[intro] x4 A G#m C#m [verse 1] B D#m G#m I hear the drums echoing tonight B/F# A/E She hears only whispers of some C#m G#m A G#m C#m quiet conversa - tion B D#m G#m She's coming in, twelve thirty flight B/F# A/E The moonlit wings reflect the stars that Bsus4 G#m A G#m C#m guide me toward salva - tion B D#m G#m I stopped an old man along the way B/F# A/E Hoping to find some old forgotten Bsus4 G#m A G#m C#m words or ancient melo - dies B D#m G#m He turned to me as if to say “hurry boy, A C#m it's waiting there for you” [chorus] F#m D A E Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you F#m D There's nothing that a hundred men or A E more could ever do F#m D A E I bless the rains down in Africa F#m D Gonna take some time to do the A C#m E F#m E/G# things we never had... [break] x2 A G#m C#m [verse 2] B D#m G#m The wild dogs cry out in the night B/F# A/E As they grow restless longing for some Bsus4 G#m A G#m C#m solitary compa-ny B D#m G#m I know that I must do what's right B/F# A/E As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Bsus4 G#m A G#m C#m Olympus above the Ser - engeti B D#m G#m I seek to cure what's deep inside G#m A C#m Frightened of this thing that I've become [chorus] F#m D A E Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you F#m D There's nothing that a hundred men or A E more could ever do F#m D A E I bless the rains down in Africa F#m D Gonna take some time to do the A C#m E F#m E/G# things we never had... [break] x2 A G#m C#m [interlude] B D#m G#m B/F# A/E Bsus4 G#m A G#m C#m [bridge] B D#m G#m “hurry boy, she's A C#m waiting there for you” [outro] F#m D It’s gonna take a lot to A E drag me away from you F#m D There's nothing that a hundred men or A E more could ever do F#m D A E I bless the rains down in Africa F#m D A E I bless the rains down in Africa F#m D A E I bless the rains down in Africa F#m D A E I bless the rains down in Africa F#m D A E I bless the rains down in Africa F#m D Gonna take some time to do the A C#m E F#m E/G# things we never had… [post-outro] x6 A G#m C#m