Africa es una canción de la banda de rock estadounidense Toto, lanzada como un sencillo de su cuarto álbum de estudio, Toto IV, en 1982. La canción fue escrita por David Paich y Jeff Porcaro. David Paich estaba experimentando en su teclado cuando concibió el riff inicial de la canción, inspirándose en parte por documentales sobre África. Jeff Porcaro diseñó el patrón de batería de la canción. A pesar de recibir inicialmente algunas críticas por s ... Ver más [+] us letras, Africa se ha convertido en la canción más reconocida de Toto y alcanzó el número uno en la lista Billboard Hot 100 en febrero de 1983.
Tono: B
Introducción:
A
G#m
C#m
A
G#m
C#m
A
G#m
C#m
A
G#m
C#m
B
D#m
G#m
I hear the drums echoing tonight
B/F#
A/E
C#m
G#m
A
G#m
C#m
She hears only whispers of some quiet conversa - tion
B
D#m
G#m
She's coming in, twelve thirty flight
B/F#
A/E
Bsus/F#
G#m
A
G#m
C#m
The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me toward salva - tion
B
D#m
G#m
I stopped an old man along the way
B/F#
A/E
Bsus/F#
G#m
A
G#m
C#m
Hoping to find some old forgotten words or ancient melo - dies
B
D#m
G#m
A
C#m
He turned to me as if to say “hurry boy, it's waiting there for you”
F#m
D
A
E
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#m
E
F#m
E/G#
A
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had...
A
G#m
C#m
Ooo Ooo
A
G#m
C#m
B
D#m
G#m
The wild dogs cry out in the night
B/F#
A/E
Bsus/F#
G#m
A
G#m
C#m
As they grow restless longing for some solitary compa-ny
B
D#m
G#m
I know that I must do what's right
B/F#
A/E
Bsus/F#
G#m
A
G#m
C#m
As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Ser - engeti
B
D#m
G#m
I seek to cure what's deep inside
G#m
A
C#m
Frightened of this thing that I've become
F#m
D
A
E
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#m
E
F#m
E/G#
A
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had...
A
G#m
C#m
Ooo Ooo
A
G#m
C#m
B
D#m
G#m
B/F#
A/E
Bsus/F#
G#m
A
G#m
C#m
B
D#7
G#m
A
C#m
“hurry boy, she's 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#m
E
F#m
E/G#
A
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had…