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