Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
Intro: C F C F C F I saw her today at the reception C F A glass of wine in her hand C F I knew she was gonna meether connection C F At her feet was her foot-loose man C F And you can't always get what you want C F Honey, you can't always get what you want C F You can't always get wat you want D But if you try sometime, yeah F C F C F You just might find you get what you need C F C F We went down to demonstration to get out fair share of abuse C F Singing we gonna ventour frustration C F If we don't we'll blow a fift yamp fuse Refrain C F C F So, I went to the Chelsea Drugstore to get your prescription filled C F I was standing in line with my friend, Mr Jimmy C F And mand id he look pretty ill C F We decide that we would have a soda C F My favority flavor was cherry red C F I sing this song to my friend Mr Jimmy C F And he said one word to me and that was dead C F And you can't always get what you want C F I saw her today at the reception C F In her glass a bleeding man C F She was practise dat the art of deception C F I could tell by her blood-stained hands Interlude: C F C F C F Refrain C F C F So, I went to the Chelsea Drugstore to get your prescription filled C F I was standing in line with my friend, Mr Jimmy C F And man did he look pretty ill C F We decide that we would have a soda C F My favority flavor was cherry red C F I sing this song to my friend Mr Jimmy C F And he said one word to me and that was dead C F And you can't always get what you want