Africa
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: BCapotraste: Sem capotraste
Album: Toto IV (1982)
[Chords]
B/F# 224442
A/E 002220
[Intro]
A G#m C#m
A G#m C#m
A G#m C#m
A G#m C#m
[Verse 1]
B D#m G#m
I hear the drums echoing tonight
B/F# A/E C#m G#m A G#m C#m
She hears only whispers of some quiet conversa - tion
B D#m G#m
She's coming in, twelve thirty flight
B/F# A/E Bsus/F# G#m A G#m C#m
The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me toward salva - tion
B D#m G#m
I stopped an old man along the way
B/F# A/E Bsus/F# G#m A G#m C#m
Hoping to find some old forgotten words or ancient melo - dies
B D#m 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 E/G# A
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had...
A G#m C#m
Ooo Ooo
A G#m C#m
[Verse 2]
B D#m G#m
The wild dogs cry out in the night
B/F# A/E Bsus/F# G#m A G#m C#m
As they grow restless longing for some solitary compa-ny
B D#m G#m
I know that I must do what's right
B/F# A/E Bsus/F# G#m A G#m C#m
As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Ser - engeti
B D#m 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 E/G# A
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had...
A G#m C#m
Ooo Ooo
A G#m C#m
[Interlude]
B D#m G#m B/F#
A/E Bsus/F# G#m A G#m C#m
[Bridge]
B D#7 G#m A C#m
hurry boy, she's waiting there for you
[Outro]
F#m D A E
Its 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 E
I bless the rains down in Africa
F#m D A E
I bless the rains down in Africa
F#m D A E
I bless the rains down in Africa
F#m D A E
I bless the rains down in Africa
F#m D A C#m E F#m E/G# A
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had
A G#m C#m
Ooo Ooo
A G#m C#m
(Repeat and fade)
How to play Africa
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The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.