Learning How To Die Cifras

Jon Foreman
 
Learning How to Die
 
So this is one of Jon Foreman's best and you can get people to cry playing this beautiful song.
I watched videos of him playing this song to make sure I got it right.
 
It's very simple so have a ton of fun playing it!
 
Chords used:
 
 
        D       G       Em      A7      B       B/G     C
e|------2-------3-------3-------0-------0-------0-------3---|
B|------3-------3-------3-------2-------0-------0-------3---|
G|------2-------0-------0-------0-------4-------4-------0---|
D|------0-------0-------2-------2-------4-------4-------2---|
A|------x-------x-------2-------0-------2-------x-------3---|
E|------x-------3-------0-------x-------x-------3-------x---|
 
 
The little bass note walkdown that makes this song special is simply:
 
    G  F#   E
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--------------|
E|--3---2---0---|
 
 
To add that last layer of finesse, make sure you hit the root of each chord before
strumming the whole chord...mmmmmmm delicious.
 
CAPO 5
 
Intro:
D   G   (G - F# - E walkdown)   Em   A7  (x2)
 
 
Verse 1:
D          G
I'm gonna miss you
Em         A7                   D       G (G-F#-E walkdown) Em  A7
I'm gonna miss you when you're gone
D             G
She says, "I love you
Em         A7                   D       G (G-F#-E walkdown) Em  A7
I'm gonna miss hearing your songs"
 
 
Prechorus:
                B
And I said, "Please
        B/G           B
Don't talk about the end
        B/G             B          B/G
Don't talk about how every living thing
        B
Goes away"
             A7
She said, "Friend...
 
 
Chorus:
        D
All along
                G               Em
Thought I was learning how to take
        A7              D
How to bend not how to break
        G               Em
How to live not how to cry 
            Em          A7            C
But really I've been learning how to die
             G             D    G (G-F#-E walkdown) Em  A7
I've been learning how to die"
 
 
Interlude:
D   G  (G - F# - E walkdown)  Em   A7
 
 
Verse 2:
D         G (G-F#-E walkdown)
Hey everyone
      A7            D   G (G-F#-E walkdown) Em  A7
I've got nowhere to go
     D          G (G-F#-E walkdown) Em
The grave is lazy
        A7               D      G (G-F#-E walkdown) Em  A7
And he takes our bodies slow
 
 
Prechorus:
                B
And I said, "Please
        B/G           B
Don't talk about the end
        B/G             B          B/G
Don't talk about how every living thing
        B
Goes away"
             A7
She said, "Friend...
 
 
Chorus:
D
All along
                G               Em
Thought I was learning how to take
        A7              D
How to bend not how to break
        G               Em
How to live not how to cry 
            Em          A7            C
but really I've been learning how to die
             G             D    G  Em  A7
I've been learning how to die
D   G    Em
Die
A7              C          D
I've been learning how to die"
 
 
God bless,
 
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