23 Best The Rolling Stones Songs (list with chords & lyrics)
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We have included our greatest songs with their words plus chords – so you can sing and play along to these legendary tracks as well!
Jumpin Jack Flash
Capo: 2nd fret
A G 3x
A
Watch it!
A G 2x
A G A A G
I was born in a cross-fire hurricane
A G A A G
And I howled at my ma in the driving rain
C G D A
But it's all right now, in fact it's a gas
C G D
But it's all right, I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash
A
It's a gas gas gas
A G 2x
A G A A G
I was raised by a toothless, bearded hag
A G A A G
I was schooled with a strap right across my back
C G D A
But it's all right now, in fact it's a gas
C G D
But it's all right, I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash
A
It's a gas gas gas
A G 4x
A G A A G
I was drowned, I was washed up and left for dead
A G A A G
I fell down to my feet and I saw they bled
A G A G
I frowned at the crumbs of a crust of bread, yeah, yeah, yeah
A G A A G
I was crowned with a spike right thru my head
C G D A
But it's all right now, in fact it's a gas
C G D
But it's all right, I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash
A
It's a gas gas gas
A D G
Jumping Jack Flash, it s a gas 4x
Brown Sugar
[Verse 1]
C C* C C* C C C* C
Gold coast slave ship bound for cotton fields
F F* F F* F F* F
Sold in a market down in New Orleans
C C* C C* C C* C
Scarred old slaver know he's doin alright
Bb C Bb G
Hear him whip the women just around midnight
G C C* C C* C
Ah brown sugar how come you taste so good
G C C* C C* C
Ah brown sugar, just like a young girl should
Don’t know the names of the chords for this part, so:
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|---8-----9-----5------6-----1----3------5------6-----5--|
G|---8----8------5-----5------1----3------5-----5------5--| x2
D|---8----8------5-----5------1----3------5-----5------5--|
A|-6----6------3-----3------------------3------3------3---|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 2]
C C* C C* C C* C
Drums beating cold English blood runs hot
F F* F F* F F* F
Lady of the house wondrin where its gonna stop
C C* C C* C C* C
House boy knows that he's doin’ alright
Bb C Bb G
You should a heard him just around midnight
G C C* C C* C
Ah brown sugar how come you taste so good
G C C* C C* C
Ah brown sugar, just like a black girl should
[Verse 3]
C C* C C* C C* C
I bet your mama was a tent show queen
F F* F F* F F* F
And all her boyfriends were sweet sixteen
C C* C C* C C* C
I’m no schoolboy but I know what I like
Bb C Bb G
You should have heard them just around midnight
G C C* C C* C
Ah brown sugar how come you taste so good
G C C* C C* C
Ah brown sugar, just like a young girl should
Cant You Hear Me Knocking
C D
Yeah, you got satin shoes
C G D
Yeah, you got plastic boots
C D
Y'all got cocaine eyes
C G D
Yeah, you got speed-freak jive
C D
Can't you hear me knockin' on your window
C G D
Can't you hear me knockin' on your door
C D C
Can't you hear me knockin' down your dirty street, yeah
G F C G
Help me baby, ain't no stranger
Help me baby, ain't no stranger
Help me baby, ain't no stranger
C D
Can't you hear me knockin', ahh, are you safe asleep?
C G D
Can't you hear me knockin', yeah, down the gas light street, now
C D C
Can't you hear me knockin', yeah, throw me down the keys
Alright now
G F C G
Hear me ringing big bell tolls
Hear me singing soft and low
I've been begging on my knees
I've been kickin', help me please
G F C G
Hear me prowlin', I'm gonna take you down
Hear me growlin', Yeah, I've got flatted feet now, now, now, now
Hear me howlin', And all, all around your street now
Hear me knockin', And all, all around your town
Jam - Sax Solo - Guitar Solo
Dm7 Em7 Dm7 Em7 (repeat until tired...) Dm7
Monkey Man
[Verse 1]
E
I'm a flea-bit peanut monkey, all my friends are junkies
C# C#sus4 C# C#sus4
(that's not really true)
E
I'm a cold Italian pizza, I could use a lemon squeezer
C# C#sus4 C# C#sus4
(like you do)
A
I've been bit and I've been tossed around
B
by every she-cat in this town
C# C#sus4 C# C#sus4
(have you babe?)
[Chorus]
A B
I am just a monkey man I'm glad you are a monkey woman too
[Instrumental]
C# C#sus4 C# C#sus4
[Verse 2]
E
I was bitten by a boar, I was gouged and I was gored
C# C#sus4 C# C#sus4
(I went along too)
E
I'm a sack of broken eggs, I always have an unmade bed
C# C#sus4 C# C#sus4
(don't you?)
