This tab is 100% correct. I pulled it from the original songbook of "Verities &
published in 1974. It tooks me two years to find this book, and I bought it just for this song. 
luck!


CHORDS USED
Am7      x02010
D7 (xx0212@1)     xx0212
C (x32010@1)      x32010
G        3x0003 (or just regular G 320033)
Dm7/G    3x0211
Em (022000@1)     022000


"I WANNA LEARN A LOVE SONG" - Verities & Balderdash
Words and Music by HARRY CHAPIN

VERSE 1
       Am7I (x02010@1)come fresh from the street,
D7 (xx0212@1)             C (x32010@1)   Am7 (x02010@1)    Gfast (320003@1)on my feet, kinda lean and lazy;
         Am7 (x02010@1)                   D7not (xx0212@1)much meat on my bones, and a whole lot alone,
    C (x32010@1)         Am7 (x02010@1)      Gand (320003@1)more than a little bit crazy.
    Dm7/G (000011@1)            CThe (x32010@1)old six string was all I had
   Am7 (x02010@1)              Emto (022000@1)keep my belly still,
        Am7 (x02010@1)          D7and (xx0212@1)for each full hour lesson I gave
        C (x32010@1)       Am7 (x02010@1)      GI (320003@1)got a crisp ten dollar bill.

VERSE 2
Am7 (x02010@1)               D7She (xx0212@1)was married for seven years
     C (x32010@1)      Am7 (x02010@1)  Gto (320003@1)a concrete castle king.
             Am7 (x02010@1)              D7She (xx0212@1)said she wanted to learn to play the guitar
       C (x32010@1)      Am7 (x02010@1)    Gand (320003@1)to hear her children sing.
   Dm7/G (000011@1)           CSo (x32010@1)I'd show up about once a week
      Am7 (x02010@1)              Emin (022000@1)my faded tight-legged jeans
       Am7 (x02010@1)           D7with (xx0212@1)a backlog full of hobo stories
      Cand (x32010@1)dilapidated dreams.

CHORUS
         G (320003@1)                        Am7She (x02010@1)said, "I wanna learn a love song full of happy things."
         D (xx0232@1)                                    CShe (x32010@1)said, "I wanna learn a love song; won't you let me hear you sing?"
            G (320003@1)                     Am7She (x02010@1)said, "I wanna learn a love song, I wanna hear you play."
            D (xx0232@1)                        C (x32010@1)     Am7 (x02010@1)GShe (320003@1)said, "I wanna learn a love song before you go away."

(The rest of the song is played in the same pattern. VERSE 3 has the same chords as 
1, VERSE 4 and VERSE 5 have the same chords as VERSE 2, and the CHORUS chords are all the same.)

VERSE 3
So I tried to teach her a couple of chords
and an easy melody;
but it always turned out she'd rather listen
to my guitar and me.
I could hear her old man laughing in the den,
playing stud poker with the boys
while I sang so soft in the living room,
to scared to make much noise.

VERSE 4
I came one week and the den was dark
and she met me at the door.
And we sat on the couch and we sang and talked
till I could not sing no more.
The silence kept on building,
her eyes grew much too wide;
and I could her both of our heartbeats,
but there was no place to hide.

CHORUS
         G (320003@1)                        Am7She (x02010@1)said, "I wanna learn a love song full of happy things."
         D (xx0232@1)                                    CShe (x32010@1)said, "I wanna learn a love song; won't you let me hear you sing?"
            G (320003@1)                     Am7She (x02010@1)said, "I wanna learn a love song, I wanna hear you play."
            D (xx0232@1)                        C (x32010@1)     Am7 (x02010@1)GShe (320003@1)said, "I wanna learn a love song before you go away."

VERSE 5
Well, I guess you know what happened,
God, I never been so clean.
Yes, I feel like I'm working in a Hollywood movie
or living out a good bad dream.
And all them pinup girls in that tinsel world
never touched me like she can;
it took another man's wife in the real world life
to make this boy a man.

CHORUS
         G (320003@1)                        Am7She (x02010@1)said, "I wanna learn a love song full of happy things."
         D (xx0232@1)                                    CShe (x32010@1)said, "I wanna learn a love song; won't you let me hear you sing?"
            G (320003@1)                     Am7She (x02010@1)said, "I wanna learn a love song, I wanna hear you play."
            D (xx0232@1)                        C (x32010@1)     Am7 (x02010@1)GShe (320003@1)said, "I wanna learn a love song before you go away."
  C (x32010@1)       Am7 (x02010@1)   G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1) Am7 (x02010@1) 
(let ring out)
I guess you know I stayed.
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