Subj: Farka is coming

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 A5 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, A5 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