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Africa
Quietdrive
[Intro]
Em------/D--C----- (4x)
[Verse 1]
GI hear the drums D/F#echoing toEmnight
Am   G/B  C-- D  
But she only whispers of some quiet conversation
GShe's coming on a D/F#12:30 Emflight
Am   G/B  C-- D  
The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me to salvation
GI stopped an D/F#old man along the Emway
Am   G/B  C-- D  
Hoping to find some forgotten words or ancient melodies
GHe turned to D/F#me as if to Emsay,
Am   G/B- C- D  
"Hurry boys, it's waiting there for you!"
[Chorus]
EmIt's gonna take a Clot to drag me aGway from D/F#you
EmThere's nothing that a Chundred men or Gmore could ever D/F#do
Em   C  G-- D/F#  
I bless the rains down in Africa
Em   C   G  D---
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had
[Instrumental (Similar to Intro)]
Em------/D--C----- (2x)
[Verse 2]
GThe wild dogs D/F#cry out in the Emnight
Am   G/B  C-- D  
As they grow restless for some solitary company
GI know that D/F#I must do what's Emright
Am   G/B  C-- D  
As sure as Kilimanjaro rises up of the Serengeti
GI seek to D/F#cure what's deep inEmside,
Am   G/B- C- D  
Frightened by this thing that I've become
[Chorus]
EmIt's gonna take a Clot to drag me aGway from D/F#you
EmThere's nothing that a Chundred men or Gmore could ever D/F#do
Em   C  G-- D/F#  
I bless the rains down in Africa
Em   C   G  D---
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had
[Instrumental]
Em-- / F#- G-- / B- C----- / B(2x)
(Similar to Verse)
G-- D/F#-- Em-- Am-- G/B-- C-- D  
G-- D/F#-- Em-- Am-- G/B--
C-- D------------
“Hurry boys, it's waiting there for you!”
[Final Chorus]
EmIt's gonna take a Clot to drag me aGway from D/F#you
EmThere's nothing that a Chundred men or Gmore could ever D/F#do
Em(Pause all instruments)
I bless the rains down in Africa
(Resume Instruments)
Em   C  G-- D/F#  
I bless the rains down in Africa
Em   C  G-- D/F#  
I bless the rains down in Africa
Em   C  G-- D/F#  
I bless the rains down in Africa
Em   C   G  D------------
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had
Ending
Em------/D--C-----
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