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Africa by Toto: Sheet Music Guide

The document contains lyrics and chord progressions for the song "Africa" by Toto. It describes hearing drums and whispers at night, seeing the moonlit wings reflect stars that guide towards salvation. An old man is asked for forgotten words or melodies, telling the singer to hurry as it's waiting. The chorus sings that it will take a lot to take me away and nothing 100 men can do, blessing the rains down in Africa.

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Africa by Toto: Sheet Music Guide

The document contains lyrics and chord progressions for the song "Africa" by Toto. It describes hearing drums and whispers at night, seeing the moonlit wings reflect stars that guide towards salvation. An old man is asked for forgotten words or melodies, telling the singer to hurry as it's waiting. The chorus sings that it will take a lot to take me away and nothing 100 men can do, blessing the rains down in Africa.

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Africa by Toto

Key: B

A Schools: Melody B Schools: Harmony

Rub hands, Click fingers, Slap thighs, Stomp feet , Slap thighs,
Click fingers
Drums (2 bars)
A Schools
C#
Doo doo doo doo
B
E
da doo doo bah (x4)

B Schools
B C# E F# E B
Da da da ra da da,
E F# B E F# E B C#
dara da, da da dara da (x4)

D# C# D#
I hear the drums echoing tonight
Ooh
C# B
But she hears only whispers
ooh
D# C#---------------------------B
of some quiet conversation
Waah Doo doo doo doo da doo
doo
E
D#
bah doo
C# D#
She's coming in 12:30 flight
ooh
C# B
The moonlit wings reflect the stars ooh
D# C#---------------------------B
that guide me towards salvation Waah Doo doo doo doo da
doo doo
E
D#
bah doo

D# C# D#
I stopped an old man along the way, ooh
C# B
Hoping to find some
ooh
long forgotten words
or ancient melodies

He turned to me as if to say,
Hurry boy, it's waiting there
bah
for you

D# C#---------------------------B
Waah Doo doo doo doo da doo
doo
E
D#
bah doo
C# D#
ooh, aah
A-----------------------------G# C#
Doo doo doo doo da doo doo

Chorus:
B Schools A----------------------------------G# G#
A Schools F#--------------------------------E
E
It's gonna take a lot to take me away from you
B Schools A-------------------------------------------------G# G#
A Schools F#-----------------------------------------------E
E
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
AA
A F#E D
C# E F E E
I bless the ra ins down in A-a-fri-ca
Gonna take some time to do the things we never have, oh
A
C#---------------Doo doo doo doo
---------B E
da doo doo bah (x2)

Da da dara da da,
dara da, dada dara da (x4)
The wild dogs cry out in the night ooh
As they grow restless longing for
ooh
some solitary company
Waah Doo doo doo doo da doo
doo bah doo
I know that I must do what's right ooh
As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like
ooh
Olympus above the Serengeti Waah Doo doo doo doo da doo
doo bah doo
I seek to cure what's deep inside, ooh, aah
frightened of this thing
Doo doo doo doo da doo doo
bah
that I've become
Chorus:
It's gonna take a lot to take me away from you
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa
I bless the rains down in Africa, I bless the rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never have, oh
C#--------------doo doo doo doo
------------B E
Da doo doo bah

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