Harry Chapin - I wanna learn a love song

I come ^Am7fresh from the street, ^D7fast on my feet, k^Cinda lean^Am7 and laz^Gy Not much^Am7 meat on my bones and ^D7a whole lot alone and^C more than a^Am7 little bit^G crazy The ^Dm7/Gold six string was ^Call I had, to ^Am7keep my belly s^Emtill And for e^Am7ach full hour ^D7lesson I gave I got a ^Ccrisp ten ^Am7dollar ^Gbill

You see, ^Am7she was married for ^D7seven years to a ^Cconcrete ^Am7castle ^Gking She said she ^Am7wanted to learn to ^D7play the guitar and to he^Car her ch^Am7ildren si^Gng So ^Dm7/GI'd show up about ^Conce a week in my ^Am7faded tight legged ^Emjeans With a ^Am7back log full of ^D7hobo stories and di^Clapidated ^Gdreams

She said^G "I wanna learn a love song ^Am7full of happy things." She said^D "I wanna learn a love song; won't you ^Clet me hear you sing?" She said^G "I wanna learn a love song,^Am7 I wanna hear you play." She said^D "I wanna learn a love song be^Cfore you ^Am7go aw^Gay."

So I ^Am7tried to teach her a ^D7couple of chords And an ^Ceasy ^Am7melod^Gy But it ^Am7always turned out she'd ^D7rather listen to ^Cmy gu^Am7itar and ^Gme I could ^Dm7hear her old man ^Claughing in the den ^Am7playing stud poker with the ^Emboys While I ^Am7sang so soft in the ^D7living room, too ^Cscared to ^Am7make much ^Gnoise

I ^Am7came one week, the ^D7den was dark and she ^Cmet me ^Am7at the ^Gdoor And we ^Am7sat on the couch and we ^D7sang and talked till i ^Ccould not ^Am7sing no ^Gmore The ^Dm7/Gsilence kept in ^Cbuilding, her ^Am7eyes grew much too ^Emwide And I could ^Am7hear both of our ^D7heart beats, but there was ^Cno place to ^Ghide

She said^G "I wanna learn a love song ^Am7full of happy things." She said^D "I wanna learn a love song; won't you ^Clet me hear you ^Gsing?" She said^G "I wanna learn a love song,^Am7 I wanna hear you play." She said^D "I wanna learn a love song be^Cfore you ^Am7go aw^Gay."

I ^Am7guess you know what ^D7happened, God, I ^Cnever ^Am7been so ^Gclean I ^Am7feel like i'm workin in a ^D7Hollywood movie or ^Cliving out a ^Am7good bad ^Gdream And all them ^Dm7/Gpin up girls in that ^Ctinsle world never ^Am7touched me like she ^Emcan It took ^Am7another mans wife in the ^D7real world life to ^Cmake this boy a ^Gman

She said^G "I wanna learn a love song ^Am7full of happy things." She said^D "I wanna learn a love song; won't you ^Clet me hear you ^Gsing?" She said^G "I wanna learn a love song,^Am7 I wanna hear you play." She said^D "I wanna learn a love song be^Cfore you ^Am7go aw^Gay."

^CI guess you ^Am7know I ^Gstayed... ^{C Am7 G}