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"Learning How to Die" by Jon Foreman
From the EP "Winter", composed by Jon Foreman
Tablature by Jose Montenegro [j053montenegro@yahoo.es]

Well, I submitted my tab about 6 months ago
Now I saw that it got a lot of mistakes and confusing annotations
I wanna do it clearer this time, in this complete tab
Just let me try again now :(

^= strum down
v= strum up
X= mute note
h= hammer-on

* Ch0rd5:
      G  Cadd9  A7sus4  Dsus4  D   E5  E5/C  E5/A  Fadd9  C
  e|--3---3-----3------3-----2---0---0-----0-----3------0--|
  B|--3---3-----3------3-----3---5---5-----5-----1------1--|
  G|--0---0-----0------2-----2---4---4-----4-----2------0--|
  D|--0---x-----2------0-----0---2---2-----2-----3------2--|
  A|--x---3-----0--------------------3-----0------------3--|
  E|--3----------------------------------------------------|

Intro (x2):
          G           Cadd9          A7sus4         Dsus4 D   Dsus4
         ^  v ^ v       ^            ^  v ^ v        ^  v v ^  
  e|-----3--3-3-3--|----3------|-----3--3-3-3--|-----3--2-2-2h3--|
  B|-----3--3-3-3--|----3------|-----3--3-3-3--|-----3--3-3-3----|
  G|-----0--0-0-0--|----0------|-----0--0-0-0--|-----2--2-2-2----|
  D|-----0--0-0-0--|-----------|-----2--2-2-2--|--0--------------|
  A|---------------|--3---3-2--|--0------------|-----------------|
  E|--3------------|-----------|---------------|-----------------|

Verse:
          G             Cadd9            A7sus4         Dsus4 D   Dsus4
         ^  v ^ v        ^  v ^ v        ^  v ^ v        ^  v v ^  
  e|-----3--3-3-3--|-----3--3-3-3--|-----3--3-3-3--|-----3--2-2-2h3--|
  B|-----3--3-3-3--|-----3--3-3-3--|-----3--3-3-3--|-----3--3-3-3----|
  G|-----0--0-0-0--|-----0--0-0-0--|-----0--0-0-0--|-----2--2-2-2----|
  D|-----0--0-0-0--|-----x--x-x-x--|-----2--2-2-2--|--0--------------|
  A|---------------|--3------------|--0------------|-----------------|
  E|--3------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
      "I'm gonna     miss you...       I'm gonna    miss you when..." 
Verse I:
  I'm gonna miss you, I'm gonna miss you when you're gone…
  [Repeat Intro]
  She says I love you, I'm gonna miss hearing your songs…
  [Repeat Intro]

Pre-Chorus:

         ^  v ^ v        ^  v ^ v        ^  v ^ v        ^  v ^ v
  e|-----0--0-0-0--|-----0--0-0-0--|-----0--0-0-0--|-----0--0-0-0--|
  B|-----5--5-5-5--|-----5--5-5-5--|-----5--5-5-5--|-----5--5-5-5--|
  G|-----4--4-4-4--|-----4--4-4-4--|-----4--4-4-4--|-----4--4-4-4--|
  D|-----2--2-2-2--|-----2--2-2-2--|-----2--2-2-2--|-----2--2-2-2--|
  A|---------------|--3------------|--0------------|--3------------|
  E|--0------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
     "Please..."    "talk…"        "end..."          "talk..."    

         ^  v ^ v        ^  v ^ v        ^  v ^ v        ^  v ^ v
  e|-----0--0-0-0--|-----0--0-0-0--|-----0--0-0-0--|-----3--3-3-3--|
  B|-----5--5-5-5--|-----5--5-5-5--|-----5--5-5-5--|-----3--3-3-3--|
  G|-----4--4-4-4--|-----4--4-4-4--|-----4--4-4-4--|-----2--2-2-2--|
  D|--2--2--2-2-2--|-----2--2-2-2--|-----2--2-2-2--|--0------------|
  A|---------------|--3------------|--0------------|---------------|
  E|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
     "Every..."      "thing…"        "away..."       "friend..."    

           B5/E          B5/C           B5/A
   I said "Please, don't talk about the end 
         B5/C           B5/E         B5/C
   Don't talk about how every living thing goes away" 
   B5/A       Dsus4    
    She said "Friend… 

Chorus:
          G               A7sus4          Cadd9           Dsus4 
          ^  v ^ v        ^  v ^ v        ^  v ^ v        ^  v ^ v
  e|------3--3-3-3--|-----3--3-3-3--|-----3--3-3-3--|-----3--3-3-3--|
  B|------3--3-3-3--|-----3--3-3-3--|-----3--3-3-3--|-----3--3-3-3--|
  G|------0--0-0-0--|-----0--0-0-0--|-----0--0-0-0--|-----2--2-2-2--|
  D|----------------|-----2--2-2-2--|-----x--x-x-x--|--0------------|
  A|----------------|--0------------|--3------------|---------------|
  E|---3------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
     "Along..."       "learning..."   "take..."       "bend..."

          G              A7sus4              Cadd9          
          ^  v ^ v       ^  v ^ v        ^  v ^ v  ^  ^ v 
  e|-----3--3-3-3--|-----3--3-3-3--|-----3--3-3-3--3--3-3--|
  B|-----3--3-3-3--|-----3--3-3-3--|-----3--3-3-3--3--3-3--|
  G|-----0--0-0-0--|-----0--0-0-0--|-----0--0-0-0--0--0-0--|
  D|---------------|-----2--2-2-2--|-----x--x-x-x--x--x-x--|
  A|---------------|--0------------|--3--------------------|
  E|--3------------|---------------|-----------------------|
   "break..."        "live..."       "cry..."
 
            Dsus4               Fadd9             C
         ^  v ^ v  ^  ^        ^  v ^ v        ^  v ^ v
  e|-----3--3-3-3--3--3--|-----3--3-3-3--|-----0--0-0-0--|
  B|-----3--3-3-3--3--3--|-----1--1-1-1--|-----1--1-1-1--|
  G|-----2--2-2-2--2--2--|-----2--2-2-2--|-----0--0-0-0--|
  D|--0------------------|--3------------|-----2--2-2-2--|
  A|---------------------|---------------|--3------------|
  E|---------------------|---------------|---------------|
     "I've..."                      "I've...learning..."

Now Repeat Intro x2
           Verse
           Pre-chorus
           Chorus

Outro (just like intro):
   G - Cadd9 - A7sus4-D
   Die…
     G - C2 - A7sus4
   Die…
   Dsus4
   I've been learning how to die
   Fadd9      C               G
    I've been learning how to…

Sounds right to me but you rate if it's nice or not
If you want some tab, send me the MP3, 'j053montenegro@yahoo.es'
[Please include if you want a GuitarProTab, text tab or just chords.]
Soon I'll post some GP tabs of Jon as solo and Switchfoot too.

GOD bl3s5 u, sister or brother…
j:053[d:]Mont3n3gro, the Guatemalan legend (not really).

if you can't play the chord (--2450) just play (--2400) it's similar
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