{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":636237,"song":"How Have You Been","artist":"John Sebastian","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11575634-how-have-you-been-chords-by-john-sebastian/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/636237?type=chord","rating":4.73684,"votes":6,"content":"How Have You Been-By John Sebastian\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]     \t\t[ch]C[/ch]\t    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHow have you been my darling children[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t          [ch]C[/ch]\t[ch]G[/ch]\t[ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhile I have been away in the west[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t\t    [ch]C[/ch]\t\t[ch]G[/ch]\t   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThought you are strangers I feel as I know you[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t[ch]G[/ch]\r\nby the way that you treat me and offer to feed me[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t\t\t   [ch]D[/ch]\t\t[ch]Em[/ch]\t[ch]A7[/ch]\r\nand eagerly ask if I’ll stay for a rest[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]([ch]D[/ch])Now sit yourself ([ch]C[/ch])down in [ch]A[/ch] ([ch]G[/ch])pile here \r\nme[/tab]\r\nI wish I had ([ch]C[/ch])presents for ([ch]G[/ch])each of your([ch]D[/ch]) smiles\r\nBut I have been ([ch]C[/ch])traveling with ([ch]G[/ch])not much to([ch]D[/ch]) carry\r\nJust a ([ch]G[/ch])broken guitar case with tape on the side a bag and a ([ch]D[/ch])few signs to help me \r\nrides([ch]Em7[/ch])    ([ch]A7[/ch])\r\n\r\n([ch]D[/ch])But here are the([ch]C[/ch]) beads from the([ch]G[/ch]) throat of a([ch]D[/ch]) princess\r\nwho reigned in the([ch]C[/ch]) years round two([ch]G[/ch]) hundred [ch]B[/ch]([ch]D[/ch])[ch]C[/ch]\r\nDivide them and ([ch]C[/ch])wear them and ([ch]G[/ch])make sure to ([ch]D[/ch])share them\r\ncause I([ch]G[/ch]) want you to have them in hopes that you’ll be as lovely as the lady ([ch]D[/ch])who \r\nthem to me([ch]Em7[/ch])   ([ch]A7[/ch])\r\n\r\n([ch]D[/ch])And here is [ch]A[/ch] ([ch]C[/ch])strange Euro([ch]G[/ch])pean guitar ([ch]D[/ch])string\r\nI found on the ([ch]C[/ch])floor of a ([ch]G[/ch])club in Marse([ch]D[/ch])illes\r\nIt’s fat for the ([ch]C[/ch])third string and (G)skinny for the (D)fourth string\r\nbut I ([ch]G[/ch])kept in hopes that id use it someday it funny how people just ([ch]D[/ch])do things that way([ch]Em7[/ch])\r\n([ch]A7[/ch])\r\n\r\n([ch]D[/ch])And here is [ch]A[/ch] ([ch]C[/ch])turtle from the ([ch]G[/ch])Long Island Express([ch]D[/ch])way\r\nHe says that his ([ch]C[/ch])home has been ([ch]G[/ch])covered with ([ch]D[/ch])tar\r\nso I gave him a ([ch]C[/ch])ride on the ([ch]G[/ch])back of my ([ch]D[/ch])suitcase\r\nand he ([ch]G[/ch])says that he’d like to stay here in your yard At long last his ([ch]D[/ch])life won’t \r\nquite so hard ([ch]Em7[/ch])\t([ch]A7[/ch])\r\n\r\n([ch]D[/ch])How have you ([ch]C[/ch])been my ([ch]G[/ch])darling ([ch]D[/ch])children\r\nWhile I have ([ch]C[/ch])been [ch]A[/ch]([ch]G[/ch])way in the([ch]D[/ch]) west\r\nThought you are ([ch]C[/ch])strangers I ([ch]G[/ch])feel  as I ([ch]D[/ch])know you\r\n by the([ch]G[/ch]) way that you treat me and offer to feed me and eagerly ask if I’ll ([ch]D[/ch])stay \r\na rest([ch]Em7[/ch])\t([ch]A7[/ch])","plain_text":"How Have You Been-By John Sebastian\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI wish I had (C)presents for (G)each of your(D) smiles\nBut I have been (C)traveling with (G)not much to(D) carry\nJust a (G)broken guitar case with tape on the side a bag and a (D)few signs to help me \nrides(Em7)    (A7)\n\n(D)But here are the(C) beads from the(G) throat of a(D) princess\nwho reigned in the(C) years round two(G) hundred B(D)C\nDivide them and (C)wear them and (G)make sure to (D)share them\ncause I(G) want you to have them in hopes that you’ll be as lovely as the lady (D)who \nthem to me(Em7)   (A7)\n\n(D)And here is A (C)strange Euro(G)pean guitar (D)string\nI found on the (C)floor of a (G)club in Marse(D)illes\nIt’s fat for the (C)third string and (G)skinny for the (D)fourth string\nbut I (G)kept in hopes that id use it someday it funny how people just (D)do things that way(Em7)\n(A7)\n\n(D)And here is A (C)turtle from the (G)Long Island Express(D)way\nHe says that his (C)home has been (G)covered with (D)tar\nso I gave him a (C)ride on the (G)back of my (D)suitcase\nand he (G)says that he’d like to stay here in your yard At long last his (D)life won’t \nquite so hard (Em7)\t(A7)\n\n(D)How have you (C)been my (G)darling (D)children\nWhile I have (C)been A(G)way in the(D) west\nThought you are (C)strangers I (G)feel  as I (D)know you\n by the(G) way that you treat me and offer to feed me and eagerly ask if I’ll (D)stay \na rest(Em7)\t(A7)","chords":["D","C","G","Em","A7","A","Em7","B"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}