You Can't Always Get What You Want

Key C

Verse 1

I Csaw her today at the reFception

A Cglass of wine in her Fhand

I Cknew she would meet her coFnnection

At her Cfeet was her footloose Fman

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No, you Ccan't always get what you Fwant

You Ccan't always get what you Fwant

You Ccan't always get what you Fwant

But if you Dtry sometime you Fmight find

You get what you Cneed ahhhhFhah CyeahF

Verse 2

I saw her today at the reception

A glass of wine in her hand

I knew she was gonna meet her connection

At her feet was her footloose man

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Verse 3

But I went down to the demonstration

To get your fair share of abuse

Singing, "We're gonna vent our frustration

If we don't we're gonna blow a fifty-amp fuse"

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Verse 4

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

Yeah, and he said one word to me, and that was "dead"

I said to him

Chorus

Verse 5

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 blood-stained hands

Chorus

Chorus

You Can't Always Get What You Want – Rolling Stones · Songbook