how have you been Chords

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[Verse 1]
[G]And how have you [F]been,
[C]my darling [G]children
While I have been [C]away in the [G]west?
Though you [F]are strangers,
I [C]feel [G]like I know you
By the [C]way that you treat [F]me and
[C]offer to feed me
And eagerly ask if I'll stay
[G]for a rest
[D][Ebm][D]

[Verse 2]
And [G]sit yourselves [F]down[G]
[F]in a [C]pile laid be[G]fore me
I wish I [F]had presents for
[C]each of [G]your smiles
But I have [F]been travelling
[C]without much to [G]carry
Just a [C]broken gui[F]tar case
with [C]tape on the sides
To hold up a few signs to [G]help
me get rides
[D][Ebm][D]

[Verse 3]
And [G]here is [F]a s[G]trange E[C]uropean guitar s[G]tring
I found on the floor [C]of
a club in Mar[G]seilles
It's fat for the [F]third string and
[C]skinny for the [G]fourth string
But I [C]kept it in [F]hopes I might
[C]need it some day
[F]It's fun[C]ny how people just
[G]keep things that [D]way

[Verse 4]
[D]
And [G]here is [F]a turtle [C]from the Long
[G]Island Expressway
He says that [F]his [G]home has
been [C]covered with [G]tar
So I gave him [C]a r[F]ide o[G]n[C]
the back of [G]my suitcase
And he [C]says that [F]wants to
[C]live here in your yard
At long last,
his short life won't be [G]quite so hard
[D]

[Verse 5]
And [G]how have you [F]been,
[C]my darling [G]children
While I [F]have [G]been [C]away in the [G]west?
Though you [C]are strangers,
[F]I fee[C]l like I kno[G]w you
By the [C]way that you treat
me and offer to feed [F]me
[C]And eagerly ask if I'll sta[G]y for[C] a r[D]est

[Verse 6]
[D]
And [G]how have you been, [C]my darling [G]children?