How Have You Been
John SebastianVersion1
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Chords in this song
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How have you been my darling children
While I have been away in the west
Thought you are strangers I feel as I know you
by the way that you treat me and offer to feed me
and eagerly ask if Ill stay for a rest
Now sit yourself down in pile here
me
I wish I had presents for each of your smiles
But I have been traveling with not much to carry
Just a broken guitar case with tape on the side a bag and a few signs to help me
rides
But here are the beads from the throat of a princess
who reigned in the years round two hundred
Divide them and wear them and make sure to share them
cause I want you to have them in hopes that youll be as lovely as the lady who
them to me
And here is strange Euro pean guitar string
I found on the floor of a club in Marse illes
Its fat for the third string and G skinny for the D fourth string
but I kept in hopes that id use it someday it funny how people just do things that way
And here is turtle from the Long Island Express way
He says that his home has been covered with tar
so I gave him a ride on the back of my suitcase
and he says that hed like to stay here in your yard At long last his life wont
quite so hard
How have you been my darling children
While I have been way in the west
Thought you are strangers I feel as I know you
by the way that you treat me and offer to feed me and eagerly ask if Ill stay
a rest
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Readable chord sheet for How Have You Been by John Sebastian
[D]How have you bee[C]n my darling[G] children [D] While I have been [C]away i[G]n the we[D]st Thought you are stra[C]ngers I feel[G] as I know [D]you by the w[G]ay that you treat me and offer to feed me and eagerly ask if Ill sta[D]y for a rest [Em] [A7] [D] Now sit yourself [C] down in [A] [G] pile here me I wish I had [C] presents for [G] each of your [D] smiles But I have been [C] traveling with [G] not much to [D] carry Just a [G] broken guitar case with tape on the side a bag and a [D] few signs to help me rides [Em7] [A7] [D] But here are the [C] beads from the [G] throat of a [D] princess who reigned in the [C] years round two [G] hundred [B] [D] [C] Divide them and [C] wear them and [G] make sure to [D] share them cause I [G] want you to have them in hopes that youll be as lovely as the lady [D] who them to me [Em7] [A7] [D] And here is [A] [C] strange Euro [G] pean guitar [D] string I found on the [C] floor of a [G] club in Marse [D] illes Its fat for the [C] third string and G skinny for the D fourth string but I [G] kept in hopes that id use it someday it funny how people just [D] do things that way [Em7] [A7] [D] And here is [A] [C] turtle from the [G] Long Island Express [D] way He says that his [C] home has been [G] covered with [D] tar so I gave him a [C] ride on the [G] back of my [D] suitcase and he [G] says that hed like to stay here in your yard At long last his [D] life wont quite so hard [Em7] [A7] [D] How have you [C] been my [G] darling [D] children While I have [C] been [A] [G] way in the [D] west Thought you are [C] strangers I [G] feel as I [D] know you by the [G] way that you treat me and offer to feed me and eagerly ask if Ill [D] stay a rest [Em7] [A7]