Africa - Toto

Track 1Guitar

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Tuning: E A D G B E

Capo: 2

BPM: 200

    Intro: G5 Bm
e|--3----3---------3----|-----3---------3----|3-------------------|2-------------------|--------------------|
B|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|3-------------------|--------------------|
G|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|4-------------------|--------------------|
D|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|4-------------------|--------------------|
A|--2----2---------2----|-----2---------2----|2-------------------|2-------------------|--------------------|
E|--3----3---------3----|-----3---------3----|3---------2---------|--------------------|--------------------|

               [Introx3]
               Verse:
               A
               I hear the drums echoing tonight C#m      F#m
e|------------|0---------0---------|4---------4---------|2---------2---------|-----|
B|------------|2---------2---------|5---------5---------|2---------2---------|-----|
G|------------|2---------2---------|6---------6---------|2---------2---------|-----|
D|------------|2---------2---------|6---------6---------|4---------4---------|-----|
A|------------|0---------0---------|4---------4---------|4---------4---------|-----|
E|------------|--------------------|--------------------|2---------2---------|-----|

    E on F#m G5 Bm
    But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation                              [Intro]
e|----------------------|-----**--------**---|---------------**---|-----**-------------|**---**--------**---|
B|----------------------|--------------------|---------------**---|-----**-------------|--------------------|
G|----------------------|--------------------|---------------**---|-----**-------------|--------------------|
D|--**--------**--------|--------------------|---------------**---|-----**-------------|--------------------|
A|--**--------**--------|-----**--------**---|---------------**---|-----**-------------|**---**--------**---|
E|----------------------|-----**--------**---|--------------------|--------------------|**---**--------**---|

                                                         [SAME]]She's coming in, 12:30 flight
                                                         The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards salvation[Intro]
                                                         [SAME]I stopped an old man along the way
                                                         Hoping to find some old forgotten words or ancient melodies[Intro]
                                                         [SAME]He turned to me as if to say, "Hurry boy, it's waiting there for you" G5x6
                                                         [Chorus]
                                                         Em
                                                         It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you C
e|-------**--------**---|**------------------|**--------|**--------**--------|**--------**--------|
B|----------------------|--------------------|**--------|**--------**--------|**--------**--------|
G|----------------------|--------------------|**--------|**--------**--------|**--------**--------|
D|----------------------|--------------------|**--------|**--------**--------|**--------**--------|
A|-------**--------**---|**------------------|**--------|**--------**--------|**--------**--------|
E|-------**--------**---|**--------**--------|----------|**--------**--------|--------------------|

                                         [SAME]There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
                                         [SAME]I bless the rains down in Africa
                                         Em
    G5                   D               Gonna take some time to do the things we never had (ooh, ooh) C G5
e|--**--------**--------|**--------**---|**--------**--------|**--------**--------|**--------**--------|
B|----------------------|**--------**---|**--------**--------|**--------**--------|--------------------|
G|----------------------|**--------**---|**--------**--------|**--------**--------|--------------------|
D|----------------------|**--------**---|**--------**--------|**--------**--------|--------------------|
A|--**--------**--------|---------------|**--------**--------|**--------**--------|**--------**--------|
E|--**--------**--------|---------------|**--------**--------|--------------------|**--------**--------|

                                              [INTROx2]
                                              [VERSE]The wild dogs cry out in the night
                                              As they grow restless, longing for some solitary company
                                              [VERSE]I know that I must do what's right
                                              As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti
                                              [VERSE]I seek to cure what's deep inside, frightened of this thing that I've become
                                              [CHORUS]It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
                                              There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
                                              I bless the rains down in Africa
                                              Gonna take some time to do the things we never had (ooh, ooh)
                                              [INTROx2]
                                              [SOLO]
                                              Hurry boy, she's waiting there for you
                                              [CHORUS]It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
                                              There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
                                              I bless the rains down in Africa
                                              I bless the rains down in Africa
                                              (I bless the rain)
                                              I bless the rains down in Africa (I bless the rain)
                                              I bless the rains down in Africa
                                              I bless the rains down in Africa (ah, gonna take the time)
                                              Gonna take some time to do the things we never had (ooh, ooh)
                                              Solo:
    Bm        D          Em             G5    A                    C#m                  F#m
e|--**--------**--------|**-------------**---|**--------**--------|**--------**--------|**--------**--------|
B|--**--------**--------|**------------------|**--------**--------|**--------**--------|**--------**--------|
G|--**--------**--------|**------------------|**--------**--------|**--------**--------|**--------**--------|
D|--**--------**--------|**------------------|**--------**--------|**--------**--------|**--------**--------|
A|--**------------------|**-------------**---|**--------**--------|**--------**--------|**--------**--------|
E|----------------------|**--------**---**---|--------------------|--------------------|**--------**--------|

          A         G5                              Bm
e|-------|**--------**--------|-----**--------**---|---------------**---|-----**-------------|
B|-------|**--------**--------|--------------------|---------------**---|-----**-------------|
G|-------|**--------**--------|--------------------|---------------**---|-----**-------------|
D|-------|**--------**--------|--------------------|---------------**---|-----**-------------|
A|-------|**--------**--------|-----**--------**---|---------------**---|-----**-------------|
E|-------|--------------------|-----**--------**---|--------------------|--------------------|

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Instruments: Guitar
Genres: Pop, Rock
Tracks: 1
Tempo: 200 BPM
Time signature: 4/4
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: Fret 2

Published 20 Jul 2021

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