[Verse 1]
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One hot summer many years ago
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My next door neighbour was a man named Joe
A
I saw him one bright nightstanding under a tree
B
I thought he was there just taking a pee
E
But then he turned around and said to me
A
"Listen to those cicadas
Yadda, yadda, yadda, yadda , yadda"
[Verse 2]
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I said to Joe "I can't hear a word you say
E
those cicadas are singing like the end of days"
A
Joe turned to me and then he said
B
"Listen with your chest and not with your head"
[Chorus]
E
"Give your ears a rest and listen with your chest"
E
"Give your ears a rest and listent with your chest"
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"Give your ears a rest and listen with your chest"
B
"Give your ears a rest and listent with your chest"
E
Give your ears a rest and listen, really listen with your chest."
[Verse 3]
E
I travelled the world for many years
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Searching for the one but finding oceans of tears
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And every time I couldn't get free
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I remembered old Joe standing under that tree saying
[Chorus]
E
"Give your ears a rest and listen with your chest"
E
"Give your ears a rest and listent with your chest"
A
"Give your ears a rest and listen with your chest"
B
"Give your ears a rest and listent with your chest"
E
"Give your ears a rest and listen, really listen with your chest."
[Verse 4]
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Now many years later with a family of my own
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I heard that Joe was in a nursing home
B
My kids and I visited him there and what did we see
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Old Joe was standing underneath a tree
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Joe looked at me and said with zest
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"You've been listening with your chest"
[Chorus]
E
"Give your ears a rest and listen with your chest"
A
"Give your ears a rest and listen with your chest"
B
"Give your ears a rest and listen with your chest"
E
"Give your ears a rest and listen, really listen, with your chest"
E A B E