JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "You Can't Always Get What You Want" adalah salah satu lagu hit dari band legendaris The Rolling Stones.
Lagu tersebut dirilis pada 1969 dan menjadi bagian dari album studio kedelapan mereka yang diberi tajuk Let It Bleed.
Dalam majalah Rolling Stone, lagu ini menempati urutan ke-100 dalam daftar 500 Greatest Songs of All Time pada 2004.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Ruby Tuesday - The Rolling Stones
Berikut lirik dan chord lagu "You Can't Always Get What You Want" dari The Rolling Stones.
C F 2x *
C F
I saw her today at the reception
C F
A glass of wine in her hand
C F
I knew she would meet her connection
C F
At her feet was her footloose man
C F
No, 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 F
But if you try sometime, you'll find
C F C F C F C F
You get what you need
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
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 F
But if you try sometimes, you might find
C F C F
You get what you need ahhhhhhah yeah
C F
And I went down to the demonstration
C F
To get my fair share of abuse
C F
Singing, "We're gonna vent our frustration
C F
If we don't we're gonna blow a 50-amp fuse"
F
Sing it to me now...
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 F
But if you try sometimes, well you just might find
C F C F
You get what you need ahhhhhhah baby, yeah
C F
I went down to the Chelsea drugstore
C F
To get your prescription filled
C F
I was standing in line with Mr. Jimmy
C F
And man, did he look pretty ill
C F
We decided that we would have a soda
C F
My favorite flavor, cherry red
C F
I sung my song to Mr. Jimmy
C F
Yeah, and he said one word to me, and that was "dead"
F
I said to him
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 F
But if you try sometimes, you just might find
C F
You get what you need Oh yes! Woo!
Dm Am7 F Dm G
C F x3
D F
C F
You get what you need--yeah, oh baby!
Oh yeah!
C F
I saw her today at the reception
C F
In her glass was a bleeding man
C F
She was practiced at the art of deception
C F
Well I could tell by her blood-stained hands
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 F
But if you try sometimes, you just might find, you just might find
C F C F
You get what you need
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 F
But if you try sometimes, you just might find, you just might find that
C F C F
You get what you need ahhhhhhah yeah