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You Can't Always Get What You Want (Capo 5)
The Rolling Stones
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00:00 Song Demo (no capo)
00:58 Lesson Intro
02:07 Chords (no capo)
03:44 This song has a swing/shuffle rhythm
05:27 Strumming Pattern 1
06:58 Strumming Pattern 2
08:23 Switching between strums...
10:14 Bridge (no capo)
13:08 Chords (capo)
14:44 Bridge (capo)
17:00 Get strumming expression!
17:54 Song Demo (capo)
18:47 Lesson Outro

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Alternate version(s):
You Can't Always Get What You Want

CAPO 5

 

 

  G                      C

I saw her today at the reception

  G                    C

A glass of wine in her hand

  G                          C

I knew she would meet her connection

       G                      C

At her feet was her footloose man

 

        G                         C

No, you can't always get what you want

    G                         C

You can't always get what you want

    G                         C

You can't always get what you want

           A                    C

But if you try sometime, you'll find

                 G   C   G   C  G  C  G  C

You get what you need 

 

  G                      C

I saw her today at the reception

  G                    C

A glass of wine in her hand

  G                              C

I knew she was gonna meet her connection

       G                    C

At her feet was a footloose man

 

    G                         C

You can't always get what you want

    G                         C

You can't always get what you want

    G                         C

You can't always get what you want

           A                  C

But if you try sometimes, you might find

                 G           C  G   C

You get what you need  ahhhhhhah yeah

 

      G                      C

And I went down to the demonstration

   G                     C

To get my fair share of abuse

          G                        C

Singing, "We're gonna vent our frustration

      G                        C

If we don't we're gonna blow a 50-amp fuse"

C

Sing it to me now...

 

    G                         C

You can't always get what you want

    G                         C

You can't always get what you want

    G                         C

You can't always get what you want

           A                       C

But if you try sometimes, well you just might find

                 G           C  G    C

You get what you need  ahhhhhhah baby, yeah

 

  G                        C

I went down to the Chelsea drugstore

   G                     C

To get your prescription filled

      G                        C

I was standing in line with Mr.Jimmy

    G                       C

And man, did he look pretty ill

     G                          C

We decided that we would have a soda

   G                       C

My favorite flavor, cherry red

  G                   C

I sung my song to Mr. Jimmy

              G                       C

Yeah, and he said one word to me, and that was "dead"

C

I said to him

 

    G                         C

You can't always get what you want

    G                         C

You can't always get what you want

    G                         C

You can't always get what you want

           A                             C

But if you try sometimes, you just might find

                 G        C

You get what you need  Oh yes! Woo!

 

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                 G     C

You get what you need--yeah, oh baby!

Oh yeah!

 

  G                      C

I saw her today at the reception

       G                    C

In her glass was a bleeding man

        G                         C

She was practiced at the art of deception

             G                        C

Well I could tell by her blood-stained hands

 

    G                         C

You can't always get what you want

    G                         C

You can't always get what you want

    G                         C

You can't always get what you want

           A                                       C

But if you try sometimes, you just might find, you just might find

                 G     C  G  C

You get what you need

 

    G                         C

You can't always get what you want

    G                         C

You can't always get what you want

    G                         C

You can't always get what you want

           A                                       C

But if you try sometimes, you just might find, you just might find that

                 G           C  G   C

You get what you need  ahhhhhhah yeah

 

 

 

*(bridge chords)

D/E   – 00023X

D/F#  - 20023X

G     - 30003X

Asus4 – X0223X

D     - XX0232