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Learnin How To Die Tab

by Jon Foreman


"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:
                   /  /    
  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):
                                            
         ^  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:
                                                
         ^  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..."    

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

Chorus:
                                               
          ^  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..."

                                                
          ^  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..."
 
                                        
         ^  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):
    -  - -
   Die…
      -  - 
   Die…
   
   I've been learning how to die
                        
    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