I Wanna Learn a Love Song — Harry Chapin
Chords and lyrics for I Wanna Learn a Love Song by Harry Chapin (key of G).
Intro
[G] [G] [G] [G]
Verse 1
[Am7]I come fresh from the street,
[D7]fast on my feet, kinda lean and lazy;
[C]not much meat on my bones, and a whole lot alone,
[C]and more than a little bit crazy.
[Dm7/G]The old six string was all I had
[C]to keep my belly still,
[Am7]and for each full hour lesson I gave
[D7]I got a crisp ten dollar bill.
Verse 2
[Am7]She was married for seven years
[D7]to a concrete castle king.
[C]She said she wanted to learn to play the guitar
[Am7]and to hear her children sing.
[Dm7/G]So I'd show up about once a week
[C]in my faded tight-legged jeans
[Am7]with a backlog full of hobo stories
[D7]and dilapidated dreams.
Chorus
[G]She said, "I wanna learn a love song full of happy things."
[Am7]She said, "I wanna learn a love song; won't you let me hear you sing?"
[D]She said, "I wanna learn a love song, I wanna hear you play."
[C]She said, "I wanna learn a love song before you go away."
Verse 3
[Am7]So I tried to teach her a couple of chords
[D7]and an easy melody;
[C]but it always turned out she'd rather listen
[Am7]to my guitar and me.
[Dm7/G]I could hear her old man laughing in the den,
[C]playing stud poker with the boys
[Am7]while I sang so soft in the living room,
[D7]too scared to make much noise.
Verse 4
[Am7]I came one week and the den was dark
[D7]and she met me at the door.
[C]And we sat on the couch and we sang and talked
[Am7]'til I could not sing no more.
[Dm7/G]The silence kept on building,
[C]her eyes grew much too wide;
[Am7]and I could hear both of our heartbeats,
[D7]but there was no place to hide.
Chorus
[G]She said, "I wanna learn a love song full of happy things."
[Am7]She said, "I wanna learn a love song; won't you let me hear you sing?"
[D]She said, "I wanna learn a love song, I wanna hear you play."
[C]She said, "I wanna learn a love song before you go away."
Verse 5
[Am7]Well, I guess you know what happened,
[D7]God, I never been so clean.
[C]Yes, I feel like I'm working in a Hollywood movie
[Am7]or living out a good bad dream.
[Dm7/G]And all them pinup girls in that tinsel world
[C]never touched me like she can;
[Am7]it took another man's wife in the real world life
[D7]to make this boy a man.
Chorus
[G]She said, "I wanna learn a love song full of happy things."
[Am7]She said, "I wanna learn a love song; won't you let me hear you sing?"
[D]She said, "I wanna learn a love song, I wanna hear you play."
[C]She said, "I wanna learn a love song before you go away."
Outro
[C]I guess you know I stayed.
[Am7]I guess you know I stayed.
[G]I guess you know I stayed.