A   D                 A      E
One conversation I’ll always remember
     A                D          A             E
Was a place where the weather had forced me to stay
    F#m          D           A            E
A man with my accent and a face full of stories
    F#m            D    A   E
Had caused me to look his way
  A             D           A             E
A few drinks of whiskey had bought me his story
  A             D          A              E
I looked in his eyes as he looked back in mine
      F#m         D              A             E
“I’m off in the morning to the North East of England
    F#m             D  A E
To leave for the final time”


[Chorus 1]
A                     D    D     D
Put your faith in the one who tries
A                E     E    E
Don’t gossip and don’t tell lies
F#m                   D  D   D
When in doubt buy a larger size
A               E  E  E
Listen to what I’m saying.
A                 D  D    D
Never trust a judgemental man
A                       E   E   E
Listen to those you are younger than
F#m                D       D   D
And be good just because you can
A               E  E  E
Listen to what I’m saying.


[Verse 2]
        A      D             A                E
Well he got my attention, of that there’s no question
   A         D             A          E
So I got the drinks in and he carried on
   F#m             D        A           E
He told me of an angel he fell for in Brooklyn
F#m         D A E
September, 2001
                       A          D             A      E
Around that time -­ the tests said “condition is now in remission”
A            D          A           E
All said, it wasn’t the greatest of years
     F#m       D         A            E
Eleven years later the words on the paper
F#m              D      A    E
Just made his decision clear


[Chorus 2]
A             D  D  D
Make up after every fight,
A                 E    E    E
Always kiss your girl goodnight
F#m               D    D   D
Don’t buy underwear too tight
A              E   E  E
Listen to what I’m saying.
A                     D    D D
Shower even if there ain’t no stink
A                E   E   E
Stop caring what people think
F#m                     D    D   D
Always buy the first round of drinks
A               E  E  E
Listen to what I’m saying.


[Refrain]
D                              F#m
He made plans that he’d go and live incognito
E                                
With a letter so she’d know he’d met someone new
D                             F#m
If she don’t find someone and learn how to move on
     A                D    A   E
This death would take her life too.


[Verse 3]
     A             D            A           E
That night I slept restless, my heart in a screw press
     A          D           A       E
Til next day at breakfast I saw him again
       F#m            D         A        E
He was pawning his story for bacon and coffee
       F#m            D      A   E
And he smiled as he called my name


He said “I hope you listened to what I was saying!”

[Chorus 3]
A            D    D     D
Learn how to shut your trap
A                  E    E    E
’Til you’ve got a good answer back
F#m                D     D   D
Admire in others what you lack
A              E   E  E
Listen to what I’m saying
A                 D    D   D
When in doubt do something kind
A                E     E    E
Be prepared to change your mind
F#m                    D    D D
And always leave the past behind
A             E    E  E
Listen to what I’m saying