You Can`t Always Get What You Want

Open E tuning (capo 8) 
        E B E G#B e 
        + + + + + + 
(C) E:  0 0 2 0 0 0 
(F) A:  0 2 0 1 2 0 (occasionally hammering the 5th string) 
(D) F#: 2 2 2 2 2 2 
 
 
 
In the Steel Wheels tour he uses his trusty 
5-string-open-G-tuned Telecaster. (Obviously 
Keith`s a closet banjo player. Gee...wouldn`t 
an electric banjo version of "Honkey Tonk 
Women" be interesting. But I digress...) 
 
(Note: Keith doesn`t have the 6th (bass) string) 
Open G tuning (capo 5) 
        DGDGBd 
        ++++++ 
(C) G:  000000 (000200 for add9) 
(F) C:  002010 or sometimes 002012 
               (occasionally hammering the 4th string) 
               (sometimes he`ll quickly slide up to 
                and back or just down from 004030) 
(D) A:  222222 
 
 
 
In the 1968 video "Rock and Roll Circus" Keith plays 
the entire set (including "Jumping Jack Flash" which 
he now plays in open G, and "You Can`t Always Get 
What You Want") in standard tuning without a capo. 
 
I`m not really sure how he`s playing it in the video, 
but it looks/sounds like he`s barring 8-10-12-9-8-8 
for the Cadd9. 
 
 
Though Keith doesn`t play it this way, if you don`t 
want to bother going to open tuning, the following 
is easy to play and very close to the same sound: 
 
Standard tuning (capo 5) 
        EADGBe 
        ++++++ 
(C) G:  320003 (300203 for add9) 
(F) C:  032013 (occasionally hammering the 4th string) 
(D) A:  002220 
 
After all that, the song itself is just pounding out 
the chords: 
 
C F C F... 
  C                      F 
I saw her today at the reception 
  C                    F 
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 
           D 
But if you try sometimes, 
  F 
You might find 
                 C              F    C       F 
You get what you need...   ahhhhhhh, 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." 
 
You can`t always get what you want, 
You can`t always get what you want, 
You can`t always get what you want, 
But if you try sometimes well you might find 
You`ll get what you need. 
 
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: 
 
You can`t always get what you want, 
You can`t always get what you want, 
You can`t always get what you want, 
But if you try sometimes you just might find 
You`ll get what you need, ...oh yes 
 
[instrumental] 
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. 
 
You can`t always get what you want, 
You can`t always get what you want, 
You can`t always get what you want, 
But if you try sometimes you just might find 
You just might find 
You`ll get what you need. 
 
You can`t always get what you want, 
You can`t always get what you want, 
You can`t always get what you want, 
But if you try sometimes you just might find 
You just might find 
You`ll get what you need.