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... ;)
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/h/howie-day/52231.html ]
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
