[Verse 1] [B] I hear the [D#m] drums echoing to[G#m]night She hears only [A] whispers of some [C#m] quiet conver[G#m]sa[A]tion [B] She's coming [D#m] in, twelve thirty [G#m] flight The moonlit wings re[A]flect the stars that [F#] guide me toward sal[G#m]va[A]tion [B] I stopped an [D#m] old man along the [G#m] way Hoping to find some [A] old forgotten [F#] words or ancient [G#m] melo[C#m]dies [B] He turned to [D#m] me as if to [G#m] say "hurry boy, it's [A] waiting there for [C#m] you" [Chorus] [F#m] Gonna take a [D] lot to drag me [A] away from [E] you [F#m]There's nothing that a [D] hundred men or [A] more could ever [E] do [F#m] I bless the [D] rains down in [A] Afri[E]ca [F#m] Gonna take some [D] time to do the [A] things we never [C#m] had [E] [F#m] [A] [A] Ooh [G#m] oh oh [C#m] ooh [A] Ooh [G#m] oh oh [C#m] ooh [Verse 2] [B] The wild dogs [D#m] cry out in the [G#m] night (As) they grow restless [A] longing for some [F#] solitary [G#m] compa[A]ny [B] I know that I must [D#m] do what's [G#m] right As sure as Kilimanjaro [A] rises like [F#] Olympus above the Se[G#m]renge[A]ti [B] I seek to [D#m] cure what's deep in[G#m]side Frightened of this [A] thing that I've become [Chorus] [Interlude] [B] [D#m] [G#m] [F#] [A] [F#] [G#m] [A] [G#m] [C#m] [Bridge] [B] [D#] [G#m] "hurry boy, she's [A] waiting there for [C#m] you" [Outro] [F#m] Gonna take a [D] lot to drag me [A] away from [E] you [F#m]There's nothing that a [D] hundred men or [A] more could ever [E] do [F#m] I bless the [D] rains down in [A] Afri[E]ca (1) I bless the rains down in Africa (2) I bless the rains down in Africa (3) I bless the rains down in Africa (4) I bless the rains down in Africa (5) [F#m] Gonna take some [D] time to do the [A] things we never [C#m] had [E] [F#m] [A] [A] Ooh [G#m] oh oh [C#m] ooh [A] Ooh [G#m] oh oh [C#m] ooh