A B
Well I hope we're not too Messianic or a trifle too satanic
C# C#sus4 C# C#sus4
(love to play the blues)
[Chorus]
A B
I am just a monkey man, glad you are a monkey woman too babe
[Instrumental]
C# C#sus4 C# C#sus4 (x16)
[Middle Eight]
E B A B
E B A B
E B A B
E B A B
C# C#sus4 C# C#sus4 ad lib
I'm a monkey........etc.Gimme Shelter
Capo: 2nd fret
B A G 6x
B
Oh, a storm is threat'ning
My very life today
If I don't get some shelter
Oh yeah, I'm gonna fade away
B A G
War, children, it's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
B A G
War, children, it's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
B
Ooh, see the fire is sweepin'
My very street today
Burns like a red coal carpet
Mad bull lost its way
B A G
War, children, it's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
B A G
War, children, it's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
B A G. . . .
B A
Rape, murder!
G
It's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
B A
Rape, murder!
G
It's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
B
The floods is threat'ning
My very life today
Gimme, gimme shelter
Or I'm gonna fade away
B A G
War, children, it's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
B
It's just a shot away
A
It's just a shot away
G
It's just a shot away
B A G
I tell you love, sister, it's just a kiss away
It's just a kiss away
B
It's just a kiss away
A
It's just a kiss away
G
It's just a kiss away
Kiss away, kiss away
B A G ... .
Midnight Rambler
Capo: 7th fret
[intro]
E D A A x4
[verse 1]
E D A A
Did you hear about the midnight rambler?
E D A A
Everybody got to go
E D A A
Did you hear about the midnight rambler
E D A A
The one that shut the kitchen door?
D A E E
He don’t give a hoot of a warning,
D A E E
A-wrapped up in a black cat coat
D A E E
He don’t go in the light in the morning
D A E E
He’s split the time the cock’rel crows
[break]
E E E E
[verse 2]
E D A A
Talking about the midnight gambler,
E D A A
The one you’ve never seen before
E D A A
A-talking about the midnight gambler
E D A A
Did you see him jump the garden wall?
D A E E
A-sighing down the wind so sadly
D A E E
A-listen and you hear him moan
D A E E
Well I’m talking about the midnight gambler
D A E E
Everybody got to go
[break]
E E E E
E D A A x8
[verse 3]
D A E E
Did you hear about the midnight rambler?
D A E E
Well honey it’s no rock’n’roll show
D A E E
Well I’m a-talking about the midnight gambler
D A E E
The one you’ve never seen before
[break]
E E E E
E
Don’t you do that (repeat over the riff many times then slow)
[verse 4]
E D A NC
Well you heard about the Boston...
E D A NC
It’s not, one those...
E D A NC
Well I’m talking about the midnight...
E D A A
The one who closed the bedroom door?
D A E E
I’m called the hit and run, rape her in anger
D A E E
The knife sharpened tippy toed
D A E E
Or just the shoot him dead brain-belled jangler
D A E E
You know the one you never seen before
D A E E
So if you ever meet the midnight rambler
D A E E
A-crawling down your marble hall
D A E E
Well he prowling like a proud black panther
D A E E
You can say I, I told you so
D A E E
Well won’t you listen for the midnight rambler
D A E E
Play it easy as you go
D A E E
I’m gonna smash down your plate glass windows
D A E E
Put a fist through your steel plate door
[break]
E E E E
[verse 5]
E D A A
Did you hear about the midnight rambler?
E D A A
He’ll leave his footprints up and down your hall
E D A A
A-did you hear about the midnight gambler?
E D A A
A-did you see me make my midnight call?
D A E E
And if you ever catch the midnight rambler
D A E E
I’ll steal your mistress from under your nose
D A E E
Well go easy with your cold fandango
D A E E
I’ll stick my knife right down your throat, baby and it hurtsOut Of Time
G D C D
G
You don't know what's going on;
D
you've been away for far too long
C G D
You can't come back and think you are still mine
G C
You're out of touch my baby,
D G
my poor old fashioned baby
C D7 G
I said baby, baby, baby you're out of time
D
Well, baby, baby, baby you're out of time
Em C
I said, baby, baby, baby you're out of time
G C\G C
Yes, you are left out, (yes you are) left out of there without a doubt;
G D7 G
cause baby, baby, baby you're out of time.
G
You thought you were a clever girl;
D
giving up your social whirl
C G D
But you can't come back and be the first in line
G C
You're obsolete my baby,
D G
my poor old fashioned baby
C D7 G
I said baby, baby, baby you're out of time
D
Well, baby, baby, baby you're out of time
Em C
I said, baby, baby, baby you're out of time
G C\G C
Yes, you are left out, (yes you are) left out of there without a doubt;
G D7 G
cause baby, baby, baby you're out of time.
G D C D
D
Well, baby, baby, baby you're out of time
Em C
I said, baby, baby, baby you're out of time
G C\G C
Yes, you are left out, (yes you are) left out of there without a doubt;
G D7 G
cause baby, baby, baby you're out of time.
