[Intro]
<b class="chord">A</b> <b class="chord">G#m</b> <b class="chord">C#m</b>
[Verse 1]
<b class="chord">B</b> <b class="chord">D#m</b> <b class="chord">G#m</b>
I hear the drums echoing tonight
<b class="chord">B/F#</b> <b class="chord">A/E</b> <b class="chord">C#m</b> <b class="chord">G#m</b> <b class="chord">A</b> <b class="chord">G#m</b> <b class="chord">C#m</b>
She hears only whispers of some quiet conversa - tion
<b class="chord">B</b> <b class="chord">D#m</b> <b class="chord">G#m</b>
She's coming in, twelve thirty flight
<b class="chord">B/F#</b> <b class="chord">A/E</b> <b class="chord">C#m7</b> <b class="chord">G#m</b> <b class="chord">A</b> <b class="chord">G#m</b> <b class="chord">C#m</b>
The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me toward salva-tion
<b class="chord">B</b> <b class="chord">D#m</b> <b class="chord">G#m</b>
I stopped an old man along the way
<b class="chord">B/F#</b> <b class="chord">A/E</b> <b class="chord">C#m</b> <b class="chord">G#m</b> <b class="chord">A</b> <b class="chord">G#m</b> <b class="chord">C#m</b>
Hoping to find some old forgotten words or ancient melo-dies
<b class="chord">B</b> <b class="chord">D#m</b> <b class="chord">G#m</b> <b class="chord">A</b> <b class="chord">C#m</b>
He turned to me as if to say "hurry boy, it's waiting there for you"
[Chorus]
<b class="chord">F#m</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">A</b> <b class="chord">E</b>
Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
<b class="chord">F#m</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">A</b> <b class="chord">E</b>
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
<b class="chord">F#m</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">A</b> <b class="chord">E</b>
I bless the rains down in Africa
<b class="chord">F#m</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">A</b> <b class="chord">C#m</b> <b class="chord">E</b> <b class="chord">F#m</b>
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had...
<b class="chord">A</b> <b class="chord">G#m</b> <b class="chord">C#m</b>
Ooo Ooo
<b class="chord">A</b> <b class="chord">G#m</b> <b class="chord">C#m</b>
[Verse 2]
<b class="chord">B</b> <b class="chord">D#m</b> <b class="chord">G#m</b>
The wild dogs cry out in the night
<b class="chord">B/F#</b> <b class="chord">A/E</b> <b class="chord">C#m</b> <b class="chord">G#m</b> <b class="chord">A</b> <b class="chord">G#m</b> <b class="chord">C#m</b>
As they grow restless longing for some solitary compa-ny
<b class="chord">B</b> <b class="chord">D#m</b> <b class="chord">G#m</b>
I know that I must do what's right
<b class="chord">B/F#</b> <b class="chord">A/E</b> <b class="chord">C#m</b> <b class="chord">G#m</b> <b class="chord">A</b> <b class="chord">G#m</b> <b class="chord">C#m</b>
As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti
<b class="chord">B</b> <b class="chord">D#m</b> <b class="chord">G#m</b>
I seek to cure what's deep inside
<b class="chord">G#m</b> <b class="chord">A</b> <b class="chord">C#m</b>
Frightened of this thing that I've become
[Chorus]
<b class="chord">F#m</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">A</b> <b class="chord">E</b>
It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
<b class="chord">F#m</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">A</b> <b class="chord">E</b>
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
<b class="chord">F#m</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">A</b> <b class="chord">E</b>
I bless the rains down in Africa
<b class="chord">F#m</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">A</b> <b class="chord">C#m</b> <b class="chord">E</b> <b class="chord">F#m</b>
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had...
<b class="chord">A</b> <b class="chord">G#m</b> <b class="chord">C#m</b>
Ooo Ooo
<b class="chord">A</b> <b class="chord">G#m</b> <b class="chord">C#m</b>
[Interlude]
<b class="chord">B</b> <b class="chord">D#m</b> <b class="chord">G#m</b>
<b class="chord">B</b> <b class="chord">A</b> <b class="chord">C#m</b> <b class="chord">G#m</b> <b class="chord">A</b> <b class="chord">G#m</b> <b class="chord">C#m</b>
[Bridge]
<b class="chord">B</b> <b class="chord">D#7</b> <b class="chord">G#m</b> <b class="chord">A</b> <b class="chord">C#m</b>
"hurry boy, she's waiting there for you"
[Outro/Chorus]
<b class="chord">F#m</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">A</b> <b class="chord">E</b>
It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
<b class="chord">F#m</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">A</b> <b class="chord">E</b>
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
<b class="chord">F#m</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">A</b> <b class="chord">E</b>
I bless the rains down in Africa
<b class="chord">F#m</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">A</b> <b class="chord">E</b>
I bless the rains down in Africa
<b class="chord">F#m</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">A</b> <b class="chord">E</b>
I bless the rains down in Africa
<b class="chord">F#m</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">A</b> <b class="chord">E</b>
I bless the rains down in Africa
<b class="chord">F#m</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">A</b> <b class="chord">E</b>
I bless the rains down in Africa
<b class="chord">F#m</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">A</b> <b class="chord">C#m</b> <b class="chord">E</b> <b class="chord">F#m</b>
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had...
<b class="chord">A</b> <b class="chord">G#m</b> <b class="chord">C#m</b>
Ooo Ooo
(repeat fading)
<b class="chord">A</b> <b class="chord">G#m</b> <b class="chord">C#m</b>