Intro:
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Verse 1:
[B]I hear the drums echo[D#m]ing tonight[G#m]
[B/F#]She hears only whis[A/E]pers of some quiet conver[G#m]sa - [A]tion[G#m] [C#m]
[B]She's coming in, [D#m]twelve thirty [G#m]flight
[B/F#]The moonlit [A/E]wings reflect the stars that g[C#m7]uide me toward sa[G#m]l[A]va-[G#m]tion[C#m]
[B]I stopped an old[D#m] man along the [G#m]way
[B/F#]Hoping to find some [A/E]old forgotten [C#]words or ancient [G#m]melo-[A]dies[G#m] [C#m]
[B]He turned to me [D#m]as if to [G#m]say “hurry boy, it's [A]waiting there for [C#m]you”
Chorus:
[F#m]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 in[A] Af[E]rica
[F#m]Gonna take some [D]time to do the [A]things we never [C#m]had[E] [F#m] [E] [A]...
Ooo [A]Ooo[G#m] [C#m]
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Verse 2:
[B]The wild dogs [D#m]cry out in the [G#m]night
[B/F#]As they grow restless [A/E]longing for [C#m]some solitary [G#m]compa[A]-[G#m]ny[C#m]
[B]I know that [D#m]I must do what's [G#m]right
[B/F#]As sure as Kilimanjaro [A/E]rises like [C#m]Olympus above the [G#m]Seren[A]geti[G#m] [C#m]
[B]I seek to [D#m]cure what's deep inside[G#m]
[G#m]Frightened of this [A]thing that I've be[C#m]come
Chorus:
It’s [F#m]gonna take a [D]lot to drag me [A]away from [E]you
[A]There's nothing [E]that a hundred men or [A]more could ever [E]do
[F#m]I bless the [D]rains down in[A] Af[E]rica
[F#m]Gonna take some [D]time to do the [A]things we never [C#m]had[E] [F#m] [E] [A]...
Ooo [A]Ooo[G#m] [C#m]
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(Interlude)
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(Bridge)
[C#m]hurry boy, she's [A]waiting ther[B]e [D#7]for [G#m]you”
(Outro-Chorus)
It’s [F#m]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 in[A] Af[E]rica
[F#m]I bless the [D]rains down in[A] Af[E]rica
[F#m]I bless the [D]rains down in[A] Af[E]rica
[F#m]I bless the [D]rains down in[A] Af[E]rica
[F#m]I bless the [D]rains down in[A] Afr[E]ica
[F#m]Gonna take [D]some time to do the t[A]hings [C#m]we [E]never [F#m]had[E] [A]…
Ooo [A]Ooo[G#m] [C#m]
(repeat fading)
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