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Africa –

TOTO

A | C#m || x4

B D#m G#m
I hear the drums echoin tonight
B A C#m G#m A C#m
She has only whispers of some quiet conversa - tion
B D#m G#m B
She's coming in twelve thirthy flight the moolight winds
A C#m7 G#m A C#m
Reflect the stars that guide me toward salva-tion
B D#m G#m
I stopped an old man along the way
B A C#m G#m A C#m
Hoping to find some old forgotten words of ancient melo-dies
B D#7 G#m A C#m
He turned to me as if to say hurry boy it's waiting there for you
F#m D A E
Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
F#m D A E
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do MTM
F#m D A E
I bless the rains down in Africa
F#m D A C#m E F#m A C#m
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had

B D#m G#m
The wild dogs cry out in the night
B A C#m G#m A C#m
As they grow restless longing for some solitary compa-ny
B D#m G#m
I know that I must do what's right
B A C#m G#m A C#m
Sure as kilimangiaro rises like olimpus above the seranget-ti
B D#7 G#m
I seek to cure what's deep inside
G#m A C#m
Frightened of this thing that I've become
F#m D A E
Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
F#m D A E
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
F#m D A E
I bless the rains down in Africa
F#m D A C#m E F#m A C#m
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had

B D#m G#m B A C#m G#m A ^ C#m


B D#7 G#m A C#m
hurry boy it's waiting there for you
F#m D A E
Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
F#m D A E
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
F#m D A E
I bless the rains down in Africa [REPEAT X4]
F#m D A C#m E F#m A C#m
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had

All My Life
America

E
All my life,

F#m7/E AM7
Without a doubt, I give you all my life;

Am AM7
Now and forever, till the day I die,

G#m7 F#m7
You and I will share...

E
All the things

F#m7/E
This changing world can offer;

AM7 Am
And so I sing, I'd be happy

AM7
Just to stay this way,

G#m7 F#m7-B
Spend each day with you.

Refrain:

AM7
There was a time

B7
That I just thought that

G#m7
I would loose my mind;

C#7
You came along and then the

F#m7
sun did shine,

B7sus E-E7
I started on my way.
AM7
I do recall

B7
That ev'ry moment spent

G#m7
was wasted time;

C#7
But then I chose to lay it

F#m7
on the line;

B7sus pause D
I would have passed away,
A
I would have passed away,
(adlib)
I would have passed away,

Adlib:
E-Bm7-A-Am-G#m7-C#m7-F#m7-B7 sus pause

E
All my life,

F#m7/E AM7
I will carry you through all my life;

Am AM7
Between each shower of the passing days,

G#m7 F#m7-B
I will stay with you.

(Repeat Refrain except last 3 lines)

CODA:

B7sus pause D hold


I want this all my life
A hold
(I want this all my life)
A hold
I want this all my life;
D hold
(I want this all my life)
A hold
I want this all my life.
E
I wanted this all my life.
All Out Of Love
Air Supply

Intro (x2) :
C G F C
|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-------------
|-3---------------|-2----------------|-1----------------|-3------2----
|---2-----------2-|---0-----------0--|---3-----------3--|---2------0--
|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0----|-----3-------3----|------0-----0
|-----------1-----|-----------0------|-----------2------|-------------
|--------0--------|--------3---------|--------1---------|-------------
{_________________} - Repeat this part 2 times after the Intro.

C
I am Lying alone
G
With my head on the phone
Am F
Thinking of you til it hurts
C
I know you hurt too
G
But what else can we do
Am F
Tormented and torn apart
C
I wish I could carry
G
Your smile in my heart
Am F
For times when my life seem so low
C
It would make me believe
G
What tomorrow could bring
Am F Bm A
When today doesn't really know - doesn't really know

Chorus:
D
I am all out of love
A
I am so lost without you
Bm
I know you were right
G
Believing for so long
D
I am all out of love
A
What am I without you
Bm
I can't be too late
G A D

To say that I was so wrong


I want you to come back
And carry me home
Away from these long lonely nights
I'm reaching for you
Are you feeling it too
Does the feeling seem all so right

And what would you say


If I call out you now
Saying I can't hold on
There's no easy way
It gets harder each day
Please love me or I'll be gone, I'll be gone

