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You Can't Always Get What You Want

by The Rolling Stones · posted by chibluesteve

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5  6   6   6 6  6  -5   5  6 -3  
I saw her today at the reception 
5   6   6   6   -5  5   -3
A glass of wine in her hand 
5  6    6  <-5  6 -5  6   -5   5  6  -3
I knew she was gonna meet her connection, 
5   5   6    6   6   -5    5   -5 -3
At her feet was her foot-loose man--. 

 5   5    6    6  6   6   -5   5  -5 -3
And you can't always get what you want-, 
-3 -3   5   6     6  6   6   -5   5  -5 -3
Honey, you can't always get what you want- 
 5    6    6  6   6   -5   5  -5 -3
You can't always get what you want- 
-3  5  -3   6   -5  -3    5 
But if you try sometime, yeah, 
-3   5     5    -3   5   6   7    6   7   
You just might find you get what you need! 

5  6    6   6   6   -5  5  6  -3
I went down to the demonstration 
5   6   6   6     6   -5 5 -5 -3
to get our fair share of abuse--, 
 5  5     6  6 <-5  6   -5   5  6  -3
Singing, "We gonna vent our frustration" 
5  5    6     6    6   6  6 -5  5  -5 -3
If we don't we'll blow a fifty amp fuse- 
5   5  6   6   6   -5  5   -5  -3    
So, I went to the Chelsea Drugstore 
5   6   6     6  -5  5    -5 -3 
to get your prescription filled 
5  5    6  6   6   6    6    -5    5    -5 -3   
I was standing in line with your friend Jimmy 
 5   6    6  6   6    -5 5  -5 -3 
And man, did he look pretty ill-- 
5   5 6 6   6   6    6    -5  5 -5 -3  
We decided that we would have a soda-, 
5   6   6    6  6   6  -5  5  -5 -3
My fav'rite flavor was cherry red-- 
5  6    6    6   6  -5   5     -5 -3
I sing this song to my friend, Jimmy, 
-3  5   6    6   6   6  6   6   -5   5   -5 -3   
And he said one word to me and that was "dead" 

 5   5    6    6  6   6   -5   5  -5 -3
And you can't always get what you want-, 
-3 -3   5   6     6  6   6   -5   5  -5 -3
Honey, you can't always get what you want- 
 5    6    6  6   6   -5   5  -5 -3
You can't always get what you want- 
-3  5  -3   6   -5  -3    5 
But if you try sometime, yeah, 
-3   5     5    -3   5   6   7    6   7   
You just might find you get what you need! 

-3   5   6   6   6 6  -5 -5   5  6 -3 
And you saw her today at the reception 
5   5    6    6  6   -5  5  6 -3
In her glass was a bleeding man- 
 5   5    6   6   6   6   6  -5  5  6 -3
She was practised at the art of deception, 
5   5    6   6   6    6    -5  5  6  -3
I could tell by her blood-stained hands 

-3   5    6    6  6   6   -5   5  -5 -3
And you can't always get what you want-, 
-3 -3   5   6     6  6   6   -5   5  -5 -3
Honey, you can't always get what you want- 
 5    6    6  6   6   -5   5  -5 -3
You can't always get what you want- 
-3  5  -3   6   -5  -3    5 
But if you try sometime, yeah, 
-3   5     5    -3   5   6   7    6   7   
You just might find you get what you need!

-3   5    6    6  6   6   -5   5  -5 -3
And you can't always get what you want-, 
-3 -3   5   6     6  6   6   -5   5  -5 -3
Honey, you can't always get what you want- 
 5    6    6  6   6   -5   5  -5 -3
You can't always get what you want- 
-3  5  -3   6   -5  -3    5 
But if you try sometime, yeah, 
-3   5     5    -3   5   6   7    6   7   
You just might find you get what you need!
Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound

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