Learning How to Love You Lyrics

LEARNING HOW TO LOVE YOU - John Hiatt
I'm 34 years old now and I've come to you
Baby I don't even know how I got through
From the first kiss in the schoolyard
Til the last heart broke in two
I didn't know it would be so hard
Learning how to love you
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
I might have never realised the courage in your kiss
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---|
|----%-----| |-----------------|
Verse: + + *
|---%-|---%-|---%-|---%-|-----------------|---%-|---%-|---%-|---%-|
|---%-|---%-|---%-|---%-|-----------------|---%-|-1-%-|---%-|---%-|
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@+@@@@@@@+@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
|---%-|---%-|---%-|---%-|-----------------|---%-|---%-|---%-|---%-|
|---%-|---%-|---%-|---%-|-----------------|---%-|-1-%-|---%-|-1-%-|
|---%-|---%-|---%-|---%-|---%-|---%-|---%-|---%-|---%-|-------|
|---%-|-2-%-|---%-|-2-%-|-0-%-|---%-|---%-|-1-%-|---%-|-------|
Then play the section marked by @@@@@
NB The introduction is just the first 2 lines of music with the bar
marked with * replaced by
Chorus: (x2)
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
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-%-|-2-2-|-2-%-|-2-%-|-2-%-|---%-|----2--|
|-----|-----|-2---|-2---|-0-%-|-2---|-1---|-1---|-----|-------|
Notation used:
+ = beat marker
h = hammer-on
/ = slide
x = percussive note produced by striking the
string whilst damping with your left hand
Format:
Introduction
Chorus (x2)