Quietdrive - Africa

      Africa
Quietdrive


[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
G                D/F#      Em
I hear the drums echoing tonight
             Am               G/B         C-- D
But she only whispers of some quiet conversation
G                 D/F#  Em
She's coming on a 12:30 flight
                    Am                   G/B            C-- D
The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me to salvation
G            D/F#              Em
I stopped an old man along the way
               Am             G/B              C-- D
Hoping to find some forgotten words or ancient melodies
G            D/F#        Em
He turned to me as if to say,
                  Am                G/B  -  C  -  D
"Hurry boys, it's waiting there for you!"

[Chorus]
Em                C               G        D/F#
It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
Em                     C              G               D/F#
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
Em          C             G-- D/F#
I bless the rains down in Africa
Em              C              G               D---
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had

[Instrumental (Similar to Intro)]
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[Verse 2]
G             D/F#           Em
The wild dogs cry out in the night
             Am                G/B      C--  D
As they grow restless for some solitary company
G           D/F#             Em
I know that I must do what's right
                  Am         G/B            C-- D
As sure as Kilimanjaro rises up of the Serengeti
G         D/F#               Em
I seek to cure what's deep inside,
                   Am                G/B - C - D
Frightened by this thing that I've become

[Chorus]
Em                C               G        D/F#
It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
Em                     C              G               D/F#
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
Em          C             G-- D/F#
I bless the rains down in Africa
Em              C              G               D---
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had

[Instrumental]
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(Similar to Verse)
G--  D/F# --  Em --       Am-- G/B --  C--  D
G--  D/F# --  Em --       Am-- G/B --

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“Hurry boys, it's waiting there for you!”

[Final Chorus]
Em                C               G        D/F#
It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
Em                     C              G               D/F#
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
Em          (Pause all instruments)
I bless the rains down in Africa

(Resume Instruments)
Em          C             G-- D/F#
I bless the rains down in Africa
Em          C             G-- D/F#
I bless the rains down in Africa
Em          C             G-- D/F#
I bless the rains down in Africa
Em              C              G               D------------
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had

[Ending]
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