Intro: |(Drums) (4x) >A G#m C#m7 (4x) Verse 1: >B D#m7 G#m I hear the drums echoing tonight > G#m/F# A/E She hears only whispers > E/F# G#m A G#m C#m Of some quiet conversation >B D#m7 G#m She's coming in, twelve thirty flight > G#m/F# A/E The moonlit wings reflect the stars > E/F# G#m A G#m C#m That guide me towards salvation >B D#m7 G#m I stopped an old man along the way > G#m/F# A/E E/F# Hoping to find some old forgotten words > G#m A G#m C#m Or ancient melodies >B D#m7 G#m He turned to me as if to say > G#m A G#m C#m "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 There's nothing that a hundred men > A E Or more could ever do >F#m D A E I bless the rains down in Africa >F#m D Gonna take some time > A C#m E F#m To do the things we never had... > E/G# (Int.) Oooh ooo Interlude: >A G#m C#m (2x) Verse 2: >B D#m7 G#m The wild dogs cry out in the night > G#m/F# As they grow restless > A/E E/F# G#m A G#m C#m Longing for some solitary company >B D#m7 G#m I know that I must do what's right > G#m/F# A/E As sure as Kilimanjaro rises > E/F# G#m A G#m C#m Like Olympus above the Serengeti >B D#m7 G#m I seek to cure what's deep inside > G#m A G#m C#m Frightened of this thing that I've become Chorus: >F#m D A E It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you >F#m D There's nothing that a hundred men > A E Or more could ever do >F#m D A E I bless the rains down in Africa >F#m D Gonna take some time > A C#m E F#m To do the things we never had... > E/G# (int.) Oooh ooo Interlude: >A G#m C#m (2x) Solo: >B D#m7 G#m G#m/F# >A/E E/F# G#m, A G#m C#m >B D#m7 G#m Bridge: > G#m A G#m C#m "Hurry boy, she's waiting there for you" Coda: >F#m D A E It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you >F#m D There's nothing that a hundred men > A E 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 (I bless the rain) >F#m D A E I bless the rains down in Africa (I, bless the rain) >F#m D A E I bless the rains down in Africa >F#m D A E I bless the rains down in Africa (Bless the rain there) >F#m D Gonna take some time > A C#m E F#m To do the things we never had... > E/G# (out.) Oooh ooo Outro: repeat 10x to fade >A G#m C#m