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Big Star
"You Can't Have Me"
from the album Third/Sister Lovers (1978)
Considering this is one of the more guitar-heavy tracks from the record, I was quite
surprised to find chords/tabs hadn't been submitted for it yet. As with much of
Third/Sister Lovers, there is a lot of noodling that deviates from this very skeletal
chord progression, so make your own way through it. This is a fun, simple song that sounds
awesome with
plenty of distortion and loud drums.
Standard tuning (E-A-D-G-B-E)
Intro: A- D(x4)
AEspionDage, the Awords to come back to mDe
SidewAinder, you kDlepto, oh
EYou do steal things
Unawares, but I don't care
You can't hGave me
You can't hDave me
You can't hGave me
You can't hDave me, not for fAree
A- D(x4)
AGymnasDt, working oAut on the parallel raDils
Cuttin' tArails, screams and wDails
AFace go pale, never faDils
EYou do steal things
Unawares, but I don't care
You can't hGave me
You can't hDave me
You can't hGave me
You can't hDave me, not for free
A- D(x12)
The Cdrummer said you were not very clean
The drummer said you were nDot very clean
And I kEnow what he means
I know what he means, oh
You can't haGve me
You can't haDve me
You can't haGve me
You can't haDve me, not for fAree
A- Dto close
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