Learning How To Love You

LEARNING HOW TO LOVE YOU - John Hiatt
E|E|---------|E|---------|E|---------|E|---------|-|

|E |  |  |  |A E |B7 |   |   |   |  x2

    E                    A    E    B7
I'm 34 years old now and I've come to you
A    E                     A E   B7
Baby I don't even know how I got through
         A
From the first kiss in the schoolyard
        D    A              B7
Til the last heart broke in two
A        E
I didn't know it would be so hard
A        E      B7
Learning how to 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#                     E    A            E
 I might have never realised the courage in your kiss
A              D      A       B7
 And the sweet forgiveness in 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
E|---------|

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,                  +       +
|----%-----|                  |E|---------|--------|
|----0-----| is equivalent to |-----0-0-0-0-0---|
|----1-----|                  |-----1-1-1-1-1---|
|----%-----|                  |E|---------|--------|
|E|---------|-|                  |E|---------|--------|
|-0--------|                  |-0E|---------|------|

Verse:                    +       +                           *
|---%-|---%-|---%-|---%-|E|---------|--------|---%-|---%-|---%-|---%-|
|---0-|---0-|---0-|---0-|-----2-2-----0-0-|---0-|---0-|---0-|---2-|
|---1-|---1-|---1-|---1-|E|---------|----1-1-|---2-|---2-|---2-|---2-|
|---%-|---%-|---%-|---%-|E|---------|--------|---%-|-1-%-|---%-|---%-|
|-----|-2---|-----|-2---|-0E|---------|------|-2---|-----|-2---|-0---|
|-0---|-----|-0---|-----|E|---------|0-------|-----|-----|-----|-----|

 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@+@@@@@@@+@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
|---%-|---%-|---%-|---%-|E|---------|--------|---%-|---%-|---%-|---%-|
|---0-|---0-|---0-|---0-|-----2-2-----0-0-|---0-|---0-|---0-|---0-|
|---1-|---1-|---1-|---1-|E|---------|----1-1-|---2-|---2-|---2-|---2-|
|---%-|---%-|---%-|---%-|E|---------|--------|---%-|-1-%-|---%-|-1-%-|
|-----|-2---|-----|-2---|-0E|---------|------|-2---|-----|-2---|-----|
|-0---|-----|-0---|-----|E|---------|0-------|-----|-----|-----|-----|
                                                        +  +
E|---| %-|---%-|---%-|---%-|---%-|---%-|---%-|---%-|---%-|-------|
B|---2-|---2-|---2-|---2-|---3-|---2-|---0-|---0-|---0-|----2--|
G|---2-|---2-|---2-|---2-|---2-|---2-|---2-|---2-|---2-|----2--|
D|---| %-|-2-%-|---%-|-2-%-|-0-%-|---%-|---%-|-1-%-|---%-|-------|
A|-0---|-----|-0---|-----|-----|-0---|-2---|-----|-2---| /4-----|
E|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-------|

Then play the section marked by @@@@@

NB The introduction is just the  first  2  lines of music with the bar
marked with * replaced by
  +       +
|E|---------|--------|
|E|---------|--------|
|E|---------|--------|
|-----2-------2---|
|-2/4-----2h4-----|
|E|---------|--------|

Chorus: (x2)
  +       +         +       +         +       +         +       +
|-----0-0-0-------|-----0-0-0-------|-------0---0-----|-----0-0-0-------|
|E|---------|----0---|E|---------|0-------|-----0-------0---|E|---------|0-------|
|-4h6E|---------|----|E|---------|4-------|-4h6E|---------|----|E|---------|4-------|
|E|---------|--------|-4h6E|---------|6---|E|---------|--------|-4h6E|---------|----|
|E|---------|--------|E|---------|--------|E|---------|--------|E|---------|--------|
|-0E|---------|------|E|---------|--------|-0E|---------|------|E|---------|----7---|

  +       +         +       +         +           +           +   +
|-----9-9---9-----|E|---------|--------|E|---------|E|---------|-----|E|---------||
|-----9-9---9-----|-------9E|---------||E|---------|E|---------|-----|E|---------||
|E|---------|----9---|-----9E|---------|--|E|---------|E|---------|-----|E|---------||
|E|---------|--------|E|---------|--------|E|---------|E|---------|-----|E|---------||
|E|---------|--------|-9h11----9---x-x-|-9--9--9--9-------7----|-7---7---|
|-9E|---------|------|E|---------|----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

E|-----|
B|-----|
G|-----|
D|-2---|
A|-2---|
|-2h4-|

Bridge: (I might have never ...)  %     %   +   +       %     %
E|-----|-----|-----|-----|---| %-|---0-|-0-0-|-0---0-0-|-0-0-|-0-0-|
B|---| %-|---%-|---%-|---%-|---0-|---0-|-0-0-|-0---0-0-|-2-2-|-2-2-|
G|---3-|---3-|---3-|---3-|---1-|---2-|-1-| %-|-1---1-0-|-2-%-|-2-%-|
D|---4-|---4-|---4-|---4-|---| %-|---%-|-2---|-2-----0-|-2---|-2---|
A|---| %-|-4-%-|---%-|-4-%-|-----|-2---|-2---|-2-----0-|-0---|-0---|
E|-2---|-----|-2---|-----|-0---|-----|-0---|-0-------|-----|-----|

    %     %     %     %     %     %     %     %     %   +  +
E|---0-|---0-|-0-0-|-0-0-|-2-2-|-0-0-|-0-0-|-0-0-|---0-|-------|
B|---0-|---0-|-2-2-|-2-2-|-3-3-|-2-2-|-0-0-|-0-0-|---0-|----2--|
G|---| %-|---%-|-2-%-|-2-%-|-2-2-|-2-%-|-2-%-|-2-%-|---%-|----2--|
D|-----|-----|-2---|-2---|-0-| %-|-2---|-1---|-1---|-----|-------|
A|-----|-2---|-0---|-0---|-0---|-0---|-2---|-2---|-2---| /4-----|
E|-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)