Africa Uke tab by Toto

14 Chords used in the song: G, F#, B, A, E/C#, F#m, E, G/D, D/E, Em, C, D, Bm7, E/D

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Artist: Toto

Album: Toto IV

Year: 1982

Difficulty:

5.43

(Intermediate)

Key: unknownChords

Original key: +1.0 step(s) (original tuning)

Chord progression arranged for the Ukulele

Intro: A  G#  C#   x4

B                F#/C#    G#m
I hear the drums echoing tonight
    F#              A/D              E/E         B     A  G#  C# 
But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation
B           F#/C#     G#m
Shes coming in 12:30 flight
    F#               A/D                  E/E                 B     A  G#  C# 
The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards salvation
B            F#/C#              G#m
I stopped an old man along the way
F#                   A/D            E/E              B       A  G#  C# 
Hoping to find some long forgotten words or ancient melodies
B            F#/C#        G#m                  A                      G#  C# 
He turned to me as if to say, "Hurry boy, its waiting there for you!"

F#m                D               A        E   
It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
F#m                     D              A               E
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
F#m          D             A   E
I bless the rains down in Africa
F#m              D              A               C#m7   E   F#m G#m 
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had

C#ridge: A  G#  C#   x2

B             F#/C#           G#m
The wild dogs cry out in the night
   F#                  A/D              E/E      B      A  G#  C# 
As they grow restless longing for some solitary company
B           F#/C#             G#m
I know that I must do what's right
        F#           A/D         F#/D              B        A  G#  C# 
Sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti
B         F#/C#               G#m                      A                     G#  C# 
I seek to cure what's deep inside, frightened of this thing that I've become

F#m                D               A        E   
It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
F#m                     D              A               E
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
F#m          D             A   E
I bless the rains down in Africa
F#m              D              A               C#m7   E   F#m G#m 
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had

Solo: A  G#  C#  x2

B  F#/C#  G#m  F#  A/D  E/E  B
A  G#  C#   

B  F#/C#  G#m 

                A                    G#  C# 
Hurry boy, shes waiting there for you

F#m                D               A        E   
It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
F#m                     D              A               E
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
F#m          D             A   E
I bless the rains down in Africa
F#m          D             A   E
I bless the rains down in Africa
F#m          D             A   E
I bless the rains down in Africa
F#m          D             A   E
I bless the rains down in Africa
F#m          D             A   E
I bless the rains down in Africa
F#m              D              A               C#m7   E   F#m G#m 
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had

Outro: A  G#  C#  x4