Chords for How Have You Been (2007 Remaster)

if I'll [D] stay for _ [A] rest. _
[A] _ [D] Now sit yourselves down in a pile here before me.
_ I wish I
had presents [G] for each [D] of your smiles, _ but I have been traveling [G] without [D] much to
carry. _
[G] Just a broken guitar case with tape on the side, a bag and a few signs
[D] to help me get right.
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[D] But here [C] are some beads [G] from the throat [D] of a princess _ who
reigned in the years [G] round 200 [D] BC.
_ _ _ Divide [C] them and wear [G] them and make [D] sure to share
them, [G] cause I want you to have them in hopes that you'll be as lovely as the lady [D] who gave
them to [A] me. _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] And here is [C] a strange [G] European [D] guitar string I found on the floor [G] of a club
in [D] Marseille. _
It's fat for the third string and skinny [D] for the fourth string, _ [G] but I kept
it in hopes that I'd use it someday.
It's funny how people just [D] keep things that way.
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_ [D] And here [C] is a turtle [G] from the Long [D] Island Expressway.
_ He said [C] that his home [G] has been covered [D] with tar, _ so I gave him [C] a ride [G] on the back of [D] my
suitcase.
And [G] he says that he'd like to stay here in your yard.
At long last his life [D] won't be quite so hard.
[A] _ _ _ [D] How have you [C] been [G] my darling children _ while I [C] have [G] been away [D] in the
way? _ _
Though [C] you are strangers [G] I feel [D] like I know.
_ [G] By the way that you treat me and offer to feed me and eagerly ask [D] if I'll stay for a rest.
_ _ [G] By the way that you treat me and offer to feed me and eagerly ask [D] if I'll stay for a rest.
Stay for a rest. _ _
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