Chord/Tab song: Learning How to Love You

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)