Howie Day

Africa Live(Chords)

Howie Day

Key: A

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	        I'm just finishing what Adam started.  Hopefully I'm not too far off. 
 
Just like in the original by Todo, there is a motif-like  
part which is basically the intro to the song.  Through  
the second line of a verse he goes into it if you listen. 
I'll just put this three chord part in parenthesis and then  
it's just a matter of getting the rhythm down. 
 
Chords (in no apparent order whatsoever)            
  G     Bm          A    Dbm   Gbm          
--3-----2-----0-----0-----3-----3-----| 
--3-----3-----0-----1-----3-----3-----| 
--4-----4-----0-----0-----0-----4-----| 
--5-----4-----2-----2-----0-----5-----| 
--5-----2-----2-----3-----2-----5-----| 
--3-----X-----0-----0-----3-----3-----| 
 
 
Chorus 
  Em    C     G    D 
--0-----0-----3-----2--| 
--0-----1-----3-----3--| 
--0-----0-----4-----2--| 
--2-----2-----5-----0--| 
--2-----3-----5-----0--| 
--0-----0-----3-----X--|
*** the spacing of the chords is a result of my laziness... don't rely on it... ;) A Dbm Gbm I hear the drums echoing tonight A G Bm Gbm (G Gbm Bm) But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation A Dbm Gbm She's coming in 12:30 flight A G Bm Gbm (G Gbm Bm) The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards salvation A Dbm Gbm I stopped an old man along the way A G Bm Gbm (G Gbm Bm) Hoping to find some long forgotten words or ancient melodies G* Bm G* Bm He turned to me as if to say, ''Hurry boy, it's waiting there for you'' (this is me agreeing with adam... kinda) Em C G D It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you Em C G D There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do Em C G D I bless the rains down in Afr--ica Em C G Bm D Em G Bm <--kinda tricky Gonna take some time to do the things we never had Listen & you'll know what I G* Bm G* Bm mean The wild dogs cry out in the night As they grow restless longing for some solitary company I know that I must do what's right As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti I seek to cure what's deep inside, frightened of this thing that I've become It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do I bless the rains down in Afr--ica Gonna take some time to do the things we never had Hurry boy, she's waiting there for you It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do I bless the rains down in Afr--ica I passed some rains down in Africa I bless the rains down in Africa, I passed some rains down in Africa I bless the rains down in Africa Gonna take some time to do the things we never had ***********Nutshell Recap************** Verse A Dbm Gbm A G Bm Gbm (G Gbm Bm) Chorus Em C G D x3 Em C G Bm D Em G Bm Tabbed by: OJ

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