Written by Gretchen Peters
CAPO: 2nd Fret
Intro: C Cadd9 C Cadd9 C Cadd9 C F C
F C
Under Kilimanjaro she guards her young
F C
And she speaks to the darkness in the mother tongue
F C
She waits and she watches all night long
F C
Calls to her lover and she sings this song
F G F C
I will be there for you whatever comes
F G F Am
I am as constant as the beat of drums
F
My love is stronger than the noonday sun
Dm7
Over Africa
C G C Cadd9 F C Cadd9 C
Over A---frica____ 
F C
It's a force of nature, it's the power of need
F C
Love will heal you, baby, and it'll make you bleed
F C
But I will be patient, I will bide my time
F C
I will be waiting like a mama lion
F G F C
I will be there for you whatever comes
F G F Am
I am as constant as the beat of drums
F
My love is stronger than the noonday sun
Dm7
Over Africa
C G C Cadd9 F C Cadd9 C F G
Over A---frica____
Bridge:
F G
Between love and money, between pride and sin
F
We are just wild things underneath the skin
G F Csus4
In the cradle of creation we were made this way
F C Cadd9 F C Cadd9 C
Bound together 'til our dying day_____
F C
It's the law of the jungle, it's the ancient truth
F C
Live by the senses, baby, die by the tooth
F C
But I would walk through fire, I would swim the sea
F C
Long as I live and breathe, you belong to me
F G F C
And I will be there for you whatever comes
F G F Am
I am as constant as the beat of drums
F
My love is stronger than the noonday sun
Dm7
Over Africa
C G
Over A---frica____
OUTRO:
C Cadd9 F C Cadd9 F C
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