D
Well, baby, baby, baby you're out of time
Em C
I said, baby, baby, baby you're out of time . . .
Honky Tonk Women
[Intro]
G G G G
[Verse 1]
G C
I met a gin-soaked barroom queen in Memphis
G A D
She tried to take me upstairs for a ride
G C
She had to heave me right across her shoulders
G D G
‘cause I just can't seem to drink you off my mind
[Chorus]
G D G
It's the ho-oooo-nky tonk women
G D G
Gimmie, gimmie, gimmie those honky-tonk blues
[Verse 2]
G C
I layed a divorcee in New York City
G A D
I had to put up some kind of a fight
G C
The lady then she covered me with roses
G D G
She blew my nose and then she blew my mind
[Chorus]
G D G
It's the ho-oooo-nky tonk women
G D G
Gimmie, gimmie, gimmie those honky-tonk bluesSympathy For The Devil
E D
Please allow me to introduce myself
A E
I'm a man of wealth and taste
E D
I've been around for a long, long year
A E
Stole many a man's soul and faith
E D
And I was 'round when Jesus Christ
A E
Had his moment of doubt and pain
D
Made damn sure that Pilate
A E
Washed his hands and sealed his fate
B
Pleased to meet you
E
Hope you guess my name
B
But what's puzzling you
A E
Is the nature of my game
E D
I stuck around St. Petersburg
A E
When I saw it was a time for a change
D
Killed the Czar and his ministers
A E
Anastasia screamed in vain
E
I rode a tank
D
Held a general's rank
A
When the Blitzkrieg raged
E
And the bodies stank
B
Pleased to meet you
E
Hope you guess my name
B
But what's puzzling you
A E
Is the nature of my game
E
I watched with glee
D
While your kings and queens
A
Fought for ten decades
E
For the Gods they made
E
I shouted out
D
"Who killed the Kennedys?"
A
When after all
E
It was you and me
E D
Let me please introduce myself
A E
I'm a man of wealth and taste
D
And I laid traps for troubadours
A E
Who get killed before they reached Bombay
B
Pleased to meet you
E
Hope you guess my name
B
But what's puzzling you
A E
Is the nature of my game
oh yeah, get down, baby
solo
B
Pleased to meet you
E
Hope you guess my name
B
But what's puzzling you
A E
Is the nature of my game
E D
Just as every cop is a criminal
A E
And all the sinners saints
As heads is tails
D
Just call me Lucifer
A E
'Cause I'm in need of some restraint
E
So if you meet me
D
Have some courtesy
A E
Have some sympathy, and some taste
D
Use all your well-learned politesse
A E
Or I'll lay your soul to waste, um yeah
B
Pleased to meet you
E
Hope you guess my name
B
But what's puzzling you
A E
Is the nature of my game
um baby, get down
Woo, who
Oh yeah, get on down
Oh yeah
Oh yeah!
Tell me baby, what's my name
Tell me honey, baby guess my name
Tell me baby, what's my name
I tell you one time, you're to blame
Ooo, who
Ooo, who
Ooo, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Oh, yeah
What's my name
Tell me, baby, what's my name
Tell me, sweetie, what's my name
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Oh, yeahMoonlight Mile
[Intro]
*first guitar play this -- 2x's
e| --------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B| --------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G| --------------------------------|---------------------10h12--10----|
D| ----------------------10h12--10-|-10h12--10h12--10h12-----------12-|
A| -10h12--10h12--10h12------------|----------------------------------|
E| --------------------------------|----------------------------------|
CONTINUED:
G
e| -----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B| -----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G| -----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D| -10h12--10h12--10h12---------|-------------------------------------|
A| ----------------------10h12--|--10h12--10h12--10h12--10------------|
E| -----------------------------|-----------------------10--12-12-----|
**second guitar: play the chords to the VERSE during INTRO
NOTE:C* - means lift your middle finger
on and off the fret board of
the regular C chord to get that
"rolling" type sound.
[Verse]
G Am Am7 C*
When the wind blows and the rain feels cold
G C G
With a head full of snow, with a head full of snow
G Am Am7 C*
In the window there's a face you know
G C G
Don't the night pass slow, don't the nights pass slow
[BREAK]
C G
The sound of strangers sending nothing to my mind
Am D C G
Just another mad, mad day on the road
C G
I am just living to be lying by your side
Am D C G
But I'm just about a moonlight mile on down the road
[INSTRUMENTAL] G Am Am7 C G C G
[Verse]
Made a rag pile of my shiny clothes
Gonna warm my bones, gonna warm my bones
I got silence on my radio
Let the air waves flow, let the air waves flow
[BREAK]
Oh, I'm sleeping under strange, strange skies
Just another mad, mad day on the road
My dreams is fading down the railway line
C G
I'm just about a moonlight mile on down the road, yeah
[BREAK]
C G
I'm hiding sister, and I'm dreaming
C G
I'm riding down your moonlight mile
C G
I'm hiding, baby, and I'm dreaming
C G
I'm riding down your moonlight mile
C G
I'm riding down your moonlight mile
[Interlude]
Let it go now, come on now, baby } * PLAY: G C G
Yeah, let it go now, yeah, flow now, baby } 9x's over this part
[BREAK]
C G
Yeah, I'm coming home
Am D C G
'Cause I'm just about a moonlight mile on down the road
C G
On down the road, down the road, yeah, baby, ah
[OUTRO] play the chords to VERSEFool To Cry
F F (chord) Fadd9 F6
When I come home baby
A# A#7M A#6 A#7M
And I've been working all night long
F Fadd9 F6 F6 A#7M A#6 A#7M
I put my daughter on my knee, and she says
F Fadd9 F6 F6 A#
"Daddy what's wrong?"
