coming i

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n, twelve thir

    
ty flight
         
The moonlit wi

             
ngs reflect th

             
e stars that g

             
uide me toward

      
s salvation
            
I stopped an o

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ld man along t

    
he way
         
Hoping to find

             
 some old forg

            
otten words or

          
 ancient melod

    
ies 
            
He turned to m

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e as if to say
         
Hurry boy, it'

             
s waiting ther

        
e for you

[Chorus]
            
It's gonna tak

             
e a lot to dra

             
g me away from

 
 you
            
There's nothin

             
g that a hundr

             
ed men or more

            
 could ever do
           
I bless the ra

             
ins down in Af

  
rica
            
Gonna take som

             
e time to do t

   
he things we n

ever
         
Had           

             
     oo, ooo

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[Verse 2]
             
The wild dogs 

           
cry out in the

  
 night
         
As they grow r

             
estless longin

            
g for some sol

           
itary company
           
I know that I 

             
must do what's

  
 right
           
As sure as Kil

/           
imanjaro rises

            
 like Olympus 

           
above the Sere

    
ngeti
          
I seek to cure

              
 what's deep i

  
nside...
         
Frightened of 

             
this thing tha

        
t I've become 

[Chorus]
            
It's gonna tak

             
e a lot to dra

             
g me away from

 
 you
            
There's nothin

             
g that a hundr

             
ed men or more

            
 could ever do
           
I bless the ra

             
ins down in Af

  
rica
            
Gonna take som

             
e time to do t

   
he things we n

ever
         
Had           

            
     oo, ooo..

  
.

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[Music Break] 
                         

      
            Hu

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rry boy, she's

             
 waiting there

     
 for you 

[Chorus]
            
It's gonna tak

             
e a lot to dra

             
g me away from

  
 you
            
There's nothin

             
g that a hundr

             
ed men or more

             
 could ever do
           
I bless the ra

             
ins down in Af

   
rica
           
I bless the ra

             
ins down in Af

   
rica
           
I bless the ra

             
ins down in Af

   
rica
           
I bless the ra

             
ins down in Af

   
rica
           
I bless the ra

             
ins down in Af

   
rica
            
Gonna take som

             
e time to do t

    
he things we n

ever
         
Had-----------

            
---- oo, ooo..

   
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[Outro]
           
Mark W