{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":87063,"song":"Africa","artist":"Toto","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/87063-africa-chords-by-toto/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/87063?type=chord","rating":4.6501,"votes":3282,"content":"Album: Toto IV (1982)\r\n\r\n[Chords]\r\n[ch]B/F#[/ch]  224442\r\n[ch]A/E[/ch]   002220\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                   [ch]D#m[/ch]     [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nI hear the drums echoing tonight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B/F#[/ch]              [ch]A/E[/ch]           [ch]C#m[/ch]         [ch]G#m[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nShe hears only whispers of some quiet conversa - tion[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                [ch]D#m[/ch]           [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nShe's coming in, twelve thirty flight[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]B/F#[/ch]        [ch]A/E[/ch]                  [ch]Bsus/F#[/ch]            [ch]G#m[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nThe moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me toward salva - tion[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]            [ch]D#m[/ch]               [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nI stopped an old man along the way[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]B/F#[/ch]         [ch]A/E[/ch]           [ch]Bsus/F#[/ch]          [ch]G#m[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nHoping to find some old forgotten words or ancient melo - dies[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]            [ch]D#m[/ch]         [ch]G#m[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nHe turned to me as if to say “hurry boy, it's waiting there for you”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nGonna take a lot to drag me away from you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThere's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI bless the rains down in  Africa[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]C#m[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]E/G#[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nGonna take some time to do the things we never had...[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nOoo Ooo[/tab]\r\n    [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]             [ch]D#m[/ch]            [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nThe wild dogs cry out in the night[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]B/F#[/ch]               [ch]A/E[/ch]              [ch]Bsus/F#[/ch]  [ch]G#m[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nAs they grow restless longing for some solitary compa-ny[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]           [ch]D#m[/ch]              [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nI know that I must do what's right[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]B/F#[/ch]        [ch]A/E[/ch]         [ch]Bsus/F#[/ch]            [ch]G#m[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nAs sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Ser - engeti[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]         [ch]D#m[/ch]                [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nI seek to cure what's deep inside[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G#m[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nFrightened of this thing that I've become[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nGonna take a lot to drag me away from you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThere's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI bless the rains down in  Africa[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]C#m[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]E/G#[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nGonna take some time to do the things we never had...[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nOoo Ooo[/tab]\r\n    [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]B[/ch]    [ch]D#m[/ch]      [ch]G#m[/ch]   [ch]B/F#[/ch]   \r\n[ch]A/E[/ch]  [ch]Bsus/F#[/ch]  [ch]G#m[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]   [ch]D#7[/ch]  [ch]G#m[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\n            “hurry boy, she's waiting there for you”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F#m[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt’s gonna take a lot to drag me away from you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThere's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI bless the rains down in Africa[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI bless the rains down in Africa[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI bless the rains down in Africa[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI bless the rains down in Africa[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI bless the rains down in Africa[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]C#m[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]E/G#[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nGonna take some time to do the things we never had…[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nOoo Ooo[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\n (Repeat and fade)[/tab]","plain_text":"Album: Toto IV (1982)\n\n[Chords]\nB/F#  224442\nA/E   002220\n\n[Intro]\nA G#m C#m\nA G#m C#m\nA G#m C#m\nA G#m C#m\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n    A G#m C#m\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n    A G#m C#m\n\n[Interlude]\nB    D#m      G#m   B/F#   \nA/E  Bsus/F#  G#m   A  G#m C#m\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["B/F#","A/E","A","G#m","C#m","B","D#m","Bsus/F#","F#m","D","E","E/G#","D#7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}