Toto-Africa - BPM - 93
[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 - or play C#m normally
them as x44x65x so can ring the 65 notes as you play 6, 5 7 5, 5 7 5)
[Verse 1] [RECORD LOOP]
[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]
[PLAY LOOP]
[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]
[STOP LOOP]
[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] [START LOOP - LEAD SOUND]
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, [STOP LOOP]
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]
E ---0~~~~~~~~~~~
B ---75~-75~-75~-
G -66~-66~-66~-6~
D ---------------
A ---------------
E ---------------
[Solo- 2:58 - start off beat - upstroke on 4 of B] 32nd note 12431
Pick each first note of 3 note groupings to get rhythm
** switch mute alternate pick for timing
think double pull offs for much of this phrase
!Left hand position shift
E *-11p9p7--9p7----7--------------------------------------------------
B --------------9-----9p7---9p7------7----------------------**4p2p0--
G -----------------------------8-----!8p6--8p6s4--6p4--4-----------1-
D ---------------------------------------------------6--------------4
A -------------------------------------------------------------------
E -------------------------------------------------------------------
Bt1 234 broken triplet feel ish
E *--------------------------------------------------
B -------5-4-----------------------------------------
G ------------6-4--------4-----------------4---------
D -----6----------7-6-4-----7--6--4-----4-----4------
A ---7-------------------------------7-----------4--4
E ---------------------------------------------------
(*** poss 11+12,9+11,7+9 over G#m -
upstrokes so harmony notes not too loud)
E --------------------------***--s11------s9-----7
B -------4----4---7-4-7-9-7-----------------------
G -6-4-6----6-------------------------------------
D ------------------------------------------------
A ------------------------------------------------
E ------------------------------------------------
(CHANGE PATCH AND COME IN FOR CHORUS OR LEAVE PATCH IF SLIGHTLY DISTORTED TO BUILD CHORUS?)