John Hiatt - Learning How To Love You (First Version)
 John Hiatt - Learning How To Love You First Version: chords and tabs for the song. Watch chords and tablatures for all songs of the singer (group) John Hiatt. Other chords and tabs for the "Learning How To Love You" can find at the bottom of the page. #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## ------------------------------------- |E | | | |A E |B7 | | | | x2 E A E B7 I'm 34 years old now and I've come to you A E A E B7 Baby I don't even know how I got through A D A B7 Til the last heart broke in two A E I didn't know it would be so hard A E B7 Learning how to 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# E A E I might have never realised the courage in your kiss A D A B7 And the sweet forgiveness in 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 --------- 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) |
