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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the#
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#
Heretical as it may seem, I wouldn't trade this demented punker (from
_Them Again_) for all of _Astral Weeks_.  Covered by countless garage
bands (including the fledgling MC5 - beat *that* for punk credentials)
although the version I heard most often as a beat-crazed teen was by
the Bram Rigg Set.  Killer fuzz guitar riff so simple anyone can play
it - which of course was the entire idea.  -- AWR
                    "I Can Only Give You Everything"
                             (Van Morrison)
Intro:
	(fuzz guitar [4X; bass and drums enter 3rd time]):
	(G)     (C) (F)
	 v   v   v   v
	-----------------|
	-----------------|
	-----------------|
	-------------3---|
	---------3-------|
	-3-----3---------|
Verse 1:
	        G      C     F           G      C      F     G    C    F     G    C   F[continue]
	I can't give you more than what I've got
	You can't expect to get what I have not
	I... can only give you lovin' 'til the sun goes down
	And... until the leaves of summer turn to shades of brown
	I tCry   and I tDry
	                       C   D[N.C.]
	But baby, you know that I
	Can only give you eGverythCingF  G  C  F  
Verse 2 (organ enters):
	Why can't I get you to understand
	'Cause after all I am just a man
	You... are on my mind when stars appear and shadows fall
	And... when every little flower blooms and bluebirds call
	I try   and I try
	But baby, you know that I
	Can only give you everything
Instrumental break:
	(organ solo over intro riff, 7X)
	G/ / Eb/ /
	(key changes to Ab)
Verse 3:
	     Ab   Db   Gb         Ab    Db   Gb     Ab    Db    Gb     Ab    Db   Gb[continue]
	I'll do anything you want me to do
	'Cause I don't want to know this life without you
	Oh... don't ever go and leave me in this world alone
	I'd... be like a little child if I was on my own
	I Dbtry   and I Ebtry
	                      Db   Eb[N.C.]
	But baby, you know that I
	Can only give you eAbverytDbhingGb  Ab  Db  Gb  
Coda:
	(rant over Ab  Db Gb chord progression):
	Everything, baby
	A little bit of this
	A little bit of that
	Everything, oh...
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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I Can Only Give You Everything

by Them

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#

#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the#

#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#

Heretical as it may seem, I wouldn't trade this demented punker (from

_Them Again_) for all of _Astral Weeks_. Covered by countless garage

bands (including the fledgling MC5 - beat *that* for punk credentials)

although the version I heard most often as a beat-crazed teen was by

the Bram Rigg Set. Killer fuzz guitar riff so simple anyone can play

it - which of course was the entire idea. -- AWR

"I Can Only Give You Everything"

(Van Morrison)

Intro:

(fuzz guitar [4X; bass and drums enter 3rd time]):

G C F

() () ()

v v v v

-----------------|

-------------3---|

---------3-------|

-3-----3---------|

Verse 1:

G C F G C F G C F G C F

[continue]

I can't give you more than what I've got

You can't expect to get what I have not

I... can only give you lovin' 'til the sun goes down

And... until the leaves of summer turn to shades of brown

C D

I try and I try

C D C

[N..]

But baby, you know that I

G C F G C F

Can only give you everything

Verse 2 (organ enters):

Why can't I get you to understand

'Cause after all I am just a man

You... are on my mind when stars appear and shadows fall

And... when every little flower blooms and bluebirds call

I try and I try

But baby, you know that I

Can only give you everything

Instrumental break:

(organ solo over intro riff, 7X)

G Eb

/ / / /

(key changes to )

Verse 3:

Ab Db Gb Ab Db Gb Ab Db Gb Ab Db Gb

[continue]

I'll do anything you want me to do

'Cause I don't want to know this life without you

Oh... don't ever go and leave me in this world alone

I'd... be like a little child if I was on my own

Db Eb

I try and I try

Db Eb C

[N..]

But baby, you know that I

Ab Db Gb Ab Db Gb

Can only give you everything

Coda:

(rant over Ab Db Gb chord progression):

Everything, baby

A little bit of this

A little bit of that

Everything, oh...

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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