VERSE 1 
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F 
Driving down the road under the southern light 
 
Looking back to see where we've come from 
Bb 
As we watched the sun go down rain it fell like diamonds 
     F 
From Kimberley mines 
 
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VERSE 2 
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F 
On the road to Jo'burg with the dying light 
 
Farewell Durban city of Natal 
Bb 
Stopped a while to stretch my thoughts as we crossed the borderline 
    F 
And into Transvaal 
 
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CHORUS 
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C            Dm     Bb 
   I saw the sun go down 
C         Bb       F     Bb 
Under the southern skies 
C           Dm 
   Over and over 
Bb 
   I'll always remember 
                        F 
Those beautiful African nights 
 
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VERSE 3 
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F 
In the old VW we'd count the miles 
 
We traveled with a friend whose name was Farr 
Bb 
The stories that he told us talked of places 
                         F 
Times and faces sang and played his guitar 
 
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VERSE 4 
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F 
Driving down the road we hear the morning rise 
 
Leaving all the past so far behind 
Bb 
The sound man played the Eagles as we listen 
                    F 
Take It Easy echoes on through our lives 
 
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CHORUS 
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C            Dm     Bb 
   I saw the sun go down 
C         Bb       F     Bb 
Under the southern skies 
C           Dm 
   Over and over 
Bb 
   I'll always remember 
 
I still hear them call 
 
No matter how far 
                        Dm 
Those beautiful African nights  
 
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SYNTH 
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Dm C Dm Bb F 
 
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CHORUS 
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C            Dm     Bb 
   I saw the sun go down 
C         Bb       F     Bb 
Under the southern skies 
C           Dm 
   Over and over 
Bb 
   I'll always remember 
 
I still hear them call 
 
No matter how far 
                        F 
Those beautiful African nights 
        F 
African nights 
 
Bb F Bb F