I Wanna Learn A Love Song Chords by Harry Chapin

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[Am] I come fresh from the street, [D] fast on [C] my [A] feet, kinda [G] lean and lazy
[Am] Not much meat on my [D] bones and a whole lot [C] of loan and [Am] more than [G] a little bit crazy
[F] The old [C] six string was all I [Am] had to keep my [Em] belly still
[Am] And for each full [D] hour lesson I [C] gave I got a crisp ten [G] dollar bill
_ _ [Am] She was [D] married for seven [C] years to a concrete [G] castle king
[Am] She said she wanted to [D] learn to play the [C] guitar and [Am] to hear her [G] children sing
[Dm] So I'd show [C] up about once a [Am] week in my faded [Em] tattled jeans
[Am] With a back [D] log full of hobo [C] stories and dilapidated _ graves
[G] She said I wanna learn a love [Am] song full of happy things
[D] She said I wanna learn a love [C] song won't you let me hear you sing
She [G] said I wanna learn a love [Am] song I wanna hear you play
[D] She said I wanna learn a love [C] song [G] before you go away _ _
_ _ _ [Am] So I tried to teach [D] her a couple of [C] chords and an easy [G] melody
[Am] But it always [D] turned out she'd rather listen [C] to my [G] guitar and me
I could hear an old [C] man laughing in the [Am] den playing stud [Em] poker with the boys
[Am] While I sang so [D] soft in the living room [C] too [Am] scared to [G] make much noise
_ _ [Am] I came [D] one week and the den was [C] dark and she met [G] me at the door
[C] And we sat on the [D] couch and we sang [C] and talked till I could [G] not sing no [C] more
The silence kept on building [Am] her eyes [Em] grew much too [Am] wide
And I could hear [D] both of our [C] heartbeats but there was no place to hide
[G] She said I wanna learn a love [Am] song full of happy [D] things
She said I wanna learn a love [C] song won't you let me hear you sing
She [G] said I wanna learn a love [Am] song I wanna hear you play
[D] She said I wanna learn a love [C] song before [G] you go away _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Am] Well I guess you [D] know what happened [C] God [Am] I've never [G] been so clean
[Am] Yes I feel like I'm [D] working in a Hollywood [C] movie or [Am] living out a [G] good bad dream
And all them pent up [C] girls in that tinsel [Am] world never touch me [Em] like she can
[Am] It took another man's [D] wife in the real world [C] life to make this boy a man
[G] She said I wanna learn a love [Am] song full of happy things
[D] She said I wanna learn a love song [C] won't you let me hear you sing
She [G] said I wanna learn a love song [Am] I wanna hear you play
[D] She said I wanna learn a love song [Am] before [G] you go away _ _ _ _
_ [C] [Am] Yes [G] you know I stay
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