Slow Learner Chords
Slow Learner by Boo Hewerdine is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 5st fret. It uses the chords G, D, D5, D4, Dsus2, Gmaj7, A7, A7(no3), Bm, Bm/A, E and E7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
th fret (Sounds in the key of G)
Intro
D D5 D4 D Dsus2 G Gmaj7
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verse 1
D D5 D4 D Dsus2 G Gmaj7
And you'd think by now I'd now...
D D5 D4 D Dsus2 G Gmaj7
...What a mess you'd make of me,
A7 A7(no3) D G
You'd think by now that I would see,
Gmaj7 A7 A7(no3)
I'm a slow learner!
verse 2
D D5 D4 D Dsus2 G Gmaj7
And we al - ways seem to start...
D D5 D4 D Dsus2 G Gmaj7
...At the be - ginn - ing of the end,
A7 A7(no3) D G
Some things are hard for me to under - stand,
Gmaj7 A7
I'm a slow learner!
verse 3
A7(no3) G A7
And everybody knows, everybody sees,
A7(no3) Bm Bm/A E
I guess every - body's just smarter than me,
E7 G Gmaj7 A7 A7(no3)
Some things you just can't teach...
D D5 D4 D Dsus2 G Gmaj7
...A slow learner! | / / / / |
verse 4
D D5 D4 D Dsus2 G Gmaj7
And you'd think by now I'd try...
D D5 D4 D Dsus2 G Gmaj7
...To learn from my mis - takes,
A7 A7(no3) D G
My heart bends, it just won't seem to break,
Gmaj7 A7
I'm a slow learner!
Verse 5
A7(no3) G A7
And everybody knows, everybody sees,
A7(no3) Bm Bm/A E
I guess every - body's just smarter than me,
E7 G Gmaj7 A7 A7(no3)
Some things you just can't teach...
G Gmaj7 G A7 A7(no3) Bm Bm/A
...A slow learner! | / / / / | / / / / |
Verse 6
E E7 G A7
And everybody knows, everybody sees,
A7(no3) Bm Bm/A E
I guess every - body's just smarter than me,
E7 G Gmaj7 A7 A7(no3)
Some things you just can't teach...
D D5 D4 D Dsus2 G Gmaj7
...A slow learner! | / / / / |
Coda
D D5 D4 D Dsus2 G Gmaj7 Dsus2
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