Africa - Toto (E Flat Tuning)

[Intro]
,, x4 [Play  as  passing chord]

[Verse]
             
V1 I hear the 

           
drums echoing 


tonight
           
   But she hea

            
rs only whispe

            
rs of some qui

             
et conversatio

   
n
             
   She's comin

           
g in twelve-th

     
irty flight
           
   Her moonlit

            
 wings reflect

              
 the stars tha

            
t guide me tow

               
ards salvation
             
   I stopped a

           
n old man alon

      
g the way
           
   Hoping to f

            
ind some old f

            
orgotten words

             
 or ancient me

        
lodies
             
   He turned t

           
o me as if to 

         
say: "Hurry bo

          
y, it's waitin

  
g there for yo

u"

[Chorus]
            
Ch It's gonna 

            
take a lot to 

            
drag me away f

    
rom you
            
   There's not

              
hing that a hu

            
ndred men or m

            
ore could ever

 
 do
            
   I bless the

            
 rains down in

    
 Africa
            
   Gonna take 

            
some time to d

            
o the things w

             
e never had

[Verse]
             
V2 The wild do

           
gs cry out in 

     
the night
           
   As they gro

              
w restless lon

            
ging for some 

           
solitary compa

    
ny
             
   I know that

           
 I must do wha

     
t's right
           
   Sure as Kil

            
imanjaro rises

            
 like Olympus 

              
above the Sere

      
ngeti
            
   I seek to c

            
ure what's dee

         
p inside, frig

              
htened of this

           
 thing that I'

       
ve become

Repeat Chorus

Solo Chords- 
       [Intro Chords x1]   

           
Hurry boy, she

            
's waiting the

         
re for you
            
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 x5
            
Gonna take som

            
e time to do t

            
he things we n

        
ever had

[Outro] Intro Chords x4