Africa-CRD

Africa - Toto (David Paich & Jeff Pocaro, 1982)

Chorded By: Zack Oxford.
2/4 TIME @ 92 BPM (4 Min. 33 Sec.) in 'D', 'A', & 'G'.
Chords Used: (CAPO 2nd Fret to match Orig. in
----------GUITAR
KEYS
E A D G B e
Bass|
Chord
--------------------------------G
- 3 2 0 0 3 3
G
B-D-G
F#m
- 2 4 4 2 2 2
F#
A-C#-F#
Bm7
- x 2 4 2 3 2
B
B-D-F#-A
A
- x 0 2 2 2 0
A
A-C#-E
C#m7 - x 4 6 4 5 4
C#
G#-B-C#-E
F#m7 - 2 4 2 2 2 2
F#
A-C#-E-F#
A/E
- 0 0 2 2 2 0
E
A-C#-E
- x x 2 2 2 0
E
A-C#-E
G/D
- x x 0 0 0 3
D
B-D-G
- x x 0 4 3 3
D
B-D-G
D/E
- 0 0 2 2 3 2
E
A-D-F#
- x x 2 2 3 2
E
A-D-F#
Em
- 0 2 2 0 0 0
E
B-E-G
C
- x 3 2 0 1 0
C
G-C-E
D
- x x 0 2 3 2
D
A-D-F#
Bm
- x 2 4 4 3 2
B
B-D-F#
D/F# - 0 0 0 2 3 2
F#
A-D-F#
- x x 4 2 3 2
F#
A-D-F#

'E', 'B', & 'A')

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INTRO: [12 M] ** KEY = 'D' ----|Drums

|Drums

|Drums

|Drums

1 2 1 - & - 2 - & - 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 - & - 2 - & - 1 2 1 2

|G
|G
F#m Bm7
|Bm7 |Bm7 |G
|G
F#m Bm7
|Bm7 |Bm7 |
VERSE #1: [9 M] ** KEY = 'A' -------|A

|C#m7
ech-o-

I hear the drums

|A/E
She hears
|G
-tion

|F#m7
in' to-night

|G/D
on- ly whis- pers
|G F#m Bm7

|D/E
of some qui-et

|
|F#m7
con- ver- sa-

VERSE #2: [9 M]
-------|A
She's com-ing
|A/E
Moon-lit wings
|F#m7
-va-

|G
tion

|C#m7
|F#m7
in, twelve thir-ty flight
|G/D
re- flect the stars
|G F#m Bm7

|D/E
that guide me t'ward

|
sal-

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VERSE #3: [9 M]
-------|A

|C#m7
|F#m7
I stopped an old man a-long the way,

|A/E
hop-ing to find
|F#m7
mel-

|G/D
|D/E
|
some old, for-got- ten words
or an- cient

|G
o- dies

|G F#m Bm7

PRE-CHORUS #1: [8 M]
------------|A

|C#m7
|F#m7
He turned to me as if to say,

|G
|G F#m Bm7
wait-ing there for you

|F#m7
Hur-ry, boy,

|Bm7

|Bm7

|
it's

CHORUS #1: [18 M] ** KEY = 'G' --------|Em

|C
|G
It's gon-na take a lot to drag me a-way

|D
from you

|Em
|C
|G
There's noth-ing that a hun-dred men or more
|D

|Em

|C
I bless the rains

|
could ev-er do

|G
down in Af-

|D
ri-ca

|Em
|C
|G
|Bm7
Gon-na take some time to do the things we nev- er had
|D

|Em

D/F#|

RE-INTRO #1: [8 M] ** KEY = 'D' (Guitar Solo #1) ----------1 2 1 - & - 2 - & - 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 - & - 2 - & - 1 2 1 2
|G
|G
F#m Bm7
|Bm7 |Bm7 |G
|G
F#m Bm7
|Bm7 |Bm7 |
VERSE #3: [9 M] ** KEY = 'A' -------|A

|C#m7
|F#m7
cry out in the night

The wild dogs

|A/E
they grow rest-
|F#m7
com-

|G/D
less, long- ing for

|G
pa- ny

|G F#m Bm7

|
as

|D/E
some sol- i-tar-

VERSE #4: [9 M]
-------|A

|C#m7
I know that I must

|A/E
Kil-i-man-ja-
|F#m7
Ser-

|F#m7
|
do what's right,
sure as

|G/D
|D/E
|
ro ris- es like O-lym- pus a-bove the

|G
en-ge- ti

|G F#m Bm7

|
2

|
y

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PRE-CHORUS #2: [8 M]
------------|A

|C#m7
|F#m7
I seem to cure what's deep in- side,

|F#m7
fright-ened of
|Bm7

|Bm7

|G
|G F#m Bm7
this thing that I've be-come

CHORUS #2: [18 M] ** KEY = 'G' --------|Em

|C
|G
It's gon-na take a lot to drag me a-way
|Em
|C
|G
There's noth-ing that a hun-dred men or more

|D
from you

|D

|Em

|C
I bless the rains

|G
down in Af-

|
could ev-er do
|D
ri-ca

|Em
|C
|G
|Bm7
Gon-na take some time to do the things we nev- er had

|D

|Em

D/F# |
Mmm,

RE-INTRO #2: [8 M] ** KEY = 'D' ----------1 & 2 & 1 - & - 2 - & - 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 - & - 2 - & - 1 2 1 2
|G
|G
F#m Bm7
|Bm7 |Bm7 |G
|G
F#m Bm7
|Bm7 |Bm7 |
hmm
GUITAR SOLO: [8 M] ** KEY = 'A' ----------1 2
|A

1 - & - 2 - & - 1 2
|C#m7 |F#m7 |A/E

1 2 1 2 1 - & - 2 - & - 1 2 1 2
|G/D
|D/E
|F#m7 |G F#m Bm7
|

PRE-CHORUS #3: [8 M] 'GUITAR SOLO' Continues until 4th Measure ------------|A

|C#m7

|G F#m Bm7

|Bm7

|F#m7
|Bm7

|F#m7
Hur-ry, boy,
|

|G
|
it's wait-ing there for you

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CHORUS #3: [34 M] ** KEY = 'G' --------|Em
|C
|G
It's gon-na take a lot to drag me a-way

|D
from you

|Em
|C
|G
There's noth-ing that a hun-dred men or more
|D

|Em

|C
I bless the rains

|G
down in Af-

|
could ev-er do
|D
ri-ca

|Em
|C
I bless the rains

|G
down in Af-

|D
ri-ca

|Em
|C
I bless the rains

|G
down in Af-

|D
ri-ca

|Em
|C
I bless the rains

|G
down in Af-

|D
ri-ca

|Em
|C
I bless the rains

|G
down in Af-
[I'm

|D
|
ri-ca
gon- na take it now]

|Em
|C
|G
|Bm7
I'm gon-na take some time to do the things we nev- er have
|D

|Em

D/F# |
Ooh,

CODA: [24 M] ** KEY = 'D' ---1234 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1234 1234 1234 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1234 1234
|G
|G
F#m Bm7
|Bm7 |Bm7 |G
|G
F#m Bm7
|Bm7 |Bm7 |

|G

|G

F#m Bm7

|Bm7 |Bm7 |G

|G

F#m Bm7

|Bm7 |Bm7 |

|G

|G

F#m Bm7

|Bm7 |Bm7 |G

|G

F#m Bm7

|Bm7 |Bm7 |