I Wanna Learn A Love Song Chords by Harry Chapin

_ _ [Gm] _ _ [Em] [G] Oh, for Nancy?
This is for Nancy.
_ I never did it to Nancy, so I'll do it for her, okay.
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[C] _ _ _ [A] _ [Ab] [Gm] A one, a two, [Dm] a one, [G] two, three, four. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] I come fresh [D] from the streets, fast [C] on my feet,
[G] kinda crass and corny,
[C] not much meat on my [D] bones,
and a whole lot of [C] loans,
and more than a [G] little bit horny.
[A] The [G] old six [C] string was all [Am] I had,
to keep [Em] my belly still,
[C] and I'm a little bit horny.
And for each [D] full hour less than I [C] gave,
I got a crisp [G] ten dollar bill. _
[Am] You see,
she was [D] married for seven years,
[Am] to a concrete [G] castle king.
[Am] She said she wanted to [D] learn,
to play [C] the guitar,
and to hear her [G] children [C] sing.
[F] So I'd show up [C] about once [Am] a week,
in my baby tight [Em] leg jeans,
[Am]
with a back [D] log full of hobo [C] stories,
and a laugh a day,
and a funny degree. _
[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.
_ [G] She said I wanna learn a love [Am] song,
I wanna hear you play.
[D] She said I wanna learn a love [Am] song,
before you [G] go away. _ _ _ _ _
[Am] So I tried to teach [D] her,
a couple of [Am] chords,
and an [G] easy melody.
[Am] But it always turned [D] out,
she'd rather listen,
[Am] to my guitar [G] and me.
[F] I could [Dm] hear an [C] old man,
laughing in the [Am] den,
[Em] playing stud poker with the boys,
[Am] while I sang so [D] soft,
in the living room,
[Am] too scared to [G] make much noise.
_ [Am] I came one [D] week,
the den was [C] dark,
and she met me [G] at the door.
[Am] And we sat on the [D] couch,
and we sang and talked,
[Am] till I could not [G] sing no more.
[F] You know the silence,
[C] kept on building,
[Am] her eyes grew [Em] much too [A] wide.
And I could hear,
both [D] of her heart beats,
[C] but there was no place to hide.
_ [G] She said I wanna learn a love song,
[Am] full of happy things.
[D] She said I wanna learn a love [C] song,
won't you let me hear you sing.
_ [G] She said I wanna learn a love [Am] song,
I wanna hear you play.
[D] She said I wanna learn a love [Am] song,
before [G] you go away. _
_ _ _ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
All right!
_ _ [Am] Ah, guess you [D] know what happened,
[C] forgot I've never [G] been so clean.
[A] I [D] feel like I'm working
in a Hollywood [Am] movie,
or living out a [G] good bad dream.
[Dm] And all them pinup [C] girls,
in that [Am] dinsel world,
never touched [Em] me like she can.
[Am] It took another [D] man's wife,
in the real [C] world life,
to make this boy a man.
[G] She said I wanna learn a love [Am] song,
full of happy [G] things.
[D] She said I wanna learn a love song,
[C] won't you let me hear you sing.
_ [G] She said I wanna learn a love song,
[Am] I wanna hear you play.
[D] She said I wanna learn a love [Am] song,
before [G] you go away. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] I guess [G] you know I stayed.
_ [C] _ _ [G] Yeah!
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