Africa - Toto
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Tabs and lyrics
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
Some parts of this are keyboard transcribed for guitar.
Check out my play-through here for picking patterns: https://youtu.be/G-PbqJI37dc


[Intro] x4
Guitar 1
e|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|----------------6~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
D|-7--------------6~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
A|-7--7-7--7-7-6--4~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
E|-5--5-5--5-5-4------------|---------------------------------|
PM--------|

Guitar 2
e|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|----------------------7-5-|-------7-5-------7-5-------7-5---|
G|--------------------------|-6-4-6-----6-4-6-----6-4-6-----6-|
D|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
PM------------------------------------|


[Verse] x4
Guitar 1
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|-------------------|
B|-----4-------2---|-----4-------2---|-----2-------0---|-4-------|-------------------|
G|---4---4---3---3-|---4---4---3---3-|---2---2---1---1-|-4-------|----------------6--|
D|-4-------4-------|-4-------4-------|-2-------2-------|-4-------|-7--------------6--|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|-7--7-7--7-7-6--4--|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|-5--5-5--5-5-4-----|
PM--------|

Guitar 2
e|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------|-------------------|
B|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------|-------------------|
G|-4-------3------|-1---------------|-2-------1-------|-4--2p1h2~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
D|----------------|---------4-------|-2---------------|----------|-------------------|
A|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------|-------------------|
E|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------|-------------------|


[Chorus]
Guitar 1
e|-----------------------|------------------------|
B|-2--2-2--2--7--7-7--7--|-5--5-5--5--9--9-10--9--|
G|-2--2-2--2--7--7-7--7--|-6--6-6--6--9--9-9---9--|
D|-4--4-4--4--7--7-7--7--|-7--7-7--7--9--9-9---9--| x3
A|-4--4-4--4--5--5-5--5--|-7--7-7--7--7--7-7---7--|
E|-2--2-2--2-------------|-5--5-5--5--------------|

e|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
B|-2--2-2--2--7--7-7--7--|-5--5-5--5--5--5-5--5--|-0--0-0--0--2----------|
G|-2--2-2--2--7--7-7--7--|-6--6-6--6--6--6-6--6--|-1--1-1--1--2----------|
D|-4--4-4--4--7--7-7--7--|-7--7-7--7--6--6-6--6--|-2--2-2--2--4--4-4-4-6-|
A|-4--4-4--4--5--5-5--5--|-7--7-7--7--4--4-4--4--|-2--2-2--2--4--4-4-4-6-|
E|-2--2-2--2-------------|-5--5-5--5-------------|-0--0-0--0--2--2-2-2-4-|

Guitar 2
e|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--0--0-5---4---|
B|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5--5-5---5---|
G|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--4--4-4---4---|
D|---------------------------------|-------------------------------| x3
A|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|

e|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-----------------|--------|
B|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-2---------------|-----------------|--------|
G|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-2---------------|-----------------|--------|
D|---------------------------------|-2---------------|-2-------4-------|--------|
A|---------------------------------|-0-------4-------|-2-------4-----7~|~~~~~~~~|
E|---------------------------------|---------4-------|---------------5~|~~~~~~~~|

Then:
[Intro] x2
[Verse]
[Chorus]
[Intro] x2

[Solo
(Guitar 1 and 2 play VERSE)
Guitar 3
e|--11-9-7-9-7---7-----------------|-----------------------|----------------------------|
B|-------------9---9-7-9-7---7-----|-----------------------|----------------------------|
G|-------------------------8---8-6-|-8-6---6-------6-------|-----6h9-7p6----------------|
D|---------------------------------|-----9---9-6-9---9p6---|-6h7---------9-7p6---9-11p9-|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------9-|-------------------9--------|
E|---------------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------|

e|--------------------|------------|-------------------------------------|--------------|
B|--------------------|------------|-------------------------------------|--------------|
G|--------------------|------------|-----------------------(7)8--(5)6--4~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
D|----------9--7--6---|------------|-------------------6-----------------|--------------|
A|-9--7--6----------7-|-7----------|-------6---6-9-6-9---9---------------|--------------|
E|--------------------|-5----------|-9-7-9---9---------------------------|--------------|

Guitar 4
e|-19-16-14-16-14----14-------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|----------------16----16-14-16-14----14-------|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------16----16-13-|-16-13----13----------13----------|
D|----------------------------------------------|-------16----16-13-16----16-13----|
A|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------16-|
E|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------|---------------------------|----------|
B|----------14----------------------------|---------------------------|----------|
G|-------14----16-14-13----------13-14-13-|-------------13--11--------|----------|
D|-14-16----------------16-14-12----------|-13--11--------------14-13-|-11~~~~~~~|
A|----------------------------------------|---------14----------------|----------|
E|----------------------------------------|---------------------------|----------|

e|---------------------------------------------|--------|
B|-----------------------------(10)11--(8)9--7~|~~~~~~~~|
G|------------------------8--------------------|--------|
D|---------9----9-11-9-11---11-----------------|--------|
A|-11-9-11---11--------------------------------|--------|
E|---------------------------------------------|--------|


[Last chorus]
Guitar 1
e|-----------------------|------------------------|
B|-2--2-2--2--7--7-7--7--|-5--5-5--5--9--9-10--9--|
G|-2--2-2--2--7--7-7--7--|-6--6-6--6--9--9-9---9--|
D|-4--4-4--4--7--7-7--7--|-7--7-7--7--9--9-9---9--| x7
A|-4--4-4--4--5--5-5--5--|-7--7-7--7--7--7-7---7--|
E|-2--2-2--2-------------|-5--5-5--5--------------|

e|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
B|-2--2-2--2--7--7-7--7--|-5--5-5--5--5--5-5--5--|-0--0-0--0--2----------|
G|-2--2-2--2--7--7-7--7--|-6--6-6--6--6--6-6--6--|-1--1-1--1--2----------|
D|-4--4-4--4--7--7-7--7--|-7--7-7--7--6--6-6--6--|-2--2-2--2--4--4-4-4-6-|
A|-4--4-4--4--5--5-5--5--|-7--7-7--7--4--4-4--4--|-2--2-2--2--4--4-4-4-6-|
E|-2--2-2--2-------------|-5--5-5--5-------------|-0--0-0--0--2--2-2-2-4-|

Guitar 2
e|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--0--0-5---4---|
B|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5--5-5---5---|
G|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--4--4-4---4---|
D|---------------------------------|-------------------------------| x7
A|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|

e|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-----------------|--------|
B|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-2---------------|-----------------|--------|
G|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-2---------------|-----------------|--------|
D|---------------------------------|-2---------------|-2-------4-------|--------|
A|---------------------------------|-0-------4-------|-2-------4-----7~|~~~~~~~~|
E|---------------------------------|---------4-------|---------------5~|~~~~~~~~|


[Outro]
(repeat to fade)
Guitar 1
e|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|----------------6~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
D|-7--------------6~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
A|-7--7-7--7-7-6--4~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
E|-5--5-5--5-5-4------------|---------------------------------|
PM--------|

Guitar 2
e|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|----------------------7-5-|-------7-5-------7-5-------7-5---|
G|--------------------------|-6-4-6-----6-4-6-----6-4-6-----6-|
D|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
PM------------------------------------|



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| (n) Ghost note
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| ~ Vibrato

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Song info
Africa
Toto
2001
  • Rock
  • Pop Rock
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