F Fadd9 F6 F6
She whispers in my ear so sweet
A# A#7M A#6 A#7M
You know what she says? She says
Chorus:
-------
C C C C Dm Dm Dm Dm
"Daddy you're a fool to cry
Dm Dm Dm Dm
You're a fool to cry
Dm Dm Dm Dm
And it makes me wonder why."
Second verse:
-------------
F F Fadd9 F
You know, I got a woman
A#6 A#7M A#6 A#7M
And she lives in the poor part of town
F F F F6
and I go see her sometimes
A#6 A#7M A#6 A#7M
And we make love, so fine
F F F6 F
A#6 A#7M A#6 A#7M
I put my head on her shoulder
F Fadd9 F F
She says, "Tell me all your troubles."
A#6 A#7M A#6 A#7M
You know what she says? She says
(Chorus)
"Daddy you're a fool to cry
You're a fool to cry
and it makes me wonder why."
Fade out:
---------
F F F F Dm Dm Dmadd11
Daddy you're a fool to cry
Dm F Fadd9 F6
Oh, I love you so much baby
F Dm Dm Dmadd11 Dm
Daddy you're a fool to cry
F Fadd9 F6 F A# A#7M A#6 A#7M
Daddy you're a fool to cry,
F Fadd9 F6 F
A# A#7M A#6 A#7M
yeah, She says,
C C C C Dm Dm Dm Dm
"Daddy you're a fool to cry
Dm Dm Dm Dm
You're a fool to cry
Dm Dm Dm Dm
And it makes me wonder why."
Reprise:
--------
F F F F A# A#7M A#6 A#7M
She says, "Daddy you're a fool to cry
F Fadd9 F F Dm Dm Dmadd11 Dm
Daddy you're a fool to cry
F Fadd9 F6 F Dm Dm Dmadd11 Dm
Daddy you're a fool to cry
F Fadd9 F6 F Dm Dm Dm Dmadd11
Daddy you're a fool to cry
F Fadd9 F6 F Dm Dm
Even my friends say to me sometimes
Dmadd11 Dm
And make out like I don't understand them
F Fadd9 F6 F
You know what they say
Dm Dm Dmadd11 Dm
They say,
C C C C Dm Dm Dm Dm
"Daddy you're a fool to cry
Dm Dm Dm Dm
You're a fool to cry
Dm Dm C#m/5- C#m/5-
And it makes me wonder why."
Jam:
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Dm, Dm, Dm Dm; G7, G7, A, ASister Morphine
[Intro:]
Am7 Am Am7 Am
[Verse]
Am7 Am Am7 Am
Here I lie in my hospital bed
Dsus2 Am Dsus2 Am
Tell me, Sister Morphine, when are you coming round again?
G F *[fill 1]
Oh, and I don't think I can wait that long
C G F Am
Oh you see I'm not that strong
Am7 Am Am7
Am Am7 Am
The scream of the ambulance is sounding in my ears
Dsus2 Am *[fill 2]Dsus2 Am
Tell me, Sister Morphine, how long have I been lying here?
[Bridge]
G F
What am I doing in this place?
E F
Why does the doctor have no face?
G F
Oh, I can crawl across the floor
Am F Am
Can't you see, Sister Morphine, I'm trying to score.
[Verse]
Am7 Am Am7 Am
Well it just goes to show things are not what they seem-
Dsus2 Am Dsus2 Am
Please, Sister Morphine, turn my nightmares into dreams.
G F
Oh can't you see I'm fading fast?
Am F Am
And the big shot will be my last.
[Verse]
Am7 Am Am7 Am
Sweet cousin cocaine, lay your cool cool hands on my head
Dsus2 Am Dsus2 Am
Oh c'mon Sister Morphine, better make up my bed
G F
Cos you know and I know in the morning I'll be dead
Am F E Am
You can sit around and watch all the clean white sheets stained red.
