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I Wanna Learn a Love Song chords by
Harry Chapin
Harry Chapin

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Intro 1
G


Verse 1
Am

I come fresh from the street
D
C
G

Fast on my feet, kinda lean and lazy
Am

Not much meat on my bones
D

And a whole lot alone,
C
G

more than a little bit crazy
Verse 2
G
C

And the old six- string, was all I had
Am
Em

To keep my belly still
Am
D

And for each full hour lesson I gave
C

I got a crisp, ten dollar bill
G
Verse 3

Am

You see, she was
D

married for seven years
C
Am
G

To a concrete castle king
Am

She said, she wanted to learn
D

to play the guitar
C
Am
G

And to hear her children sing
Verse 4
G
C

So, I'd show up about once a week
Am
Em

In my faded tight- legged jeans
Am
D

With a backlog full of hobo stories
C

And dilapidated dreams
Verse 5
C

G
Am

She said, "I wanna learn a love song

Full of happy things"
D

She said, "I wannalearn a love song
C

Won't you let me hear you sing?"
Verse 6
C

G

She said, "I wanna learn
Am

a love song

Wanna hear you play"
C
D

She said, "I, I wanna learn a love song
C
Am

Before you go away"
G
Verse 7

Am
D

So, I tried to teach her a couple of chords
C
G

And an easy melody
Am

But it always turned out,
D

she'd rather listen
C
G

To my guitar and me
Verse 8
G
F
G

I could hear her old man
C

laughin' in the den
Am
Em

Playin' stud poker with the boys
Am
D

While I sang so soft in the living room
C
G

Too scared to make much noise
Verse 9
Am
D

I came one week and the den was dark
C
Am
G

And she met me at the door
Am

And we sat on the couch
D

and we sang and talked
C
G

'Til I could not sing no more
Verse 10
G
C

You know, the silence kept on buildin'
Em

And her eyes grew much too wide
Am
D

I could hear both of our heartbeats
C

But there was no place to hide
Verse 11
G
Am

She said, "I wanna learn a love song

Full of happy things"
C
D

She said, "I wanna learn a love song
C

Won't you let me hear you sing?"
Verse 12
C

G

She said, "I wanna learn
Am

a love song

Wanna hear you play"
C
D

She said, "I wanna learn a love song
C
Am
G

Before you go away"
Interlude 1
F
G
Em
D

Am

Verse 13
D

Guess, you know what happened
C
Am
G

My God, I never been so clean
Am

Yeah, I feel like I'm workin'
D

in a Hollywood movie
C
Am
G

Or livin' out a good bad dream
Verse 14
G

And all them pin- up girls
C

in that tinsel world
Am
Em

Never touched me, like she can
Am

It took another man's wife
D

in the real world life
C

To make this boy, a man
Verse 15
C

G
Am

She said, "I wanna learn a love song

Full of happy things"
C
D

She said, "I wanna learn a love song
C

Won't you let me hear you sing?"
Verse 16
C

G

She said, "I wanna learn
Am

a love song

Wanna hear you play"
C
D

She said, "I wanna learn a love song
C
G

Before you go away"
C

I guess you know,
G

I stayed
Outro 1
G
C
Am
G
G
D
Em


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