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YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT

by The Rolling Stones · posted by chibluesteve

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Tab
7  8   8   8 8  8  -8   7  8 -6
I saw her today at the reception
7   8    8  8   -8  7 -8 -6 
A glass of wine in her hand 
7   8   8  -8   8 -8   8   -8   7 8 -6
I knew she was gonna meet her connection 
7   7   8    8   8   -8   7  -8 -6
At her feet was her footloose man 

Chorus:
 7   7    8    8  8   8   -8   7  8 -6
And you can't always get what you want 
  7    8    8  8   8   -8   7  8 -6
You can't always get what you want 
 7    8    8  8   8   -8   7  8 -6
You can't always get what you want 
 -6  7 -6   8   -8 -6   -6    7    7   -6 
but if you try sometime you just might find 
 7   8   9    8   9  9
You get what you need 

7  8    8   8   8  -8 7  8  -6
I went down to the demonstration
7   8  8   8     8   -8 7 -8 -6
To get my fair share of abuse
 7 7        8    8 -8  8   -8   7  8  -6
Singin', 'We're gonna vent our frustration
 7 7    8     8     8   8  8-8 7  -8 -6
If we don't, we'll blow a  50-amp fuse

7  8    8   8  -8  7   -8  -6
I went to the Chelsea drugstore
7   8   8    8  -8   7   -8 -6
To get your prescription filled
7  7   8  8     8  8    8 -8 7  -8 -6
I was standin' in line with Mr. Jimmy
 7   8    8  8    8  -8  7 -8 -6
and man, did he look pretty ill

7   7 8 8   8   8    8    -8  7  8 -6
We decided that we would have a soda
7    8  8    8 8    -8  7  -8 -6
My favorite flavor, cherry red
7  8    8    8   8 -8 7 -8 -6
I sing this song to Mr. Jimmy
-6  7   8    8   8   8   8   8   -8   7  -8 -6
and he said one word to me, and that was 'dead'

7  8   8   8 8  -8 -8   7 8 -6
I saw her today at the reception
7   7    8    8  8  -8  7   8 -6
In her glass was a bleeding man
 7   7    8   8   8   8   8  -8  7 8 -6
She was practiced at the art of deception
7   7    8   8   8    8    -8 7    8 -6
I could tell by her blood-stained hands
Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound

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