You Can't Always Get What You Want

Description

What's up, it's Mike from Guitar Tricks, teaching you "You Can't Always Get What You Want" as made famous by The Rolling Stones. This is a classic 60s rock tune that shows the Stones mixing country, blues and gospel influences into an anthemic pop-rock style.

This song features 2 guitar layers. Guitar 1 is an acoustic guitar that plays the basic chord progression throughout the song. Guitar 2 is a clean electric guitar that adds an additional layer of licks and rhythms that build the arrangement.

The song uses one simple chord progression for most of the song, save for a brief interlude (or bridge) that adds drama with some climbing chords played by the piano. The song has a long, gradual building story-arc that see the dynamic levels adjusting to support the vocal storyline.

The acoustic guitar is tuned to open E, with a capo on the 8th fret. We've included a bonus lesson to show how to play these guitar parts using standard tuning.

To play this tune using only one guitar, simply play Guitar 1 all the way through.

In the following lessons, we'll talk about open E tuning, acoustic strumming approaches, dynamics, and bluesy/ country lead guitar approaches. We are in the key of C major, with a 4/4 time signature, at a tempo of 85 BPM, that gradually increases throughout the song.