(Chorus)

C
Ohh...
G Am F C
What are you thinking of What are you thinking of x 2

(Chorus) x 4

ALONE
Heart
INTRO: Em-C-D-Em-
Em-C-D-B/D#

Em C D
I hear the ticking of the clock
C Em C-D-C
I'm lying here the room's pitch dark
Em C D
I wonder where you are tonight
C Em C-D-C
No answer on the telephone
C G/B Am G
And the night goes by so very slow
C G/B
Oh I hope that it won't end
Am-D G--
though, alone

CHORUS:

Am F C G Am
Till now, I always got by on my own
F C G Am
I never really cared until I met you
F C G
And now it chills me to the bone
C/E F G
How do I get through alone?
C/E F G
How do I get through alone?

Em C D
You don't know how long I have wanted
C Em C-D-C
To touch your lips and hold you tight...ohhh
Em C D
You don't know how long I have waited
C Em C-D-C
And I was gonna tell you tonight
C G/B Am G
But the secret is still my own
C G/B Am D
And my love for you is still unknown...
G
Alone

CHORUS:

Am F C G Am
Till now, I always got by on my own
F C G Am
I never really cared until I met you
F C G
And now it chills me to the bone
C/E F G
How do I get through alone?
C/E F G
How do I get through alone?

AD LINE: (chorus chords)

CODA:

C/E F G
How do I get you alone?
C/E F G
How do I get you alone?
C/E-F-G
Alone
Dm-C-D-C-Dm
Alone
Dm-C-D-C-Dm
Before I Let You Go
Freestyle

Intro(pause after each chord except for G#m):


E, F#m, G#m, AM9, C, D, E

Verse 1:
(Esus) E F#m G#m
I can still remember yesterday,
A9 B7sus E
we were so in love in a special way.
F#m
And knowing that you loved me made me feel
G#m A9 B7sus
oh so right.
E F#m E/G#
But now I feel lost don't know what to do.
A9 B7sus E
Each and every day I think of you.
F#m
Holdin' back the tears I'm trying with
G#m A9 G#/C
all my might.

Refrain:
C#m7 G#m F#m7
Because you've gone and left me standing all alone.
B7sus G#/C C#m7(sus) C#m7 G#m F#m
And I know I've got to face tomorrow on my own.
B7sus B(sus)
But baby,

Chorus:
E F#m G#m A9
Before I let you go, I want to say I love you.
F#m B7sus E G#7sus
I hope that you're listening cause it's true, baby
G#/C C#m7 G#m
You'll be forever in my heart, and I know that
Bm7 Bbdim7 A9(pause)
no one else will do.
G#m7, F#m E/G# A9 B7sus
So before I let you go, I want to say it...
E F#m, G#m-A9
I love you.

Verse 2:
E F#m G#m
I wish that it could be just like before,
A9 B7sus E
I know I could've given you so much more.
F#m E/G# A9 B7sus
Even though you know I'd given you all my love.
E F#m
I miss your smile, I miss your kiss.
G#m A9 B7sus
Each and every day I reminisce.
E F#m G#m A9,G#/C
Cause baby it's you that I'm always dreaming of...

(repeat Refrain)

Chorus 2:
E F#m G#m A9
Before I let you go, I want to say I love you.
F#m B7sus E G#7sus,
I hope that you're listening cause it's true, baby
G#/C C#m7 G#m
You'll be forever in my heart, and I know that
Bm7 Bbdim7 A9(pause)
no one else will do.
G#m7, F#m E/G# A9 B7sus
So before I let you go, I want to say it...

Bridge:
F#m7 G#m7
Cause letting love go is never easy.
AM7 G#7sus
But I love you so, that's why I set you free...
G#7 G#/C, C#m7 Caug E/B Bbdim7
yeahyeah. And I know, someday, somehow, I'll find a way
F#m7 G#m7 AM7 D7(pause)
to leave it all behind me. Guess it wasn't meant to be,
(use the tab part)
but baby...