Fill 1
F Fsus2 F
e|1-------1-----1-|1---1---1---1---|1-------1-------|----------------|
B|1-------1-----1-|1---1---1---1---|1-------1-------|------------0---|
G|2-------2-----2-|2---2---2---0---|2-------2-------|------------0---|
D|3-------3-----3-|3---3---3---3---|3-------3-------|------------0---|
A|3-------3-----3-|3---3---3---3---|3-------3-------|----0---2-------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
C G
e|----------------|----------------|--------------3-|----------------|
B|1-------1-------|1-----------1---|0-------------0-|----------------|
G|0-------0-------|0-------0H2-0---|0-------0-----0-|0---0---0---0---|
D|0--H2---2-------|2---0H2---------|0-------0-----0-|0---0---0---0---|
A|3-------3-------|3---------------|2-------2-------|2---2---2---2---|
E|----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|3---3---3---3---| etc.
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Oh you see That I'm not that...
Fill 2
Am Dsus2
e|--------------0-|----------------|0-------0-----0-|0---0---0---0---|
B|1-------1-----1-|1---------------|3-------3-----3-|3---3---3---3---|
G|2-------2-----2-|2---0H2-----0---|2-------2-----2-|2---2---2---2---|
D|2-------2-----2-|2-------0H2-----|0-------0-------|0---0---0---0---|
A|0-------0-------|0---------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| etc.
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Morphine How long have I been lying...
Lets Spend The Night Together
[Verse 1]
G Bm D D7 D6 Dsus2
Don't you worry bout what's on your mind (ba da da da ba da da da da)
G Bm D D7 D6 Dsus2
I'm in no hurry I can take my time (ba da da da ba da da da da)
C G D
I'm going red and my tongue's getting tied (tongues's getting tied)
C Bm
I'm off my head and my mouth's getting dry
Bm
I'm high, but I try, try, try
D D7 D6 Dsus2
Lets spend the night together
D D7 D6 Dsus2
Now I need you more than ever
D D7 D6 Dsus2 G
Lets spend the night together now
[Verse 2]
G Bm D D7 D6 Dsus2
I feel so strong that I can't disguise (Lets spend the night together)
G Bm D D7 D6 Dsus2
But I just can't apologize (Lets spend the night together)
C G D
Don't hang me up and let me down (don't let me down)
C Bm
We could have fun just groovin' around around and around
D D7 D6 Dsus2
Lets spend the night together
D D7 D6 Dsus2
Now I need you more than ever
D D7 D6 Dsus2
Lets spend the night together
[Bridge]
C
Let's spend the night together
G C G
Now I need you more than ever
G
You know I'm smiling baby
C
You need some guiding baby
G D
I'm just deciding baby now
D
I need you more than ever
Let's spend the night together
D G
Let's spend the night together now
[Verse 3]
G Bm D D7 D6 Dsus2
This doesn't happen to me everyday (Let's spend the night together)
G Bm D D7 D6 Dsus2
No excuses offered anyway (Let's spend the night together)
C G D
I'll satisfy your every need (every need)
C Bm
And I now know you will satisfy me
Oh my, my, my, my, my
D D7 D6 Dsus2
Let's spend the night together
D D7 D6 Dsus2
Now I need you more than ever
D D7 D6 Dsus2 G
Lets spend the night together now
Beast Of Burden
[Intro]
E B C#m A E B C#m A
E B C#m A E B C#m A
[Verse 1]
E B C#m A E B C#m A
I'll never be your beast of burden My back is broad but it's a hurting
E B C#m A E B C#m A
All I want is for you to make love to me
E B C#m A E B C#m A
I'll never be your beast of burden I've walked for miles my feet are hurting
E B C#m A E B C#m A
All I want is for you to make love to me
[Chorus]
A E A E B
Am I hard enough Am I rough enough Am I rich enough I'm not too blind to see
[Verse 2]
E B C#m A E B C#m A
I'll never be your beast of burden So let's go home and draw the curtains
E B C#m A E B C#m A
Music on the radio Come on baby make sweet love to me
[Chorus]
A E A E B
Am I hard enough Am I rough enough Am I rich enough I'm not too blind to see
[Verse 3]
E B C#m A
Oh little sister Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, girl
E B C#m A
You're a pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty girl
E B C#m A
Pretty, pretty Such a pretty, pretty, pretty girl
E B C#m A E B C#m A
Come on baby please, please, please
[Verse 4]
E B C#m A E B C#m A
I'll tell ya You can put me out On the street Put me out With no shoes on my feet
E B C#m A E B C#m A
But, put me out, put me out Put me out of misery
E B C#m A E B C#m A
Yeah, all your sickness I can suck it up throw it all at me I can shrug it off
E B C#m A E B
There's one thing left That I don't understand You keep on telling me
C#m A
I ain't your kind of man
[Chorus 2]
E B C#m A
Am I rough enough
E B C#m A
Am I tough enough
E B C#m A
