Toto-Africa
[Vox 2 - 5th below, vox 3 - 5th below and 3rd up - increase mix of harmony - make sure double on main vox][Intro BPM 95 ]
Drums B..B B+S...
A..A .A.A A.G#m. C#m...
(Stop playing C#m to play Keyboard riff)
[Verse 1]
[B] I hear the drums [D#m] echoing [G#m] tonight
She [G#m/F#-224444] hears only [A] whispers of some
[C#m] quiet con [G#m] versa [A] tion [A] [G#m] [C#m]
[B] She's coming [D#m] in, twelve thirty [G#m] flight
The moonl [G#m/F#] it wings [A] reflect the stars that
[C#m] guide me towards [G#m] salva [A] tion [G#m] [C#m]
[B] I stopped an [D#m] old man along the [G#m] way
Hoping [G#m/F#] to find some [A] old forgotten [C#m] words
or ancient [G#m] melo [A] dies [A] [G#m] [C#m]
[B] He turned to [D#m] me as if to [G#m] say
[G#m/F#] Hurry boy, it's [A] waiting there for you [A] [G#m] [C#m]
(Drum fill)
[Chorus - Guido in one second line]
[F#m] It's gonna take a [D] lot to drag me [A] away from [E] you
[F#m] There's nothing that a [D] hundred men or [A] more could ever [E] do
[F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca
[F#m] Gonna take some [D] time to do the [A] things we never
[C#m] Ha-- a a[E]ad a a [F#m] ad [E] oo, [A] ooo [G#m] [C#m]
[Link]
A (G#m C#m) X 2
[Verse 2]
[B] The wild dogs [D#m] cry out in the [G#m] night
As [G#m/F#] they grow restless [A] longing for some
[C#m] solitary [G#m] compa [A] ny [A] [G#m] [C#m]
[B] I know that [D#m] I must do what's [G#m] right
As sure as [G#m/F#] Kilimanjaro [A] rises like
O [C#m] lympus above the [G#m] Serenge [A] ti [A] [G#m] [C#m]
[B] I seek to [D#m] cure what's deep in [G#m] side...
[G#m/F#] Frightened of this [A] thing that I've become [A] [G#m] [C#m]
(Drum fill)
[Chorus - Guido in one second line]
[F#m] It's gonna take a [D] lot to drag me [A] away from [E] you
[F#m] There's nothing that a [D] hundred men or [A] more could ever [E] do
[F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca
[F#m] Gonna take some [D] time to do the [A] things we never
[C#m] Ha-- a a[E]ad a a [F#m] ad [E] oo, [A] ooo
[Link]
A (G#m C#m) X 2
[Music Break]
B D#m G#m B A C#m G#m A (G#m C#m)
[B] [D#m] [G#m] H [G#m/F#] urry boy,
she's [A] waiting there for you [A] [G#m] [C#m]
(Drum fill)
[Chorus - Guido in one second line]
[F#m] It's gonna take a [D] lot to drag me [A] away from [E] you
[F#m] There's nothing that a [D] hundred men or [A] more could ever [E] do
[F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca
[F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca
[F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca
[F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca
[F#m] Gonna take some [D] time to do the [A] things we never
[C#m] Ha-- a a[E]ad a a [F#m] ad [E] oo, [A] ooo [G#m] [C#m]
[Outro] A (G#m C#m) til fade
[Keyboard riff - Pick individually and ring notes together to make bigger sound]
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