Drums

| 3 bars |

Instruments

| A C#m7 | C#m7 | [x4]

Verse

| B D#m7 | G#m7 G#m/F# | I hear the drums echoing tonight But she hears only | A/E E/F# | [2/4] G#m7 | A C#m7 |whispers of some quiet conversation| B D#m7 | G#m7 G#m/F# | She's coming in twelve-thirty flight Her moonlit wings | A/E E/F# | [2/4] G#m7 | A C#m7 |reflect the stars that guide me towards salvation| B D#m7 | G#m7 G#m/F# | I stopped an old man along the way Hoping to find | A/E E/F# | [2/4] G#m7 | A C#m7 |some old forgotten words or ancient melodies| B D#m7 | G#m7 | A C#m7 | C#m7 | He turned to me as if to say "Hurry, boy, It's waiting there for you"

* Hook

| F#m D | A E | It's 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 | [2/4] A | Gonna take some time to do the things we never had

Instruments

| C#m E | [2/4] F#m G#m |

Instruments

| A C#m7 | C#m7 | [x2]

Verse 2

| B D#m7 | G#m7 G#m/F# | The wild dogs cry out in the night As they grow restless | A/E E/F# | [2/4] G#m7 | A C#m7 |longing for some solitary company| B D#m7 | G#m7 G#m/F# | I know that I must do what's right Sure as Kilimanjaro | A/E E/F# | [2/4] G#m7 | A C#m7 |rises like Olympus above the Serengeti| B D#m7 | G#m7 | A C#m7 | C#m7 | I seek to cure what's deep inside Frightened of this thing that I've become

* Hook

| F#m D | A E | It's 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 | [2/4] A | Gonna take some time to do the things we never had

Instruments

| C#m E | [2/4] F#m G#m |

Instruments

| A C#m7 | C#m7 | [x2]

Synth Solo

| B D#m7 | G#m7 G#m/F# | A/E E/F# | [2/4] G#m7 | A C#m7 |

Verse

| B D#m7 | G#m7 | A C#m7 | C#m7 | "Hurry, boy, she's waiting there for you"

Hook

| F#m D | A E | It's 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

Refrain

| F#m D | A E | [x5] I bless the rains down in Africa

Tag

| F#m D | [2/4] A | Gonna take some time to do the things we never had

Instruments

| C#m E | [2/4] F#m G#m |

Instruments

| A C#m7 | C#m7 | [x6] [fade]