Chords for Luka Bloom - no matter where you go there you are

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_ _ _ This song was inspired [Bb] by a man called Muhammad [Ab] who comes from Algeria
[D] _ [Gb] Who lives in [D] Galway?
The song is called no [F] matter where you go there you [D] are _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Dm] I'll sing to you of a [A] carpenter a [D] Muslim man.
[Dm] He was forced to [D] join an army
He chose to [Dm] leave his land.
He was born in [D] northern Africa with the [Dm] desert all around
He loved his innocent childhood in the bosom [D] of a desert town
_ [Dm] Muhammad left Algeria family [D] and his friends [Dm] knowing he would never see his [D] loved ones ever again
You [G] must go and follow [Dm] your star
No matter [G] where you go
There [D] you are
No matter where you go
There are you?
[Bb] So don't let go of what you know [D] to be true _ _ _ _
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_ [Dm] _ _ _ Muhammad went to Amsterdam to [D] Paris and to Rome
[Dm] Nowhere in these cities did Muhammad feel at home.
He'd walk the streets into the night thrown out [D] would define
[Bb] making [D] wooden boxes
_ occupied his mind
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Little wooden boxes in [D] line a Muhammad's done
bringing food and shelter
[Am] to [D] a Muslim man
[G] You must go [Am] and follow [D] your star
No matter where you go
There you are
No matter [G] where you go
There [Dm] are you?
So don't let go [D] of what you know to be true
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_ _ _ [G] One summer's day [D] in Paris.
[A] He heard a [Dm] haunting sound of a lonesome [D] Irish fiddle
He let his [Dm] tools fall down [D] looking up.
He could not see the man whose music filled [Dm] his place
But he knew his heart was breaking and the tears rolled [D] down his face
Muhammad [Dm]
walked until [D] he saw the man fiddle to [Dm] his chin.
He stood and let the music [Am] glow
[Dm] Underneath his skin.
He felt longing for Algeria [D] loving for this song how the music of a stranger
[Am] helps a [Dm] dreamer move along _
How the carpenter and the fiddler they became the best of friends and Muhammad lives in Galway [Am] where the music [Dm] never ends
You [G] must go and [Dm] follow your star
No [G] matter where you go
[D] There you are
[G] No matter where you go
There [Dm] are you?
So don't [G] let go of what you know to [Dm] be true
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By the clatter in [D] the evening, you might see this southern man selling boxes toys and fiddle made with Muslim hands
Don't you [Dm] feel no pity [Am] nor think he [D] is alone for the music in his spirit is his shelter and his home
_ [Dm] Muhammad's fire ignited with [D] the ancient jigs and reels.
[Dm] He sometimes [Am] chants in Arabic across the Galway [D] fields
Spread glow to the world [A] out to the Atlantic [D] Sea.
[Dm] They echoed to Algeria [Am] to the land he had [D] to flee
You [G] must go and follow [Dm] your star
No matter [G] where you go
There [D] you are
No [G] matter where you go
_ [Dm] There are you?
[Bb] So [G] don't let go of what you [Dm] know to be true _ _ _
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There's a woman in [D] Algeria.
She looks across the sun [Dm] and hears the loved ones prayer
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