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I Have Learned To Do Without You Chords

Music by: Mavis Staples
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[Intro 1]
[C][F][Dm][Em][Fm][G][C][F][Dm][Em][Fm][G]
[C]
[Am]You gave me

[Verse 1]
[Dm]my first taste of love[Gsus4][G][C]
You [Am]put me in a groove
[Dm]and all I could think of[Gsus4]
[C]Were you[Am]r sweet lip[Dm]s upon my [Gsus4]face[C]
[Am]Your tender voice I thou[Dm]ght
I could nev[Gsus4]er erase
[G]Although

[Verse 2]
[Em]you're gone,
and I'm all [Am]alone[Dm]
In an unhappy [Gsus4]home

[Verse 3]
I have [C]learned [Am]to do witho[Dm]ut you[Em][Fm]
[G]Even tho[C]ugh, eve[Am]n though it hurts
me deep down [Dm]in si[Em]de[Fm]
[G]I have lea[C]rned to [Am]do witho[Dm]ut you[Em][Fm]
[G]I have wip[Dm]ed those tea[F]rs from
[C]my [F]eyes
[Dm][Em][Fm][G]

[Verse 4]
[C]
[Am]I'm not [Dm]perfect, oh,
and I know it's [Gsus4]true[C]
[Am]But all my intentions [Dm]were
good [Gsus4]for you[C]
My [Am]true love and affection,
[Dm]it just woul[Gsus4]dn't do[C]
[Am]So you found yourself,
[Dm]found some[Gsus4]body new
[C]Now that

[Verse 5]
[Em]you're gone,
and I'm all [Am]alone
In an un[Dm], in an un,
in an unhappy [Gsus4]home

[Verse 6]
Oh, I have [C]learned [Am]to do[Dm] withou[Em]t you[Fm]
[G]Even tho[C]ugh,
[Am]even though it hurts me deep down inside[Dm]
[Em]Somehow,[Fm] I
[G]I have [C]learned, [Am]learned,
learned to do without [Dm]you[Em][Fm]
[G]I have wip[Dm]ed all the[F] tears from my eye[C]s[F][Dm]
[Em][Fm][Ebm][Fm][F#m][Absus4]

[Verse 7]
[Db]
[Bbm]Now that you've had,
[Ebm]had yo[Absus4]ur rendezvous[Db]
You real[Bbm]ized just how g[Ebm]ood,
how [Absus4]good I was to [Db]you
You've come [Bbm]back t[Ebm]o
my [Absus4]front door[Db]
But [Bbm]it's too late, it's too late,
it's too [Ebm]late
I just don't [Absus4]need you no more

[Verse 8]
[Fm]So, baby, go on,
[Bbm]go and leave me alo[Ebm]ne
In this un, in this un,
[Absus4]in this unhappy home

[Verse 9]
'Cause you know what?
[Db]I have learned,
[Bbm]learne[Ebm]d to do without you[Fm][F#m]
[Ab]I have learn[Absus4]ed to[Bbm][Ebm]
do [Fm]without [F#m]you
[Ab]I'm doing just fine[Bbm]
all by [Ebm]myself
[Fm]Go on back to yo[F#]ur new love[Ab][Db]
I don't [Bbm]need you
[Ebm]I don't need you no[Fm] more[F#m]
[Ab]'Cause I have [Db]learned, [Ab]learned,
[Bbm]learned to live withou[Ebm]t you
[Fm]Yes, I

[Verse 10]
[F#m]someho[Ab]w
got over [Bbm]you
Yeah
[Ebm]Done something I didn[Fm]'t
think [F#]I could do
[Ab]I have learn[Bbm]ed to do
without you
I'm doing just fine
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