Learning How To Love You tab by John Hiatt

LEARNING HOW TO LOVE YOU - John Hiatt
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|E | | | |A E |B7 |  |  |  | x2

  E          A  E  B7
I'm 34 years old ....
A  E           A E  B7
Baby I don't even know ...
     A
From the first kiss ...
    D  A       B7
Til the last heart...
A    E
I didn't know it ...
A    E   B7
Learning how to ...

|A/E |E  |A/E |E  |C#m |   |B F#m E|A B | x2

There was a life that I was ....

Learning how to ....

F#           E  A      E
 I might have never realised ....
A       D   A    B7
 And the sweet ....

A   E 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)