Verse           Chorus
  G     Bm         Em     C     G*    D
E|--3-----2------|----0-----0-----3-----2--|
B|--0-----3------|----0-----1-----3-----3--|
G|--0-----4------|----0-----0-----0-----2--|
D|--0-----4------|----2-----2-----0-----0--|
A|--2-----X------|----2-----3-----2-----0--|
E|--3-----X------|----0-----0-----3-----0--|

G*                       Bm          G*  Bm
I hear the drums echoing tonight
But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation
She's coming in 12:30 flight
The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards salvation
G*                       Bm          G*  Bm
I stopped an old man along the way
G*                       Bm          G*  Bm
Hoping to find some long forgotten words or ancient melodies
G*                       Bm          G*  Bm
He turned to me as if to say, ''Hurry boy, it's waiting there for you''

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

G*                           Bm       G*  Bm
The wild dogs cry out in the night
As they grow restless longing for some solitary company
I know that I must do what's right
As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti
I seek to cure what's deep inside, frightened of this thing that I've become

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

G*                                 Bm      G*  Bm
Hurry boy, she's waiting there for you

Em              C                G         D
It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
Em                     C              G               D
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
Em          C             G    D
I bless the rains down in Afr--ica
I passed some rains down in Africa
I bless the rains down in Africa,
I passed some rains down in Africa