Harry Chapin – I Wanna Learn A Love Song (Guitar)

Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E) • Capo 5
Key
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Versions (3)

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Chords

D* 004232 D6 000432 Em 222000 A x02220 G 5x0003 D 000232 Am7/D 005503 Bm x24432 D** 000775 D9sus4 000553 [Intro] D D6 D D6 D D6 D D6 [Verse 1]
       Em
I come fresh from the street

A              G       Em       D
Fast on my feet, kinda lean and lazy

         Em
Not much meat on my bones

      A
And a whole lot alone

    G           Em         D
And more than a little bit crazy

    Am7/D              G
The old six string was all I had

   Em            Bm
To keep my belly still

        Em             A
And for each full-hour lesson I gave

        G         Em     D    D6 D D6
I got a crisp ten dollar bill
[Verse 2]
Em                  A
She was married for seven years

     G        Em     D
To a concrete castle king

             Em                 A
She said she wanted to learn to play the guitar

       G        Em       D
And to hear her children sing

   Am7/D             G
So I'd show up about once a week

      Em                 Bm
In my faded tight-legged jeans

       Em              A
With a backlog full of hobo stories

      G
And dilapidated dreams
[Chorus 1]
          D                           D** D9sus4 D
She said, I want to learn a love song

Em            Em7    Em6
Full of happy things

Em        A                 Asus4 A   Asus2
She said, I want to learn a love song

          G
Won't you let me hear you sing

          D                           D** D9sus4 D
She said, I want to learn a love song

Em            Em7    Em6
I want to hear you play

Em        A                 Asus4 A   Asus2
She said, I want to learn a love song

  G        Em  D   D6 D D6
Before you go away
[Verse 3]
     Em                   A
So I tried to teach her a couple of chords

       G  Em    D
And an easy melody

       Em                      A
But it always turned out she'd rather listen

   G     Em      D
To my guitar and me

        Am7/D            G
I could hear her old man laughing in the den

Em                          Bm
Playing stud poker with the boys

        Em                  A
While I sang so soft in the living room

    G         Em        D     D6 D D6
Too scared to make much noise
[Verse 4]
  Em                    A
I came one week and the den was dark

        G     Em      D
And she met me at the door

       Em                      A
And we sat on the couch and we sang and talked

       G         Em      D
Till I could not sing no more

    Am7/D           D
The silence kept on building

    Em                 Bm
Her eyes grew much too wide

            Em               A
And I could hear both of our heartbeats

          G
But there was no place to hide
[Chorus 2]
          D                           D** D9sus4 D
She said, I want to learn a love song

Em            Em7    Em6
Full of happy things

Em        A                 Asus4 A   Asus2
She said, I want to learn a love song

          G
Won't you let me hear you sing

          D                           D** D9sus4 D
She said, I want to learn a love song

Em            Em7    Em6
I want to hear you play

Em        A                 Asus4 A   Asus2
She said, I want to learn a love song

  G        Em  D   D6 D D6
Before you go away
[Verse 5]
       Em                   A
Well, I guess you know what happened

      G        Em      D
God I, I never been so clean

       Em                         A
Yes, I feel like I'm working in a Hollywood movie

   G            Em       D
Or living out a good bad dream

        Am7/D               G
And all them pinup girls in that tinsel world

      Em                  Bm
Never touched me like she can

         Em                       A
It took another man's wife in the real world life

   G
To make this boy a man
[Chorus 3]
          D                           D** D9sus4 D
She said, I want to learn a love song

Em            Em7    Em6
Full of happy things

Em        A                 Asus4 A   Asus2
She said, I want to learn a love song

          G
Won't you let me hear you sing

          D                           D** D9sus4 D
She said, I want to learn a love song

Em            Em7    Em6
I want to hear you play

Em        A                 Asus4 A   Asus2
She said, I want to learn a love song

  G        Em  D   D6 D D6
Before you go away
[Outro]
  G         Em     D       G Em D
I guess you know I stayed