I Can Only Give You Everything


#----------------------------------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 [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 C# F# Ab C# F# Ab C# F# Ab C# F# [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 C# Eb I try and I try C# Eb [N.C.] But baby, you know that I Ab C# F# Ab C# F# 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