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You Can’t Always Get... - The Rolling Stones

You Can’t Always Get What You Want - The Rolling Stones (4/4)

Open E Tuning... e B G# E B E
-------------

Intro:
-----
           _       _   _   _ _ _     _   _   ___   _
    | | | | |   | | | | | | | | |   | | | | |   | | |
e |-----------|---0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0---------|
B |-------0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-2-2-2---------|
G#|-------1-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-1-----1---|
E |-------0-0-|-2-0-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-----0---|
B |-------2-0-|-0-----0---0---0---|-2---------0h2-----|
E |-------0-0-|-0-----------------|-0---------------0-|

              ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~   Main Lick  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Bridge:
------
         _   ___         __   _       _   _   _ _ _
    | | | | |   |   | | |  | | |   | | | | | | | | |
e |---------------|--------------|---0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|
B |-2-------------|--------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
G#|-2-------------|-1----------1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D |-2-----------0-|-0--------0---|-2-0-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-|
A |-2-------0h2---|-2---0h-2-----|-0-----0---0---0---|
E |-2-----2-------|-0------------|-0-----------------|
...try sometime you find you get what you need

....................


Standard Tuning version (No Capo)
-----------------------

Lick:
----

   F           C
    _
   | | |   |   |
e|-------------0---|
B|-----1-------1---|
G|-0h2---------0---|
D|-------------2---|
A|---------3---3---|
E|-----------------|


Intro: C F(Lick),  C F,  C F(Lick),  C F(Lick)


  C                     F
I saw her today at the reception
  C                    (F Lick)
A glass of wine in her hand
  C                            F
I knew she was gonna meet her connection
  C                         F
At her feet was a footloose man


Chorus:
------

    C                         F
You can't always get what you want
    C                         F
You can't always get what you want
    C                         F
You can't always get what you want


Bridge
------

           D
But if you try sometimes, 
  F                             C       F   C    F
You might find you get what you need ahhhh, yeah


I went down to the demonstration,
To get my fair share of abuse.
Singing "we're gonna vent our frustration,
And if we don't we're gonna blow a 50-amp fuse."

Chorus

I went down to the Chelsea drugstore
To get your prescription filled.
I was standing in line with Mr. Jimmy,
And man, did he look pretty ill.

We decided that we would have a soda,
My favorite flavor, cherry red.
I sung my song to Mr. Jimmy,
And he said one word to me, and that was "dead,
I said to him:

Chorus

Solo (Chorus - 5 lines)
You'll get what you need--yeah, oh baby.

I saw her today at the reception,
In her glass was a bleeding man.
She was practiced at the art of deception,
Well I could tell by her bloodstained hands.

Chorus

Chorus

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Adder:	Bill Charrette [ willc ]
Date:	7/17/2012
Updated:	11/24/2024
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You Can’t Always Get What You Want - The Rolling Stones

You Can't Always Get What You Want is a song by the Rolling Stones released on their 1969 album Let It Bleed. Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, it was named as the 100th greatest song of all time by Rolling Stone magazine in its 2004 list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

Of the song, Jagger said: "'You Can't Always Get What You Want' was something I just played on the acoustic guitar—one of those bedroom songs. It proved to be quite difficult to record because Charlie couldn't play the groove and so Jimmy Miller had to play the drums. I'd also had this idea of having a choir, probably a gospel choir, on the track, but there wasn't one around at that point. Jack Nitzsche, or somebody, said that we could get the London Bach Choir and we said, 'That will be a laugh.'"

Source: Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

You Can’t Always Get What You Want - The Rolling Stones

Adder:	Cindy Green [ BigGreenC ]
Date:	7/19/2012
Updated:	1/31/2022
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