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Echoes of Africa: A Song Analysis

This document is the lyrics to the song "Africa" by Toto from their 1982 album Toto. The song tells the story of a man hearing drums calling him to Africa where he finds salvation. It describes the sounds of wild dogs crying at night and stopping an old man for forgotten words. The chorus sings that it will take a lot to drag him away from Africa and bless the rains down in Africa.

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Echoes of Africa: A Song Analysis

This document is the lyrics to the song "Africa" by Toto from their 1982 album Toto. The song tells the story of a man hearing drums calling him to Africa where he finds salvation. It describes the sounds of wild dogs crying at night and stopping an old man for forgotten words. The chorus sings that it will take a lot to drag him away from Africa and bless the rains down in Africa.

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AFRICA TOTO (1982)

INTRO
||:A E/G# C#m7|C#m7 D#m7 |G#m7 B/F# |A |A/E E/G# C#m7|C#m7 E/F# |E/G# A :|| |E/G# C#m7|

VERS I
|B
I hear the drums echoing tonight,but she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation

VERS II
||:B D#m7 |G#m7
flight

B/F#

|A/E

E/F#

|E/G#

|E/G# C#m7|

Shes coming in 12:30

The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards salvation

The wild dogs cry out in the night As they grow restless longing for some solitary company

|B

D#m7

|G#m7

B/F#

|A/E

E/F#

|E/G#

|E/G# C#m7|

I stopped an old man along the way Hoping to find some old forgotten words or ancient melodies
I know that I must do what's right as sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti

|B

D#m7

|G#m7

|A

E/G# C#m7 |C#m7

He turned to me as if to say, "Hurry boy,it's waiting there for you I seek to cure what's deep inside frightened of this thing that I've become

REFRNG
|F#m |F#m |E D2 D2 |A2 |A2
-

E E
rica

|F#m |F#m

D2 D2

|A2 |A2

E C#m7
-

| |

gonna take a lot to drag me away from you I blessed the rains down in Af

There's nothing that a 100 men or more could ever do


Gonna take some time to do the things we never had -

F#m E/G#|

MELLANSPEL
|A E/G# C#m7|C#m7 |A E/G# C#m7|C#m7 :||

SOLO
|B |B D#m7 D#m7 |G#m7 |G#m7 B/F# |A/E |A E/F# |E/G# A |E/G# C#m7| |

E/G# C#m7 |C#m7

"Hurry boy,it's waiting there for you

SLUTREFRNG m. VAMP
|F#m ||:F#m |E ||:A D2 D2 |A2 |A2
-

E E
rica

|F#m :||F#m

D2 D2

|A2 |A2

E C#m7
-

| |

gonna take a lot to drag me away from you I blessed the rains down in Af

There's nothing that a 100 men or more could ever do


Gonna take some time to do the things we never had -

F#m E/G#| E/G# C#m7|C#m7 |A E/G# C#m7|C#m7 :||

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