You Cant Always Get What You Want Cifras

YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT
(Jagger-Richards)
 
Original studio recording:
Rolling Stones, "Let It Bleed" album (London Records, 1969)
(also on a single, edited - minus 2nd verse, 3rd verse cut in half)
 
Main rhythm guitar: acoustic in OPEN E TUNING, CAPO 8!
(Once you figure that out the rest isn't too hard)
 
tempo: medium ballad - about 104 b.p.m.
 
E tuning, low to high:  E, B, E, G#, B, E
 
Chords:                     () = chord with capo
            E  B  E  G# B  E
Eadd9       0  0  2  0  0  0     (Cadd9)  (or call it "add 2"?)
A           0  2  0  1  2  0     (F)
F#          2  2  2  2  2  2     (D)
E           0  0  0  0  0  0     (C)
F#sus       2  2  2  3  2  2     (Dsus)
B7sus       x  2  1  0  0  0     (G7sus)
 
(Note: unwilling to tune up to open E? Tuning to open D instead? You'll
find this hard to play (capo 10) unless you've got a cut-away.
I suggest tuning to open E-flat instead (1/2 step/one fret down from E,
1 up from D) it doesn't put undue strain on the neck and you won't break
the G string - it stays G. The you can capo 9 and get to open C, or if that's
still hard to finger, capo to 8 and play it in B)
 
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This song is built around the following 2 bar lick:
 
   opening  |
   flourish | Eadd9 (= Cadd9)               A (= F)
 
E |---------|-------0---0-------0--0-0-0-0-|--------0--0--0-------------|
B |-2--0----|--0----0---0---0---0--0-0-0-0-|--0--0--2--2--2-------------|
G#|-2--0----|--0----0---0---0---0--0-0-0-0-|--1--1--1--1--1-------1-----|
E |-2--0----|--2------------2------2---2---|--0--0--0--0--0-------0-----|
B |---------|--0------------0--------------|--2--------------0--2-------|
E |---------|--0------------0--------------|--0----------------------0--|
 
   pull-off                                                  hammer-on
 
This pattern repeats throughout the song
with slight (mostly rhythmic) variations - listen to recording for rhythm.
 
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Full structure: lyrics, chords--in capoed tone, measures (|)
 
 
(Opening: choir sings 1st verse, chorus)
 
Cadd9 | F  x4, with French horn intro.
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
  | Cadd9                    | F
I saw her today at the reception,
| Cadd9                     | F
a glass of wine in her hand
  | Cadd9                         | F
I knew she was gonna meet her connection,
       | Cadd9                 | F
at her feet was a footloose man
 
 
[Chorus]
 
    | Cadd9                    | F
You can't always get what you wa-ant       x3
           | D  (see fill #1 below) | F                    | C    | F
but if you try sometimes, you might find, you get what you need
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
I went down to the demonstration, to get my fair share of abuse
Singing, "we're gonna vent our frustration,
if we don't we're gonna blow a 50 amp fuse"
 
 
[Chorus]
 
 
[Verse 3] (add 4 extra Cadd9 , F's - twice as long)
 
I went down to the Chelsea Drug Store, to get your prescription filled
I was standing in line with Mr. Jimmy, and man did he look pretty ill
We decided 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]
 
 
[Interlude]
with brief electric solo and choir
 
Dsus| C | F | Dsus| G7sus|
then an instrumental chorus with last line sung
 
(If you don't have a choir handy - I seem to have misplaced mine right at the
moment - or a lead guitarist, try changing the rhythm to rapid strumming)
 
 
[Verse 4] (back to standard pattern/rhythm)
 
I saw her today at the reception, in her glass was a bleeding man
She was practiced at the art of deception,
I could tell by her bloodstained hands
 
 
[Chorus]
3 times, then repeat and fade on Cadd9 , F with choir
 
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Fill #1, last line of chorus, first time only:
 
E |-----------------------------------------------------------|
B |-----------------------------------------------------------|
G#|--2------------------------------1--------------------1----|
E |--2----------------------2-------0-----------------0-------|
B |--2----------------0--2----------2------------0--2---------|
E |--2--------------2---------------0-------------------------|
                      H.o.                       H.o.
 
Electric for lead is in standard tuning, using C7 scale
play 8th fret C, F barre chords during chorus
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