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Learning How To Love You by John Hiatt

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LEARNING HOW TO LOVE YOU - John Hiatt
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|Chord diagramE MajorE | | | |Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramE MajorE |Chord diagramB7B7 |  |  |  | x2

  Chord diagramE MajorE          Chord diagramA augmentedA  Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramB7B7
I'm 34 years old ....
Chord diagramA augmentedA  Chord diagramE MajorE           Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramB7B7
Baby I don't even know ...
     Chord diagramA augmentedA
From the first kiss ...
    Chord diagramD MajorD  Chord diagramA augmentedA       Chord diagramB7B7
Til the last heart...
Chord diagramA augmentedA    Chord diagramE MajorE
I didn't know it ...
Chord diagramA augmentedA    Chord diagramE MajorE   Chord diagramB7B7
Learning how to ...

|Chord diagramA/EA/E |Chord diagramE MajorE  |Chord diagramA/EA/E |Chord diagramE MajorE  |Chord diagramC# minorC#m |   |Chord diagramBB Chord diagramF# minorF#m Chord diagramE MajorE|Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramBB | x2

There was a life that I was ....

Learning how to ....

Chord diagramF#F#           Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramA augmentedA      Chord diagramE MajorE
 I might have never realised ....
Chord diagramA augmentedA       Chord diagramD MajorD   Chord diagramA augmentedA    Chord diagramB7B7
 And the sweet ....

Chord diagramA augmentedA   Chord diagramE MajorE etc
Babe I know you've walked a ....

Learning how to love ...
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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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