Chords with lyrics
ELDER MCKINLEY:
A augmentedA D MajorD
I am Africa...
B minorBm A augmentedA E MajorE
I am Africa.
F# minorF#m
With the strength of the cheetah,
B minorBm E MajorE
My native voice will ring...
ELDERS:
A augmentedA D MajorD
We are Africa!
B minorBm A augmentedA E MajorE
We are the heartbeat of Africa!
ELDER SCHRADER:
F# minorF#m
With the rhino-
ELDER THOMAS:
The meerkat-
ELDER CHURCH:
B minorBm E MajorE
The noble lion king-
ELDERS:
A augmentedA
We are Africa!
A augmentedA BB
We are the winds of the Serentgeti,
G# minorG#m C# minorC#m
We are the sweat of the jungle man,
A augmentedA BB
We are the tears of Nelson Mandela,
G# minorG#m C#C#
We are the lost boy of the Sudan.
ELDER CUNNINGHAM:
GbGb CbCb
I am Africa!
AbmAbm GbGb C#C#
Just like Bono! I am Africa!
EbmEbm AbmAbm
I flew in here, and became one with
CbCb
This land!
ELDERS:
C#C# CbCb C#C#
Ha na heya! Za ba neyba!
ELDER CUNNINGHAM:
GbGb CbCb
I'm not a follower anymore,
AbmAbm GbGb C#C#
No, now I'm frickin' Africa!
EbmEbm
With my Zulu spear,
AbmAbm C#C#
I run barefoot through the sand!
C#C#
I am Africa!
ELDERS:
EbmEbm C#C# EbmEbm
Ha na heya za ba ney...
G+G C majorC
We are Africa
A minorAm G+G D MajorD
We are the, the only Africa
(The one and only Africa)
E minorEm A minorAm
And the life we live is primitive
D MajorD
And proud!(Let us smile and laughrica!)
G+G C majorC
We are Africa!
A minorAm G+G D MajorD
We are the deepest, darkest Africa!
(So deep and dark Africa)
E minorEm A minorAm
We are the fields and fertile forests,
D MajorD
Well endowed!
E minorEm
We are Africa!
ELDER MCKINLEY:
D MajorD C majorC
We are the sunrise on the Savannah...
ELDER ZELDER:
G+G
A augmentedA monkey with a banana...
ELDER CHURCH:
A minorAm E minorEm G+G
A augmentedA tribal woman who doesn't wear a bra....
ELDERS:
Ahhhhh
C majorC
Africans are African,
G+G A minorAm G+G D MajorD
But we are A-
G+G
Frica!