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AFRICA - TOTO

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[Intro] 
          x4

[Verse 1] 
             
  I hear the d

           
rums echoin' t

  
o ight
          
She has only w

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hispers of som

          
e quiet conver

             
 sa -   tion
            
She's coming i

#            
n twelve thirt

  
y flight
           
the moonlit wi

            
ngs re flect t

          
he stars that 

              
guide me towar

              
d salva- ion
             
  I stopped an

           
 old man along

     
 the way
           
Hoping to find

            
 some old forg

          
otten words or

           
 ancient melo-

          
  dies
             
  He turned to

          
 me as if to s

#        
ay  hurry boy 

            
it's waiting t

         
here for you
 
[Hook] 
           
     Gonna tak

             
e a lot to dra

             
g me a way fro

  
m you
           
     There's n

              
othing that a 

             
hundred men or

             
 more could ev

   
er do
           
    I bless th

             
e rains down i

        
n   Af rica
           
    Gonna take

             
 some time to 

             
do the things 

                  ||:       :|| 
we never  had
 
[Verse 2] 
             
  The wild dog

           
s cry out in t

   
he night
           
As they grow r

            
estless longin

            
g for some sol

         
itary compa -n

            
y
             
  I know that 

           
I must do what

   
's right
           
Sure as Kilima

            
njaro rises li

          
ke O lympus ab

          
ove the Sereng

       
e-ti
           
  I seek to cu

             
re what's deep

       
 in side Frigh

              
tened of this 

            
thing that I'v

    
e become
 
[Hook] 
           
     Gonna tak

             
e a lot to dra

             
g me a way fro

  
m you
           
     There's n

              
othing that a 

             
hundred men or

             
 more could ev

   
er do
           
    I bless th

             
e rains down i

        
n   Af rica
           
    Gonna take

             
 some time to 

             
do the things 

                  ||:       :|| 
we never  had
 
[Solo] 
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[Outro] 
      
              

           
 hurry boy it'

            
s waiting ther

       
e for  you

           
    Gonna take

             
 a lot to drag

             
 me a way from

 
 you
           
    There's no

             
thing that a h

              
undred men or 

             
more could eve

  
r do
           
    I bless th

             
e rains down i

       
n   Africa
           
    I bless th

             
e rains down i

       
n   Africa
           
    I bless th

             
e rains down i

       
n   Africa
           
    I bless th

             
e rains down i

       
n   Africa
           
    Gonna take

             
 some time to 

             
do the things 

                  ||:       :|| 
we never  had 

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