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I Can Learn Tab

Send "I Can Learn" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

band: The White Stripes               
song: Expecting
album: White Blood Cells
written by: Jack White
tabbed by: Jose Calderon               

Standard Tuning (E A D G B e)
strum pattern: down down-up-down, etc.


Intro: Em

Em B5   G#5
I  wish we 
G#5  A5    A#5 B5 B#5
were stuck up  a  tree

Em   B5   G#5
then we’d know
G#5  A5 A#5 B5 B#5
it’s nicer  below

           Am
e----------0--
B----------1--
G----------2--
D----------2--
A-6/7-5-3--0--


Am (cont.)                E-3-
I don’t know any lullabies
Am (cont.)                       Em
I don’t know how to make you mine
               E--6/7-5-3-Am
but I can learn


Am (cont.)             E-3-
in lonely days long ago
Am (cont.)                 B5
I saw lovers put on a show
                      D5 B5x3 E--6/7-5-3-Am--6/7-5-3-Em 
well now it’s my turn


drive you home
then wait by the phone
for that call
for a walk in the fall

no harm will come of this
one little midnight kiss
it will not burn
so many lonely days
I feel like a throw away
well now it’s my turn

falling down
is now longer around
feeling sun
I’m no longer one
well isn’t this fun?

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Fin

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture tim Rhythm Player	#1 by tim cronin at Mar 10, 1971 at 4:12 PM EST
	Ithink this song is about guy who hasn´t never ever been in love, and he is really tired to watch all the lovers. "I saw lovers put on a show well now it's my turn." But finally he is fall in love with the girl, and now he is in the "lovers´ side", singing to the guys who haven´t been in love. "I'm no longer one well isn't this fun?"

No Picture Batmanuel Badass	#2 by Batmanuel at Oct 21, 1984 at 8:13 PM EST
	i think its supposed to be "in lonely days long ago" but i might be wrong

No Picture tim Lead Player	#3 by tim sears at Feb 8, 1987 at 7:52 PM EST
	I like the end. Well isn't this fun.

No Picture eric Rhythm Player	#4 by eric christian at Aug 28, 1989 at 8:53 PM EST
	this song is about me im sure of it and my ex haha

No Picture Crystal Average	#5 by Crystal at Jan 5, 1990 at 4:25 PM EST
	I always thought this was a positive song. Basically, he wants to be in a relationship, and he feels "like a throw-away" because everyone else is pairing off..except him. But now it's his turn to get in on it. He doesn't really know how to get someone to be his, but he's willing to learn (hence the title) and try new things. He gets a date and waits by the phone after for her to call him. Things continue to go well between them (the "midnight kiss") and in the end, it seems like he's happy. He's no longer "falling down", and he's "no longer one", in other words, he's finally with somebody. It does sound kind of dreary in the end music-wise, but I always thought this song had a happy ending. That's my spin on it, anyways.

No Picture massie Professional Badass	#6 by massie at Dec 23, 1990 at 12:32 PM EST
	I love the second verse of this song because it has this sweetness to it. It's just such a great thought. However, when placed with the music, it doesn't have the same meaning. The lyrics to this song are amazing, in my opinion, and the music gives it a meaning that most people wouldn't expect

No Picture Jared Wanna Be	#7 by Jared van Eck at Nov 14, 1993 at 12:52 AM EST
	This song is awesome, in how it breaks all the rules of music. Like verse-chorus-verse-chorus-different verse-chorus to fade. I think this song is about a man who isn't sure how to approach a relationship with a woman. Then when they become a pair, we are all made to realise that relationships suck.

No Picture The Great South Lead Player	#8 by The Great Southern Trendkill at Apr 2, 1998 at 11:46 PM EST
	i dont think he is taking it as far as sex.. i think its just some guy trying to get a girlfriend.. he saw it for years in real life or in movies all the relationships and he wants one.. "well now its my turn".. i just have to say that i really like when he says.. "I don't know any lullabys I don't know how to make you mine but I can learn" and.. "no harm will come of this one little midnight kiss it will not burn" i just really like those lines..

No Picture little Average	#9 by little emo at Jun 20, 2001 at 5:58 PM EST
	personally, i think this song has the greatest opening line ever...hahaha

No Picture Eric Average	#10 by Eric Boozer at Sep 14, 2001 at 11:12 AM EST
	I also see a kind of sexual reference.. like losing virginity.. actually, about a boy trying to persuade a girl (probably his girlfriend or whatever) to do it.. "I don't know any lullabys I don't know how to make you mine but I can learn" (he's trying to let her know that he's as inexperienced as her) "I saw lovers put on a show well now it's my turn" (he used to watch porn? haha come on.. any teenager has done that) "no harm will come of this one little midnight kiss it will not burn" (he's not trying to harm her, he wants to do it out of love) I don't know.. I may be wrong

No Picture Daniel Average	#11 by Daniel Johnson at Dec 23, 2003 at 5:10 PM EST
	i like it when songs are not only lyrically sad, bad also the music conveys a strong sadness as well. This song certainly does that, especially the end.