Chorus 3:
G AM7 Bm7 C9
Before I let you go, I want to say I love you.
AM7 D9 G B7sus
I hope that you're listening cause it's true, baby
B7/Eb Em7 Bm7
You'll be forever in my heart, and I know that
Dm7 C#dim7 CM7(pause)
no one else will do.
Bm7, AM7 Bm7 CM7 Em
So before I let you go, I want to say it.
AM7 Bm7 Cmpause
So before I let you go, I want to say...

Coda:
G, Am, Bm7 C(M7)pause
I love you...
BEAUTY AND MADNESS

INTRO: F/Bb – Bb/D – EbM7---- ----


Dm – Cm7sus,Cm7 – F- F7sus, F7--

F/Bb Bb/D EbM7--------


Over there, just beneath the moon
Dm m7sus,Cm7 F – F7sus,F7--
there's a man with a burden to keep.

II
F/Bb Bb/D EbM7--------
now sleep will fall washout rags n' paper bags.
Dm Cm7sus,Cm7 F – F7sus,F7--
homes and lives passing by.

REFRAIN;
Eb EbM7 Eb EbM7 F, F7, F7sus, F
who will see the beauty in your life?
Eb Bb/D Cm7 F Bb--------
and who will be there to hear you when you call?
Eb EbM7 Eb F, F7, F7sus, F
who will see the madness in your life?
Bb/Ab Gm7 Bb/D – EbM7- Dm-Cm7-
and who will be there to catch you if you fall?
F – Fsus,Fsus- F

III ( VERSE 1 CHORDS )


now dreams run wild, as lovers find their way
through the night, not a care in the world.

IV ( VERSE 2 CHORDS )
and over there, over the twinkling of the lights
harbor lights, say goodnight one more time.

REPEAT REFRAIN:

ADLIB:
Bb/D – Eb – C/E – F
Gm7 – Ab,Gm7,Fm, Eb
F/Bb – Eb – C/E – F
Gm7 – Ab,Gm7, Fm, Eb,F
Bluer Than Blue
R. Goodrum (c) 1978
Performed by Michael Johnson

E E7 A A7
After you go, I can catch up on my reading
E E7 A A7
After you go, I'll have a lot more time for sleeping
G C
And when you're gone looks like things are gonna be a lot easier
Bm7 Em Am7 D
Life will be a breeze, you know. I really should be glad

G Gmaj7
But I'm bluer than blue. Sadder than sad
G7 C
You're the only light this empty room has ever had
G Am7
Life without you is gonna be...
D G/B
Bluer than blue

E E7 A A7
After you go, I'll have a lot more room in my closet
E E7 A A7
After you go, I'll stay out all night long if I feel like it
G C
And when you're gone I can run through the house screamin'
Bm7 Em Am7 D
And no one will ever hear me. I really should be glad.
[repeat Chorus]

Am7 Bm7
I don't have to miss no TV shows
C Bm7
I can start my whole life over
Am7 Bm7
Change the numbers on my telephone
C D
But the nights will sure be colder.

G Gmaj7
But I'm bluer than blue. Sadder than sad
G7 C
You're the only light this empty room has ever had
G Am7
Life without you is gonna be...
D G/B Am7
Bluer than blue
D G
Bluer than blue.
But If You Leave Me
By: Junior and Chords by: Rey Martinez

Am Dm7 Am Dm7
One more sleepness night Only sadness day
G C
Still can't get things right
Am Dm7 Am Dm7
I don't think you see All the time I know
G C G C
How hard this is for me You're just about to go
E Am Dm7
Knowing you're leaving I can't let you make
Am Dm7 G C
Can't we talk things through This one last final break
G C E Am
The way we used to do Tryin' to tell you, tryin'
Am Dm7 E Am
Remember how we plan To tell myself
G C G C
To always understand Would still might find a way
E Am Am Dm7
Trying to find you, trying 'cause if leave me
E Am G C
To find the way Theres no tommorrow
G C Am Dm7 G C
To start a life anew Only yesterday and think time to
Am Dm7 feel
'cause if you leave me Am Dm7
G C 'cause if you leave me
There's no tomorrow G C
Am Dm7 G C Theres no more laughter
Only yesterday and time to think Am Dm7
Am Dm7 Only sadness days
'cause if you leave me Am Dm7
G C And always will
There's no more laughter

Candle in the wind 1997


Elton John and B. Taupin
Tribute to Princess Diana
Please note: This version does not necessarily reflect the key Elton John
uses in his interpretation of his song.
(A capo should be used to match the key which bests enables you and yours to
sing Candle in the Wind)

G C
Goodbye England's rose, may you ever grow in our hearts
C G C
You were the grace that placed itself where lives were torn apart
G C
You called out to our country, and you whispered to those in pain.
G C
Now you belong to heaven, and the stars spell out your name.

