Learning How to Love You John Hiatt
LEARNING HOW TO LOVE YOU - John Hiatt
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|E | | | |A E |B7 | | | | x2
I'm [E]34 years old now and [A]I've [E]come [B7]to you
[A]Baby [E]I don't even know how [A]I [E]got [B7]through
From the [A]first kiss in the schoolyard
Til the [D]last [A]heart broke in [B7]two
[A]I didn't [E]know it would be so hard
[A]Learning [E]how to [B7]love you
|A/E |E |A/E |E |C#m | |B F#m E|A B | x2
There was a life that I was living in some cracked rear view
Where no future was given to a heart untrue
Still I thought that I was so strong
That my will could force me through
I didn't know it would be so long
Learning how to love you
Learning how to love you
[F#] I might have never rea[E]lised[A] the courage [E]in your kiss
[A] And the sweet [D]forgive[A]ness in [B7]your eyes
A E etc
Babe I know you've walked a mile in someone else's shoes
Maybe you've left some faces smiling walking off your blues
And I don't pretend to know how you ever saw it through
Cause I only got to where I am now
Learning how to love you
Learning how to love you
Learning how to love you
Love you
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I'm going to introduce some notation for this song (and this song
only), since the pattern of playing is much the same throughout the
song.
For this song, + +
|----%-----| |-----------------| |----0-----| is equivalent to |-----0-0-0-0-0---| |----1-----| |-----1-1-1-1-1---| |----%-----| |-----------------| |----------| |-----------------| |-0--------| |-0---------------|
Verse: + + *
|---%-|---%-|---%-|---%-|-----------------|---%-|---%-|---%-|---%-| |---0-|---0-|---0-|---0-|-----2-2-----0-0-|---0-|---0-|---0-|---2-| |---1-|---1-|---1-|---1-|-------------1-1-|---2-|---2-|---2-|---2-| |---%-|---%-|---%-|---%-|-----------------|---%-|-1-%-|---%-|---%-| |-----|-2---|-----|-2---|-0---------------|-2---|-----|-2---|-0---| |-0---|-----|-0---|-----|---------0-------|-----|-----|-----|-----|
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@+@@@@@@@+@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
|---%-|---%-|---%-|---%-|-----------------|---%-|---%-|---%-|---%-| |---0-|---0-|---0-|---0-|-----2-2-----0-0-|---0-|---0-|---0-|---0-| |---1-|---1-|---1-|---1-|-------------1-1-|---2-|---2-|---2-|---2-| |---%-|---%-|---%-|---%-|-----------------|---%-|-1-%-|---%-|-1-%-| |-----|-2---|-----|-2---|-0---------------|-2---|-----|-2---|-----| |-0---|-----|-0---|-----|---------0-------|-----|-----|-----|-----|
[+] [+]
|---%-|---%-|---%-|---%-|---%-|---%-|---%-|---%-|---%-|-------| |---2-|---2-|---2-|---2-|---3-|---2-|---0-|---0-|---0-|----2--| |---2-|---2-|---2-|---2-|---2-|---2-|---2-|---2-|---2-|----2--| |---%-|-2-%-|---%-|-2-%-|-0-%-|---%-|---%-|-1-%-|---%-|-------| |-0---|-----|-0---|-----|-----|-0---|-2---|-----|-2---|/4-----| |-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-------|
Then play the section marked by @@@@@
NB The introduction is just the first 2 lines of music with the bar
marked with * replaced by
[+] [+]
|-----------------| |-----------------| |-----------------| |-----2-------2---| |-2/4-----2h4-----| |-----------------|
Chorus: (x2)
[+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+]
|-----0-0-0-------|-----0-0-0-------|-------0---0-----|-----0-0-0-------| |-------------0---|---------0-------|-----0-------0---|---------0-------| |-4h6-------------|---------4-------|-4h6-------------|---------4-------| |-----------------|-4h6---------6---|-----------------|-4h6-------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-0---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-------------7---|
[+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+]
|-----9-9---9-----|-----------------|-----------------------|---------| |-----9-9---9-----|-------9---------|-----------------------|---------| |-------------9---|-----9-----------|-----------------------|---------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------|---------| |-----------------|-9h11----9---x-x-|-9--9--9--9-------7----|-7---7---| |-9---------------|-------------x-x-|-11-11-11-9-------7----|-9---7---|
Note 1 - Going into the second verse, the last chord is omitted - hang on
the previous one.
Note 2 - The song finishes with this section played twice. At the end,
slow down and finish with
|-----|
|-----|
|-----|
|-2---|
|-2---|
|-2h4-|
Bridge: (I might have never ...) % % + + % %
|-----|-----|-----|-----|---%-|---0-|-0-0-|-0---0-0-|-0-0-|-0-0-| |---%-|---%-|---%-|---%-|---0-|---0-|-0-0-|-0---0-0-|-2-2-|-2-2-| |---3-|---3-|---3-|---3-|---1-|---2-|-1-%-|-1---1-0-|-2-%-|-2-%-| |---4-|---4-|---4-|---4-|---%-|---%-|-2---|-2-----0-|-2---|-2---| |---%-|-4-%-|---%-|-4-%-|-----|-2---|-2---|-2-----0-|-0---|-0---| |-2---|-----|-2---|-----|-0---|-----|-0---|-0-------|-----|-----|
% % % % % % % % % + +
|---0-|---0-|-0-0-|-0-0-|-2-2-|-0-0-|-0-0-|-0-0-|---0-|-------| |---0-|---0-|-2-2-|-2-2-|-3-3-|-2-2-|-0-0-|-0-0-|---0-|----2--| |---%-|---%-|-2-%-|-2-%-|-2-2-|-2-%-|-2-%-|-2-%-|---%-|----2--| |-----|-----|-2---|-2---|-0-%-|-2---|-1---|-1---|-----|-------| |-----|-2---|-0---|-0---|-0---|-0---|-2---|-2---|-2---|/4-----| |-0---|-----|-----|-----|-2---|-----|-----|-----|-----|-------|
Notation used:
+ = beat marker
h = hammer-on
/ = slide
x = percussive note produced by striking the
string whilst damping with your left hand
Format:
Introduction
Verse
Chorus
Verse
Chorus
Bridge
Verse
Chorus (x2)
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