Chords for Harry Chapin- I Wanna Learn a Love Song

He loved to create the vision or the picture_
_and
then let you draw your own conclusions.
I [Am] come fresh from the street [D] Fast on my [C] feet
Kind of [G] lean and lazy
[Am] Not much meat on my [D] bones And a whole lot of [C] lawn
And more than a [G] little bit crazy
The old six [C]-string was all I [Am] had To keep my [G] belly still
[Am] And for each full [D] hour Less than I gave
[C] I got a crisp ten-dollar bill
[G] _ _ _ [Am] You see, she was married for seven years
To a concrete [G] castle king
[Am] She said she wanted to learn [D] To play the guitar
[Em] And to hear her [G] children sing
[F] So I'd show up [C] about once a week
[Am] In my faded tight [Em]-leg jeans
[Am] With a back cloth [D] full of hobo stories
[C] And a laugh, a dated dream
_ She [G] said, I wanna learn a love song
[Am] All the happy [D] things
She said, I wanna learn a love song
[C] Won't you let me sing? _
She [G] said, I wanna learn a love song
[Am] I wanna hear you play
[D] She said, I wanna learn a love song
[Am] Before you go [G]
away
_ _ _ _ So [Am] I tried to teach [D] her
A couple of chords [Am] and an easy [G] melody
[Am] But it always turned [D] out
She'd rather listen [Am] to my guitar [G] and me
[Dm] I could hear her old [C] man laughing in the den
[Am] Playing stunt poker [Em] with the boys
[Am] While I sang so [D] soft in the living room
[Am] Too scared to [G] make much noise
_ [Am] Came one morning
It was a warm [D] week and the den was [C] dark
And she met me at the door
[A] And we sat on the [D] couch and we sang and [Am] talked
Till I could not [G] sing no more
[D] You know, the silence [C] kept on building
[Am] Her eyes grew much too wide
And I could hear [D] both of our heartbeats
[C] But there was no place to hide
[G] She said, I wanna learn a love [Am] song
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] Won't you let me sing?
_ [G] She said, I wanna learn a love song
[Am] I wanna hear you play
[D] She said, I wanna learn a love song
Before [G] you go away _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] Oh, I guess [A] you know what happened
[C] By God, I've never [G] been so clean
[Am] Yeah, I've never been so clean
I feel like [D] I'm working in a Hollywood [Am] movie
Or living out [G] a good, bad dream
[F] And all them clean-up [C] girls in that tinsel [Am] world
Never touch me [Em] like she can
[E] It took another man's [D] wife in the real [C] world life
To make this boy a man
[G] She said, I wanna learn a love [Am] song
Full of happy [D] things
She said, I wanna learn a love [C] song
Won't you let me hear you sing?
[G] She said, I wanna learn a love song
[Am] I wanna hear you play
[D] She said, I wanna learn a love song
Before [G] you go away
_ [C] I guess you [G] know I'll stay
_ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _