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Date: Sat, 11-Oct-1997 12:48:52 +0200
From: Geir Damstuen 
Subj: Farka is coming

{st: DigiDam}

Intro:

A5 (x022xx@1)          B5 (x244xx@1)        C5 (x355xx@1)             D5 (xx023x@1)   B5 (x244xx@1) Two years ago Ali Farka left his people
A5 (x022xx@1)          B5 (x244xx@1)        C5 (x355xx@1)             D5 (xx023x@1)   B5 (x244xx@1) Looking for  wisdom
A5 (x022xx@1)                   B5 (x244xx@1)            C5 (x355xx@1)   D5 (xx023x@1)     B5 (x244xx@1) And as soon as he'd  found it he'd return     To his people
A5 (x022xx@1)
D5 (xx023x@1)                  C5 (x355xx@1)               Bb5Master (x133xx@1)has been long away from us on his trip
D5 (xx023x@1)                    C5 (x355xx@1)                 Bb5None (x133xx@1)of us have heard a word from him in two years
D5 (xx023x@1)                C5 (x355xx@1)                 Ab5Everyone (133xxx@4)is waiting for the day of his return, but
D5 (xx023x@1)                         C5wait (x355xx@1)the silence's breaking, I climb up in the nearest tree to
B5 (x244xx@1)                             Bb5 (x133xx@1) A5see (x022xx@1)who could be coming round to visit us

E5 (022xxx@1)     C5/E     F#m (244222@1)  A5D5
I    can see      Farka  coming
E5 (022xxx@1)     C5/E    F#m (244222@1)  A5 (x022xx@1)  D5riding (xx023x@1)  on his arabian horse,  the
E5 (022xxx@1)     C5/E          F#5 (244xxx@1) A5D5
shade of him, it can't be mistaken
E5 (022xxx@1)     C5/E    F#m (244222@1)  A5 (x022xx@1) D5I (xx023x@1)   can see our master come

D5 (xx023x@1)                    C5 (x355xx@1)               Bb5Still (x133xx@1)he's far away too far away for me to see, per-
D5 (xx023x@1)                C5 (x355xx@1)                     Bb5haps (x133xx@1)I was mistaken when I thought I saw him come
D5 (xx023x@1)               C5 (x355xx@1)             Bb5Intuition (x133xx@1)tells me I could maybe be wrong, but
D5 (xx023x@1)                         C5wait (x355xx@1)the silence's breaking, I go up on the mountain side, to
B5 (x244xx@1)                             Bb5 (x133xx@1) A5see (x022xx@1)who could be coming round to visit us,
A5there (x022xx@1)must be something big going on now

E5 (022xxx@1)     C5/E     F#m (244222@1)  A5D5
I    can see      Farka  coming
E5 (022xxx@1)     C5/E    F#m (244222@1)  A5 (x022xx@1)  D5riding (xx023x@1)  on his arabian horse,  the
E5 (022xxx@1)     C5/E          F#5 (244xxx@1) A5D5
shade of him, it can't be mistaken
E5 (022xxx@1)     C5/E    F#m (244222@1)  A5 (x022xx@1) D5I (xx023x@1)   can see our master come

C#5 (x133xx@4)       D5 (xx023x@1)C#5 (x133xx@4)           D5C#5             D5Party's (xx023x@1)on, the people gathers,    Farka's brought his
Eb5 (xx134x@1)                    D5C#5
wisdom to us, his wisdom to us

[Solo: Over verse]

E5 (022xxx@1)     C5/E     F#m (244222@1)  A5D5
I    can see      Farka  coming
E5 (022xxx@1)     C5/E    F#m (244222@1)  A5 (x022xx@1)  D5riding (xx023x@1)  on his arabian horse,  the
E5 (022xxx@1)     C5/E          F#5 (244xxx@1) A5D5
shade of him, it can't be mistaken
E5 (022xxx@1)     C5/E    F#m (244222@1)  A5 (x022xx@1) D5I (xx023x@1)   can see our master come