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You Never Get What You Want
Music and Lyrics by Patty Griffin
from the "Living With Ghosts" album
YOU NEVER GET WHAT YOU WANT
(Capo at 2nd fret)
Intro: (Em)(C)(D), (Em)(C)(D), (Em)(C)(D), (Em)(C)(D)
(Em)You first found (C)me in my (D)holding pen
(Em)Stopped to take a (C)look and stuck your (D)finger in
(C)I bit one off and you (G)came back again and (D)again . . . (C)hey
(Em)Then the nice (C)people let me (D)out one day
(Em)And you told me (C)how to act and (D)what to say
(C)But you never get what you (G)wanted that way (D)
Did you (C) baby?
(Em)You never(C) get what you (D)want
(Em)You never (C)get what you (D)want
(Em)And I don't (C)think it's my (D)fault
(Em)You never (C)get what you (D)want
Do you (Em)baby?
(Em)Everything's (C)always such  A(D)mystery
(Em)Including your (C)sad little (D)history
Do you still (C)think someone should take responsi(G)bility and (D)pay . . .
(C)hey
(Em)Ever since I've (C)known you you've (D)walked that walk
(Em)You've broken all the records (C)now you've broken (D)all the clocks,
all
the clocks
And (C)everytime it breaks my heart to (G)hear you talkin' this (D)way, this
(C)way
(Em)You never(C) get what you (D)want
(Em)You never (C)get what you (D)want
(Em)And I don't (C)think it's my (D)fault
(Em)You never (C)get what you (D)want
Do you (Em)babe, babe, babe, baby
(Am)Everybody's been sad, every(Em)body's been tragic
Whole (D)lot of hard times, whole (C)little bit of magic
(Am)These bitter bitter fruits and these (Em)endless hallways
They're (D)killing us baby, we gotta (C)walk away, walk away, walk away,
walk....
(Em)(C)(D), (Em)(C)(D), (Em)(C)(D), (Em)(C)(D)
(Em)You never (C)get what you (D)want
(Em)You never never (C)get what you (D)want
(Em)You spend your whole time (C)think' 'bout why (D)I'm so deranged
Well honey, (Em)why don't you (C)think about (D)that for a change
(Em)You never (C)get what you (D)want
(Em)You never (C)get what you (D)want
Your (Em)whole damn (C)life you never (D)get what you want
Not your (Em)whole damn (C)life you never (D)get what you want
(Em)And I don't (C)think it's my (D)fault
(Em)You never (C)get what you (D)want
Do you (Em)baby?
Do you (Em)baby?
Do you (Em)baby?
Do you (Em)baby?
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You Never Get What

by Patty Griffin

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

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You Never Get What You Want

Music and Lyrics by Patty Griffin

from the "Living With Ghosts" album

YOU NEVER GET WHAT YOU WANT

(Capo at 2nd fret)

Em C D Em C D Em C D Em C D

Intro: ()()(), ()()(), ()()(), ()()()

(Em)You first found (C)me in my (D)holding pen

(Em)Stopped to take a (C)look and stuck your (D)finger in

(C)I bit one off and you (G)came back again and (D)again . . . (C)hey

(Em)Then the nice (C)people let me (D)out one day

(Em)And you told me (C)how to act and (D)what to say

(C)But you never get what you (G)wanted that way (D)

Did you (C) baby?

Em C D

()You never() get what you ()want

Em C D

()You never ()get what you ()want

(Em)And I don't (C)think it's my (D)fault

Em C D

()You never ()get what you ()want

Do you (Em)baby?

Em C A D

()Everything's ()always such ()mystery

Em C D

()Including your ()sad little ()history

Do you still (C)think someone should take responsi(G)bility and (D)pay . . .

()hey

(Em)Ever since I've (C)known you you've (D)walked that walk

(Em)You've broken all the records (C)now you've broken (D)all the clocks,

all

the clocks

And (C)everytime it breaks my heart to (G)hear you talkin' this (D)way, this

()way

Em C D

()You never() get what you ()want

Em C D

()You never ()get what you ()want

(Em)And I don't (C)think it's my (D)fault

Em C D

()You never ()get what you ()want

Do you (Em)babe, babe, babe, baby

(Am)Everybody's been sad, every(Em)body's been tragic

Whole (D)lot of hard times, whole (C)little bit of magic

(Am)These bitter bitter fruits and these (Em)endless hallways

They're (D)killing us baby, we gotta (C)walk away, walk away, walk away,

walk....

Em C D Em C D Em C D Em C D

()()(), ()()(), ()()(), ()()()

Em C D

()You never ()get what you ()want

(Em)You never never (C)get what you (D)want

(Em)You spend your whole time (C)think' 'bout why (D)I'm so deranged

Well honey, (Em)why don't you (C)think about (D)that for a change

Em C D

()You never ()get what you ()want

Em C D

()You never ()get what you ()want

Your (Em)whole damn (C)life you never (D)get what you want

Not your (Em)whole damn (C)life you never (D)get what you want

(Em)And I don't (C)think it's my (D)fault

Em C D

()You never ()get what you ()want

Do you (Em)baby?

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