{title: Africa}
{artist: Toto}
{time: 4/4}
{tempo: 93}
{key: A}
{meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06}
{start_of_part: Intro}
(drums)
[A] [C#m7] [A] [C#m7]
[A] [C#m7] [A] [C#m7]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_verse: Verse 1}
[B] I hear the drums [D#m7]echoing to[G#m7]night
but [B/F#]she hears only [A/E]whispers of some [E/F#]quiet conver[G#m]sa[A]tion [C#m]
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_verse: Verse 2}
[B] she's coming [D#m7]in 12:30 [G#m7]flight
the [B/F#]moonlit wings re[A/E]flect the stars that [E/F#]guide me towards sal[G#m]va[A]tion [C#m]
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_verse: Verse 3}
[B] I stopped an [D#m7]old man along the [G#m7]way
[B/F#]hoping to find some [A/E]long forgotten [E/F#]words or ancinet [G#m]melo[A]dies [C#m]
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_part: Pre-chorus 1}
[B] he turned to [D#m7]me as if to [G#m7]say:
[B/F#]hurry boy, it's [A]waiting there for you [C#m]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_chorus: Chorus 1}
[F#m] it's gonna take a [D]lot to drag me a[A]way 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]Afri[E]ca
[F#m] gonna take some [D]time to do the [A]things we never [C#m]had [E] [F#m] [A]
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_part: Link}
[A] [C#m7] [A] [C#m7]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_verse: Verse 4}
[B] the wild dogs [D#m7]cry out in the [G#m7]night
as [B/F#]they grow restless [A/E]longing for some [E/F#]solitary [G#m]compa[A]ny [C#m]
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_verse: Verse 5}
[B] I know that [D#m7]I must do what's [G#m7]right
as sure as [B/F#]Kilimanjaro [A/E]rises like O[E/F#]lympus above the [G#m]Seranget[A]ti [C#m]
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_part: Pre-chorus 2}
[B] I seek to [D#m7]cure what's deep in[G#m7]side
[B/F#]frightened of this [A]thing that I've become [C#m]
{end_of_part}
{chorus: Chorus 2}
{start_of_part: Link}
[A] [C#m7] [A] [C#m7]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_part: Solo}
[B] [D#m7] [G#m7] [B/F#]
[A/E] [E/F#] [G#m] [A] [C#m]
[B] [D#m7] [G#m7]
[B/F#]hurry boy, she's [A]waiting there for you [C#m]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_chorus: Out-chorus}
[F#m] it's gonna take a [D]lot to drag me a[A]way 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]Afri[E]ca
[F#m] I bless the [D]rains down in [A]Afri[E]ca
[F#m] I bless the [D]rains down in [A]Afri[E]ca
[F#m] I bless the [D]rains down in [A]Afri[E]ca
[F#m] I bless the [D]rains down in [A]Afri[E]ca
[F#m] gonna take some [D]time to do the [A]things we never [C#m]had [E] [F#m] [A]
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_part: Outtro, repeat}
[A] [C#m7]
{end_of_part}