Van Morrison

Van Morrison - I Can Only Give You Everything guitar tab

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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

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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 [N.C.]

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 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

Db Eb

I try and I try

Db Eb [N.C.]

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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