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Intro:
  A5Two years agB5o Ali Farka C5left his peopleD5  B5  
  A5Looking for  B5wisdomC5  D5  B5  
  A5And as soon as he'd  B5found it he'd reC5turn     D5To his B5people
A5
D5Master has been long aC5way from us on his Bb5trip
D5None of us have heard a C5word from him in two Bb5years
D5Everyone is waiting C5for the day of his reAb5turn, but
D5wait the silence's breaking, C5I climb up in the nearest tree to
B5see who could be coming round to Bb5visit A5us
       E5  C5/     E      F#m   A5  D5  
I    can see      Farka  coming
       E5  C5/    E      F#m      A5  D5  
riding   on his arabian horse,  the
       E5  C5/          E     F#5   A5  D5  
shade of him, it can't be mistaken
       E5  C5/    E      F#m     A5  D5  
I    can see our master come
D5Still he's far away too C5far away for me to Bb5see, per-
D5haps I was mistaken C5when I thought I saw him Bb5come
D5Intuition tells me C5I could maybe be Bb5wrong, but
D5wait the silence's breaking, C5I go up on the mountain side, to
B5see who could be coming round to Bb5visit A5us,
A5there must be something big going on now
       E5  C5/     E      F#m   A5  D5  
I    can see      Farka  coming
       E5  C5/    E      F#m      A5  D5  
riding   on his arabian horse,  the
       E5  C5/          E     F#5   A5  D5  
shade of him, it can't be mistaken
       E5  C5/    E      F#m     A5  D5  
I    can see our master come
C#5Party's on, D5the C#5people gathers,    D5  C#5Farka's brought D5his
Eb5wisdom to us, his wisdom D5to C#5us
[Solo: Over verse]
       E5  C5/     E      F#m   A5  D5  
I    can see      Farka  coming
       E5  C5/    E      F#m      A5  D5  
riding   on his arabian horse,  the
       E5  C5/          E     F#5   A5  D5  
shade of him, it can't be mistaken
       E5  C5/    E      F#m     A5  D5  
I    can see our master come

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Farka Is Coming

by Digidam

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Chords in this song · guitar

Bb5

Ab5

F#m

F#5

C#5

Eb5

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Intro:

A5 B5 C5 D5 B5

Two years ago Ali Farka left his people

A5 B5 C5 D5 B5

Looking for wisdom

A5 B5 C5 D5 B5

And as soon as he'd found it he'd return To his people

D5 C5 Bb5

Master has been long away from us on his trip

D5 C5 Bb5

None of us have heard a word from him in two years

D5 C5 Ab5

Everyone is waiting for the day of his return, but

D5 C5

wait the silence's breaking, I climb up in the nearest tree to

B5 Bb5 A5

see who could be coming round to visit us

E5 C5 E F#m A5 D5

I can see Farka coming

E5 C5 E F#m A5 D5

riding on his arabian horse, the

E5 C5 E F#5 A5 D5

shade of him, it can't be mistaken

E5 C5 E F#m A5 D5

I can see our master come

D5 C5 Bb5

Still he's far away too far away for me to see, per-

D5 C5 Bb5

haps I was mistaken when I thought I saw him come

D5 C5 Bb5

Intuition tells me I could maybe be wrong, but

D5 C5

wait the silence's breaking, I go up on the mountain side, to

B5 Bb5 A5

see who could be coming round to visit us,

there must be something big going on now

E5 C5 E F#m A5 D5

I can see Farka coming

E5 C5 E F#m A5 D5

riding on his arabian horse, the

E5 C5 E F#5 A5 D5

shade of him, it can't be mistaken

E5 C5 E F#m A5 D5

I can see our master come

C#5 D5 C#5 D5 C#5 D5

Party's on, the people gathers, Farka's brought his

Eb5 D5 C#5

wisdom to us, his wisdom to us

[Solo: Over verse]

E5 C5 E F#m A5 D5

I can see Farka coming

E5 C5 E F#m A5 D5

riding on his arabian horse, the

E5 C5 E F#5 A5 D5

shade of him, it can't be mistaken

E5 C5 E F#m A5 D5

I can see our master come

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