Africa SA

Recorded by TOTO

Africa

For 2-Part and Piano Duration: ca. 3:50 Arranged by AUDREY SNYDER

Words and Music by DAVID PAICH and JEFF PORCARO

Very rhythmic ( = ca. 100)

B

four meas. on recording before singers enter at m. 5

Piano

Claves or Agogo Bells continue sim. ad lib. throughout

Cabasa continue sim. ad lib. throughout

Conga Drums continue sim. ad lib. throughout 5 Part I

Dah dot

dah

dot dah

dot dot

dah.

Dah dot

dah

dot dah

dot dot

dah.

Part I

B

Am Dm

5

!

Copyright © 1982 Hudmar Publishing Co., Inc. and Rising Storm Music This arrangement Copyright © 2013 Hudmar Publishing Co., Inc. and Rising Storm Music All Rights for Hudmar Publishing Co., Inc. Controlled and Administered by Spirit Two Music, Inc. All Rights Reserved Used by Permission

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2 9

Solo or unison

I hear the drums

ech - o

-

ing

to - night,

but

she hears

on - ly whis -

Doo, C

Em7

Am

Am/ G

9

- pers

of

some

qui - et con

-

ver

-

sa

-

tion.

doo.

Dah dot

B /F

F/G

Am

dah

dot

dah

B

13

18

She’s

dot

!

dot

dah.

Oo,

Am

Dm

C

com - ing

in

twelve

Em7

thir - ty

flight,

her

Am

17


3

moon - lit

wings

re - flect

the

stars

that

guide

me

to - wards

sal

-

doo. Am/G

B /F

F/G

21

end Solo

va

-

tion.

Dah Am

dot

dah

dot

dah

dot

B

dot

dah.

Am

Dm

24

27

All

Oo,

I C

!

stopped

an

old

man Em7

a - long

the

way, Am

27


4

doo.

hop - ing

to

find

some

long

Am/G

for - got

-

ten

B /F

words

or

an - cient

F/G

30

Dah

mel

-

o

-

Am

dot

dah

dot

dah

dot

dot

dah.

Am

Dm

dies. B

33

36

He

turned to

me

as

if

to

say,

“Hur - ry,

boy,

it’s

Oo. C

!

Em7

Am

36


5

wait

-

ing

Dah dot

there

dah

for

dot

you.”

dah

dot

B

Oh!

dot Am

dah.

Oh!

Dm

E

40

44

It’s

gon - na

take

a

lot

It’s

gon - na

take

a

lot

Fm

to

drag

me

a

-

way

from

you.

to

drag

me

a

-

way A

from

you.

D

44

E

Cm/E

E

Fm

There’s

noth - ing

that

a

hun

-

dred men

or

more

There’s

noth - ing

that

a

hun

-

dred men

or

more

D

47

!


6 52

could ev - er

do.

I

bless

the

rains

could ev - er

do.

I

bless

the

rains

A

E

Cm/E

E

Fm

50

down

in

Af

-

ri - ca.

down

in

Af

-

ri - ca.

D

A

E

Cm/E

E

53

To Coda

Fm

Gon - na

take

some

time

to

do

the

things

we

nev

-

er

Gon - na

take

some

time

to

do

the

things

we

nev

-

er

D

A

To Coda

56

!


7

had.

Oo.

had.

Oo.

E

Gm

F/A

59

62

Dah dot

dah

dot dah

dot dot

dah.

Dah dot

dah

dot dah

dot dot dah. Am Dm

62

66

The wild

dogs

cry out

in

the night

as

they grow

rest - less

legato

Doo doo C

doo

doo doo

doo.

Doo doo

Em7

Am

doo

doo

doo

doo. Am/G

66

!


8

long - ing

Doo doo

for

doo

some

doo

sol

doo

B /F

-

i - tar

-

y

com

-

pa

-

doo. F/G

Am

70

75 legato

ny.

Doo doo

doo

doo

doo

as before

Dah

dot

dah

dot

dah

dot

B

dot

dah.

Am

Dm

I

know that

Kil - i - man - ja

-

I

C

73

doo.

Doo doo

must Em7

do

what’s right,

doo

doo

sure Am

doo

as

doo.

ro

ris -

Am/G

76

!


9

Doo doo

-

doo

es

doo

like

doo

O

-

B /F

doo.

lym - pus

a - bove

the

Ser

F/G

-

en - ge

-

Am

79

84

as before

Dah

dot

dah

dot

dah

dot

dot

dah.

I

seek

to

cure

legato

ti.

Doo doo

B

Am

Dm

doo

doo

doo

C

82

what’s

deep

in - side,

fright-ened

doo.

Doo doo

Em7

Am

doo

doo

doo

of

this

doo.

85

!


10 D.S. al Coda

thing

that I’ve

be

-

come.

dah

dot

Oh!

as before

Dah dot

dah

dot

B

dot Am

dah.

Oh!

Dm

E

D.S. al Coda

88

CODA

Sing ad lib.

Solo

I

93

ev - er

had.

Oh,

Part I

had.

I

bless

the

rains

down

in

Af -

had.

I

bless

the

rains

down

in

Af -

Part II

CODA E

93

Fm

D

92

!


11

Af

-

ri

-

ca,

-

ri - ca.

-

ri - ca.

bless

A

E

Cm/E

the

rains

E

I

bless

the

rains

I

bless

the

rains

Fm

95

1.

in

D

Af

-

ri

-

end Solo

ca.

down in Af

-

ri - ca.

down in Af

-

ri - ca.

A

2.

1. E

Cm/E

E

2.

E

98

!


12

104

Part I

Oo.

Dah

dot

dah

dot

dah

Oo.

Dah

dot

dah

dot

dah

F/A

B

Part II

Gm

102

dot

dot

dah.

dot

dot

dah.

Am

Dm

105

rit.

Dah

dot

dah

dot

dah

dot

dot

dah.

dot

dah

dot

dah

dot

dot

dah.

rit.

Dah B

Am

Dm

rit.

108

!


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