Tonart: G major
Verse 1
Am
I come fresh from the street
D
C
G
Fast on my feet, kinda lean and lazy
Am
Not much meat on my bones
C
G
more than a little bit crazy
Verse 2
G
C
And the old six- string, was all I had
Am
Em
To keep my belly still
Am
D
And for each full hour lesson I gave
C
I got a crisp, ten dollar bill
G
Verse 3
D
married for seven years
C
Am
G
To a concrete castle king
Am
She said, she wanted to learn
C
Am
G
And to hear her children sing
Verse 4
G
C
So, I'd show up about once a week
Am
Em
In my faded tight- legged jeans
Am
D
With a backlog full of hobo stories
Verse 5
C
G
Am
She said, "I wanna learn a love song
Full of happy things"
D
She said, "I wannalearn a love song
C
Won't you let me hear you sing?"
Verse 6
C
G
She said, "I wanna learn
Wanna hear you play"
C
D
She said, "I, I wanna learn a love song
C
Am
Before you go away"
G
Verse 7
Am
D
So, I tried to teach her a couple of chords
C
G
And an easy melody
Am
But it always turned out,
C
G
To my guitar and me
Verse 8
G
F
G
I could hear her old man
Am
Em
Playin' stud poker with the boys
Am
D
While I sang so soft in the living room
C
G
Too scared to make much noise
Verse 9
Am
D
I came one week and the den was dark
C
Am
G
And she met me at the door
Am
And we sat on the couch
C
G
'Til I could not sing no more
Verse 10
G
C
You know, the silence kept on buildin'
Em
And her eyes grew much too wide
Am
D
I could hear both of our heartbeats
C
But there was no place to hide
Verse 11
G
Am
She said, "I wanna learn a love song
Full of happy things"
C
D
She said, "I wanna learn a love song
C
Won't you let me hear you sing?"
Verse 12
C
G
She said, "I wanna learn
Wanna hear you play"
C
D
She said, "I wanna learn a love song
C
Am
G
Before you go away"
Interlude 1
F
G
Em
D
Am
Verse 13
D
Guess, you know what happened
C
Am
G
My God, I never been so clean
Am
Yeah, I feel like I'm workin'
C
Am
G
Or livin' out a good bad dream
Verse 14
G
And all them pin- up girls
Am
Em
Never touched me, like she can
Am
It took another man's wife
C
To make this boy, a man
Verse 15
C
G
Am
She said, "I wanna learn a love song
Full of happy things"
C
D
She said, "I wanna learn a love song
C
Won't you let me hear you sing?"
Verse 16
C
G
She said, "I wanna learn
Wanna hear you play"
C
D
She said, "I wanna learn a love song
C
G
Before you go away"
G
I stayed
Outro 1
G
C
Am
G
G
D
Em
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