Released in 1982 by Toto, Africa has become an iconic song which everyone has encountered at some point and remembers because of that catchy melody =D
It has quite a wide note range, good luck with the letter notes below!
Did you know?! “Africa” has been covered by many artists including David Essex, Chris de Burgh, Weezer and PostModern Jukebox.
.B F# F# F# F#-F#-G# Bb-B
I hear the drums echoing tonight
D# D# E-F# F#-E
She hears only whispers
E D# C#-B C#-.B-D#-C#
Of some quiet conversation ~
F# F#-F# F# F# G#-Bb B
She’s coming in, twelve thirty flight
D# D#-D# E F#-F# E E
The moonlit winds reflect the stars
D# C# .B C#-C# .B-D#-C#
That guide me towards salvation…
F# F# F# F# F# F#-G# Bb B
I stopped an old man along the way
D#-D# D# E F#
Hoping to find some
F# E-E-D# C# .B C#-.B D#-C#
Old forgotten words or ancient melodies
F# F# F# F# F# G# Bb B
He turned to me as if to say
^D#-^D# ^E
“Hurry boy,
^F# ^F#-^E ^E ^D# ^E
It’s waiting there for you!”
^A-^A ^A ^A ^A
Gonna take the life
^A ^A ^A ^A-^A ^G# ^G#
That dragged me away from you…
^A ^A-^A ^A ^A ^A-^A ^A
There’s nothing that a hundred men
^A ^A ^A ^A-^G# ^G#
Or more could ever do…
A A A ^F# ^F# ^E ^E-^D-^C#-B
I bless the rains down in Africa ~ ~
^A-^A ^A ^A ^A
Gonna take some time
^A ^A ^A ^A
To do the things
^A ^A-^G# ^G#-^A-^G#-^F#
We never had ~ ~
^E-^C#
Ooh…