Am I rich enough in love enough
E B C#m A
oh please
[Verse 5]
E B C#m A E B C#m A
I'll never be your beast of burden I'll never be your beast of burden
E B C#m A E B C#m A
Never, never, never, never, never, never, never be
E B C#m A E B C#m A
I'll never be your beast of burden I've walked for miles my feet are hurting
E B C#m A E B C#m A
All I want is for you to make love to me
E B C#m A E B C#m A
I dont need no beast of burden, need no fussin', I need no nursin'
E B C#m A E B C#m A
Never, never, never, never, never, never, never be
[Outro]
E B C#m A E B C#m A
(Fade out)Loving Cup
[Verse 1]
D C G
I'm the man on the mountain, come on up
D C G
I'm the plowman in the valley with a face full of mud
C G
Yes I am fumbling and I know my car won't start
C G
Yes I am stumbling and I know I play a bad guitar
[Chorus]
F C G
Give me a'little drink from your loving cup
F C G
Just one drink and I'll fall down drunk
[Verse 2]
D C G
I'm the man who walks the hillside in the sweet summer sun
D C G
I'm the man who brings you roses when you ain't got none
C G
Well, I can run and jump and fish, but I won't fight
C G
You if you want to push and pull with me all night
[Chorus]
F C G
Give me a'little drink from your loving cup
F C G
Just one drink and I'll fall down drunk
[Verse 3]
Em Bm C G
I feel so humble with you tonight just sitting in front of the fire
Bb
See your face dancing in the flame, feel your mouth kissing me again
Bb D
What a beautiful buzz, what a beautiful buzz
C G
What a beautiful buzz, what a beautiful buzz
D C G
Ohhhhh, what a beautiful buzz, what a beautiful buzz
[Bridge]
C G
Yes, I am nitty gritty and my shirt's all torn
C G
But I would love to spill the beans with you till dawn
[Chorus]
F C G
Give me little drink from your loving cup
F C G
Just one drink and I'll fall down drunk
G
Gimme little drink (repeat to fade...)Shine A Light
[Verse]
C G
Saw you stretched out in Room Ten O Nine
Am G
With a smile on your face and a tear right in your eye
F C G F C G
Couldn't see to get a line on you, my sweet honey love
Berber jew'lry jangling down the street
Make you shut your eyes at ev'ry woman that you meet
Could not seem to get a high on you, my sweet honey love
[Chorus]
C G
May the good Lord shine a light on you
Am F C G
Make every song you sing your favorite tune
May the good Lord shine a light on you
Warm like the evening sun
[Verse]
Well, you're in the alley, baby, with your clothes all torn
And your late night friends leave you in the cold gray dawn
Just seemed too many flies on you, I can't brush them off
Angels beating all their wings in time
With smiles on their faces and a gleam right in their eyes
Thought I heard on sigh for you
Come on up, come on up, now, come on up now
[Chorus]
C G
May the good Lord shine a light on you
Am F C G
Make every song you sing your favorite tune
May the good Lord shine a light on you
Warm like the evening sunI Cant Get No Satisfaction
E E E \ A \ D D D \ A 4x
E A
I can't get no satisfaction,
E A
I can't get no satisfaction.
E B7 E A
'Cause I try and I try and I try and I try.
A A E E E \ A \ D A A E E E \ A \ D
I can't get no, I can't get no.
A E A D
When I'm drivin' in my car
A E A D
and a man comes on the radio
A E A D
and he's tellin' me more and more
A E A D
about some useless information
A E A D
supposed to drive my imagination.
A A E E E \ A \ D A A E
I can't get no, oh no no no.
E E A D A E
Hey hey hey, that's what I say.
E A
I can't get no satisfaction,
E A
I can't get no satisfaction.
E B7 E A
'Cause I try and I try and I try and I try.
A A E E E \ A \ D A A E E E\A\D
I can't get no, I can't get no.
A E A D
When I'm watchin' my TV
A E A D
and a man comes on to tell me
A E A D
how white my shirts can be.
A E A D A
But he can't be a man 'cause he doesn't smoke
E A D
the same cigarettes as me.
A A E E E \ A \ D A A E
I can't get no, oh no no no.
E E A D A E
Hey hey hey, that's what I say.
E A
I can't get no satisfaction,
E A
I can't get no girly action.
E B7 E A
'Cause I try and I try and I try and I try.
A A E E E \ A \ D A A E E E \ A \ D
I can't get no, I can't get no.
A E A D
When I'm ridin' round the world
A E A D A
and I'm doin' this and I'm signing that
E A D
and I'm tryin' to make some girl
A E A D A
who tells me baby better come back later next week
E A D A
'cause you see I'm on losing streak.
A A E E E\A\D A A E
I can't get no, oh no no no.
E E A D A E
Hey hey hey, that's what I say.
A A E E E \ A \ D A A E E E \ A \ D
I can't get no, I can't get no,
A A E E E \ A \ D
I can't get no.
E A E A E A
no satisfaction, no satisfaction, no satisfaction.
