D | F#m | Bm |
I hear the drums | echoing ton | ight |
Bm7 | C/G | Em7 | Bm | C | Bm | Em |
She hears only whi | spers of some | quiet conver | sat | ion | → | |
D | F#m | Bm |
She’s coming | in, twelve thirty f | light |
| Bm7 | C/G | Em7 | Bm | C | Bm | Em |
The | moonlit wings | reflect the stars that | guide me toward sa | lvati | on | → | |
D | F#m | Bm |
I stopped an ol | d man along the | way |
Bm7 | C/G | Em7 | Bm | C | Bm | Em |
Hoping to find some | old forgotten w | ords or ancient m | elodi | es | → | |
D | F#m | Bm | C | Bm | Em |
He turned to me | as if to | say ”hurry boy, it’s | waiting there for you“ | → | |
Am | F | C | G |
It’s gonna take a lot | to drag me a | way from | you |
Am | F | C | G |
There’s nothing that a h | undred men or | more could ever | do |
Am | F | C | G |
I bless the r | ains down in | Af | rica |
Am | F | C | Em | G | Am |
Gonna take some | time to do the t | hings we never | had | | , ooo |
D | F#m | Bm |
The wild dogs | cry out in the | night |
| Bm7 | C/G | Em7 | Bm | C | Bm | Em |
As | they grow restless | longing for some | solitary | compa | ny | → | |
D | F#m | Bm |
I know that | I must do what’s | right |
| Bm7 | C/G | Em7 | Bm | C | Bm | Em |
As sure as | Kilimanjaro | rises like | Olympus above the | Serenge | ti | → | |
D | F#m | Bm |
I seek to | cure what’s deep in | side |
Bm | C | Bm | Em |
Frightened of this | thing that I’ve become | → | |
Am | F | C | G |
It’s gonna take a lot | to drag me a | way from | you |
Am | F | C | G |
There’s nothing that a h | undred men or | more could ever | do |
Am | F | C | G |
I bless the | rains down in | Af | rica |
Am | F | C | Em | G | Am |
Gonna take some | time to do the t | hings we never | had | | , ooo |
D | F#m | Bm | Bm7 | C/G | Em7 | Bm | C | Bm | Em |
| | | | | | | | → | |
D | F#m | Bm | C | Bm | Em |
| | Hurry boy, she’s | waiting there for you | → | |
Am | F | C | G |
It’s gonna take a lot | to drag me a | way from | you |
Am | F | C | G |
There’s nothing that a | hundred men or | more could ever | do |
Am | F | C | G |
I bless the | rains down in | Af | rica |
Am | F | C | G |
I bless the | rains down in | Af | rica |
Am | F | C | G |
I bless the | rains down in | Af | rica |
Am | F | C | G |
I bless the | rains down in | Af | rica |
Am | F | C | G |
I bless the | rains down in | Af | rica |
Am | F | C | Em | G | Am |
Gonna take some | time to do the t | hings we never | had | | , ooh |