Under African Skies

INTRO 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|----------------|----------------| B|1-1-------------|--1-----0-------| G|0---------2-0-0-|--0---0-0-2-0-0-| D|2-----3---3-3-3-|2-------0-------| A|3-----3---------|----------------| E|--------1-------|3---3---3-------| INTRO (guitar) (band comes in) VERSE Jo oseph's face was black as night And the pale yellow moon shone in his eyes His path was marked by the stars in the southern hemisphere And he walked his days under African skies This is the story of how we begin to remember This is the powerful pulsing of love in the vein After the dream of falling and calling your name out These are the roots of rhythm and the roots of rhythm remain INTERLUDE VERSE In early memory Mission mu sic Was ringing 'round my nursery door I said take this child, Lord From Tucson, Arizona Give her the wings to fly through harmony And she won't bother you no more This is the story of how we begin to remember This is the powerful pulsing of love in the vein After the dream of falling and calling your name out These are the roots of rhythm and the roots of rhythm remain PART Ta um ba um ba um ba oh oh oh Ta um ba um ba um ba oh oh oh Ta um ba um ba um ba oh oh oh oh oh oh Ta um ba um ba um ba oh oh oh VERSE Jo oseph's face was black as night And the pale yellow moon shone in his eyes His path was marked by the stars in the southern hemisphere And he walked the length of his days under African skies CODA (backing track fades out, percussion faded last)