E E
no satisfactionYou Cant Always Get What You Want
Capo: 5th fret
[Intro]
G Gadd9 G C G
Gadd9 G C
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0--------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|
B|-1p0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---1-1-----1--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---1-1-3-1-0-0-|
G|-2p0-0-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-0-0-0--0--0--|-0-0-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-| x2
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2--0h2---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-|
G|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------|
X|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
[Verse]
G Gadd9 G C
I saw her today at the reception,
G Gadd9 G C
a glass of wine in her hand
G Gadd9 G C
I knew she was gonna meet her connection,
G Gadd9 G C
at her feet was a footloose man
[Chorus]
G Gadd9 G C
You can't always get what you want
G Gadd9 G C
You can't always get what you want
G Gadd9 G C
You can't always get what you want
A C G
but if you try sometimes, you might find, you get what you need
[Instrumental]
| G Gadd9 G | C | x2
[Verse]
G Gadd9 G C
I went down to the demonstration,
G Gadd9 G C
to get my fair share of abuse
G Gadd9 G C
Singing, "we're gonna vent our frustration,
G Gadd9 G C
if we don't we're gonna blow a 50 amp fuse"
[Chorus]
G Gadd9 G C
You can't always get what you want
G Gadd9 G C
You can't always get what you want
G Gadd9 G C
You can't always get what you want
A C G
but if you try sometimes, you might find, you get what you need
[Instrumental]
| G Gadd9 G | C | x2
[Verse]
G Gadd9 G C
I went down to the Chelsea Drug Store,
G Gadd9 G C
to get your prescription filled
G Gadd9 G C
I was standing in line with Mr. Jimmy
G Gadd9 G C
and man did he look pretty ill
G Gadd9 G C
We decided we would have a soda,
G Gadd9 G C
my favorite flavour: cherry red
G Gadd9 G C
I sung my song to Mr. Jimmy,
G Gadd9 G C
and he said one word to me and that was "dead"
[Chorus]
G Gadd9 G C
You can't always get what you want
G Gadd9 G C
You can't always get what you want
G Gadd9 G C
You can't always get what you want
A C G
but if you try sometimes, you might find, you get what you need
[Break]
| G Gadd9 G | C |
| D | C |
| D | C | C |
| G Gadd9 G | C |
| G Gadd9 G |
| G Gadd9 G |
| D | C |
| G Gadd9 G | C |
| G Gadd9 G | C |
[Chorus]
G Gadd9 G C
You can't always get what you want
G Gadd9 G C
You can't always get what you want
G Gadd9 G C
You can't always get what you want
A C G
but if you try sometimes, you might find, you get what you need
[Verse]
G Gadd9 G C
I saw her today at the reception,
G Gadd9 G C
in her glass was a bleeding man
G Gadd9 G C
She was practiced at the art of deception,
G Gadd9 G C
I could tell by her bloodstained hands
[Chorus]
G Gadd9 G C
You can't always get what you want
G Gadd9 G C
You can't always get what you want
G Gadd9 G C
You can't always get what you want
A C G
but if you try sometimes, you might find, you get what you need
[Instrumental]
| G Gadd9 G | C |
G Gadd9 G C
You can't always get what you want
G Gadd9 G C
You can't always get what you want
G Gadd9 G C
You can't always get what you want
A C G
but if you try sometimes, you might find, you get what you need
[Outro]
| G Gadd9 G | C | x8Tumbling Dice
Capo: 4th fret
G
G
Women think I'm tasty, but they're always tryin' to waste me,
and make me burn the candle right down
D G D G C D
But baby, baby, I don't need no jewels in my crown.
G
'Cause all you women is low down gamblers,
cheatin' like I don't know how
D G D G C D
But baby, I go crazy, there's fever in the funk house now.
G
This low down bitchin' got my poor feet a itchin',
you know you know the deuce is still wild.
D G D G C
Baby, I can't stay, you got to roll me,
C G
and call me the tumblin' dice.
G
Always in a hurry, I never stop to worry,
don't you see the time flashin' by?
D G D G
Honey, got no money,
C D
I'm all sixes and sevens and nines.
G
Say now, baby, I'm the rank outsider,
you can be my partner in crime.
D G D G
But baby, I can't stay,
C
You got to roll me and call me the tumblin',
C G
roll me and call me the tumblin' dice.
Solo
G
Oh, my, my, my, I'm the lone crap shooter,
playin' the field ev'ry night.
D G D G
Baby, can't stay,
C C G C
you got to roll me and call me the tumblin' dice, (Call me the tumblin')
C G C G C G
Got to roll me, Got to roll me, Got to roll me (Oh yeah)
C G C G C G
Got to roll me. Got to roll me, Got to roll me ( Keep on rolling, Keep on rolling)...
Angie
E7 G F C
Am E7 G F C
Angie, Angie, when will those clouds all disappear?
Am E7 G F C
Angie, Angie, where will it lead us from here?
