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Been Listening

Johnny Flynn

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This took my quite some time to get right, feedback very welcome!


Intro: C F Am F

     Em        C
The song's a thing
     Em          C
And this one's thin
      F          C
From traveling light
      F       C
The stars at night
      Em        C      B7    Em
Have seen old time to new erosion
 F         C        F     C
Old time gone with old religion

   Em       G        F       C
Prickled interest seizing pride
      Em        G     F         C     Am  C  Am G
The night the music upped and died, died.

        C 
Been listening all the night-long
        Am              F
Been listening all the day.
     C                            
Will I listen for the one you know
        Am              F
Will I listen, will i pray?
         C                
It's a-coming all the night long
         Am            F
It's a-coming in the day
          C                G            C          F 
It's blowing through my stone ears, whistling its way.

Left the song behind old chums
The faintest trace of what's to come
What's behind and what is near
Banished by a suckling ear.
Coffee lustre
Lend me mine
Nothing came with fear and wine, wine.
Been listening all the night long
Been listening all the day
Will I listen for the one you know
Will I listen, will I pray?
It's a coming all the night-long
Its a-coming in the day
Its blowing through my stone ears, whistling it's way.
The music's gone
The music's dead
The music went and in its stead
A single song, a chorus strong
A symphony, songs right or wrong
The band's rehearsing, the radios off
The silence is everything, hold that cough.
Been listening all the night-long
Been listening all the day
Will I listen to the one you know
Will I listen, will I pray?
It's a-coming all the night-long
It's a-coming in the day
It's blowing through my stone ears, whistling it's way.

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Been Listening

Johnny Flynn