How Have You Been

B A E B B A E B And how have you been my darling children B A E B While I have been away in the west? B A Though you are strangers E B I feel that I know you E A E A By the way that you treat me and offer to feed me E A B F# F#7sus4 F# And eagerly ask if I'll stay for a rest B A E B And sit yourselves down in a pile here before me B A E B I wish I had presents for each of your smiles B A But I have been traveling E B With not much to carry E A E A Just a broken guitar case with tape on the sides E A B F# F#7sus4 F# To hold up a few signs to help me get rides B A E B And here is a strange European guitar string B A E B I found on the floor of a club in Marselles B A E B It's fat for the third string and skinny for the fourth string E A E A But I kept in hopes I might need it someday E A B F# F#7sus4 F# It's funny how people just keep things that way B A E B And here is a turtle from a Long Island Expressway B A E B He says that his home has been covered with tar B A E B So I gave him a ride on the back of my suitcase E A E A And he says that wants to live here in your yard E A B F# F#7sus4 F# At long last his short life won't be quite so hard B A E B And how have you been my darling children B A E B While I have been away in the west? B A Though you are strangers E B I feel that I know you E A E A By the way that you treat me and offer to feed me E A B F# F#7sus4 F# And eagerly ask if I'll stay for a rest B A E B And how have you been my darling children