G Dm Am
With no loving in our souls and no money in our coats
C F G
You can't say we're satisfied
Am E7 G F C
But Angie, Angie, you can't say we never tried
Am E7 G F C
Angie, you're beautiful, but ain't it time we said good-bye?
Am E7 G F C
Angie, I still love you, remember all those nights we cried?
G Dm Am
All the dreams we held so close seemed to all go up in smoke
C F G
Let me whisper in your ear:
Am E7 G F C
Angie, Angie, where will it lead us from here?
Am E7 G F C
Am E7 G F C
G Dm Am
Oh, Angie, don't you weep, all your kisses still taste sweet
C F G
I hate that sadness in your eyes
Am E7 G F C
But Angie, Angie, ain't it time we said good-bye?
Am E7 G F C
G Dm Am
With no loving in our souls and no money in our coats
C F G
You can't say we're satisfied
Dm Am
But Angie, I still love you, baby
Dm Am
Ev'rywhere I look I see your eyes
Dm Am
There ain't a woman that comes close to you
C F G
Come on Baby, dry your eyes
Am E7 G F C
But Angie, Angie, ain't it good to be alive?
Am E7 G F C Dm C
Angie, Angie, they can't say we never triedWild Horses
[Intro]
G Am G Am G
[Verse 1]
Bm G Bm G
Childhood living is easy to do
Am C D G D
The things that you wanted I bought them for you
Bm G Bm G
Graceless lady you know who I am
Am C D G D
You know I can't let you slide through my hands
[Chorus]
Am C D G F C Bm
Wild horses couldn't drag me away
Am C D G F C
Wild, wild horses couldn't drag me away
[Verse 2]
Bm G Bm G
I watched you suffer a dull aching pain
Am C D G D
Now you've decided to show me the same
Bm G Bm G
No sweeping exits or offstage lines
Am C D G D
Could make me feel bitter or treat you unkind
[Chorus]
Am C D G F C Bm
Wild horses couldn't drag me away
Am C D G F C
Wild, wild horses couldn't drag me away
[Solo]
|F |C |F |C D |
|G Gsus4 G |G |
[Verse 3]
Bm G Bm G
I know I dreamed you a sin and a lie
Am C D G D
I have my freedom but I don't have much time
Bm G Bm G
Faith has been broken tears must be cried
Am C D G D
Let's do some living after we die
[Chorus]
Am C D G F C Bm
Wild horses couldn't drag me away
Am C D G F C
Wild, wild horses we'll ride them some day
[Interlude]
|Bm |G |Bm |G |
|Am |C D |G Gsus4 G|D |
[Chorus]
Am C D G F C Bm
Wild horses couldn't drag me away
Am C D G F C D G
Wild, wild horses we'll ride them some day
Street Fighting Man
[Intro]
C | F | C | F | C | F | C
[Verse 1]
F C
Everywhere I hear the sound of marching, charging feet boy
F C
Cause summers here and the time is right for fighting in the street boy
[Chorus 1]
G
Well what can a poor boy do?
G
Except to sing for a Rock N Roll band
G
Cause in sleepy London town theres just no place for a
D
Street fighting man, No
C | F | C
[Verse 2]
F C
Hey, think the time is right for valorous revolution
F C
But where I live the game to play is compromise solution
[Chorus 2]
G
Well what can a poor boy do?
G
Except to sing for a Rock N Roll band
G
Cause in sleepy London town theres just no place for a
D
Street fighting man, No
||: C | F | C | F :||
C | F | C
[Verse 3]
F C
Hey said my name has caused disturbance
F C
I shout and scream, I kill the King, I rail at all his servants
[Chorus 3]
G
Well what can a poor boy do?
G
Except to sing for a Rock N Roll band
G
Cause in sleepy London town there’s just no place for a
D
Street fighting man, No, Get down
[Outro]
||: C | F | C | F :|| (REPEAT TO FADE)Paint It Black
[Intro]
Em B
Em
[Verse 1]
Em B
I see a red door and I want it painted black.
Em B
No colours anymore I want them to turn black.
Em D G D Em
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes.
Em D G D A B
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes.
[Verse 2]
Em B
I see a line of cars and they're all painted black.
Em B
With flowers and my love both never to come back.
Em D G D Em
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away.
Em D G D A B
Like a newborn baby it just happens every day.
[Verse 3]
Em B
I look inside myself and see my heart is black.
Em B
I see my red door, I must have it painted black
Em D G D Em
Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts.
Em D G D A B
It's not easy facing up when your whole world is black.
[Verse 4]
Em B
No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue.
Em B
I could not forsee this thing happening to you.
Em D G D Em
If I look hard enough into the setting sun
Em D G D A B
My love will laugh with me before the morning comes.
[Verse 5]
Em B
I see a red door and I want it painted black.
Em B
No colours anymore I want them to turn black.
Em D G D Em
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes.
Em D G D A B
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes.
[Outro]
Em B
Em B
Em B
Em B
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