Chorus:
D D7
And it seems to me you lived your life
G C
Like a candle in the wind
G D
Never fading with the sunset when the rain set in
C Em
And your footsteps will always fall here along England's greenest hills
G D C
Your candles burned out long before your legend ever will.

Verse no. 2:
G C
Loveliness we've lost, these empty days without your smile
G C
This torch we'll always carry for our nation's golden child
G C
And even though we try, the truth brings us to tears
G C
All our words cannot express the joy you brought us through the years.

Chorus:
D D7
And it seems to me you lived your life
G C
Like a candle in the wind
G D
Never fading with the sunset when the rain set in
C Em
And your footsteps will always fall here along England's greenest hills
G D C G
Your candles burned out long before your legend ever will.

Verse no. 3:
G C
Goodbye England's rose, may you ever grow in our hearts
G C
You were the grace that placed itself where lives were torn apart
G C
Goodbye England's rose, from a country lost without your soul
G C
Who'll miss the wings of your compassion more than you'll ever know.

Chorus:
D D7
And it seems to me you lived your life
G C
Like a candle in the wind
G D
Never fading with the sunset when the rain set in
C Em
And your footsteps will always fall here along England's greenest hills
G D C G
Your candles burned out long before your legend ever will.

Repeat last part of Chorus...


C Em
And your footsteps will always fall here among England's greenest hills
G D C G
Your candles burned out long before your legend ever will.

DUST IN THE WIND


Kansas
transcribed by tigressa

Just trying to put back some. Hope this sounds right for you.

[Intro]
C C Am G/B

G/B C G Am
I close my eye
G Dm7 A7 G/B
only for a moment, and the moment's gone.
C G/B Am
All my dreams
G Dm7 Am
pass before my eyes, a curiosity.
D/F# G Am Am/G
Dust in the wind.
D/F# G Am
All they are is dust in the wind.

G/B C G/B Am
Same old song.
G Dm7 Am G/B
Just a drop of water in an endless sea.
C G/B Am
All we do
G Dm7 Am
crumbles to the ground though we refuse to see.
D/F# G Am Am/G
Dust in the wind.
D/F# G Am G/A
All we are is dust in the wind._____
F/A
Oh_________________

Am G/A F/A C Am G/B


C G/B Am
Don't hang on.
G Dm7 Am G/B
Nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky. It
C G/B Am
slips a - way.
G Dm7 Am
All your money won't another minute buy.

D/F# G Am Am/G
Dust in the wind.

D/F# G Am Am/G
All we are is dust in the wind
All we are is dust in the

D/F# G Am Am/G D/F#


Dust in the wind. Ev -
wind Ev - 'y thing is dust in the wind

G Am
'ry - thing is dust in the wind.

Can’t cry hard enough


William Brothers

Intro: C-

C G Am
I’m gonna live my life, like every day’s the last
G F-Em G C
Without a simple goodbye, it all goes by by

(Chorus)
C G Am
And now that you’re gone, I can’t cry hard enough
G F Em
No, I can’t cry hard enough
G C
For you to hear me now

Verse:
C G Am
Gonna open my eyes, and see for the first time
G F Em
C
I’ve let got of you like, a child letting go of his kite
Am G
Chorus: There it goes, up in the sky,
C G C-G
There it goes beyond the clouds, for no reason why
Am G
I can’t cry hard enough
F Em
No I can’t cry hard enough
G C
For you to hear me now

Verse:
C G Am G
Gonna look back in vain, see me standing there
F Em G C
When all that remains is just an empty chain
C
Now that you’re gone
G Am
I can’t cry hard enough
G F Em
No, I can’t cry hard enough
G C
For you to hear me now
(Chorus

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