You Can't Have Me chords by Big Star

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 2)

"You Can't Have Me"
from the album Third/Sister Lovers (1978)

Considering this is one of the more guitar-heavy tracks from the record, I was quite
surprised to find chords/tabs hadn't been submitted for it yet. As with much of
Third/Sister Lovers, there is a lot of noodling that deviates from this very skeletal
chord progression, so make your own way through it. This is a fun, simple song that sounds
awesome with
plenty of distortion and loud drums.

Standard tuning (E-A-D-G-B-E)

Intro: A-D (x4)

A augmentedA   D MajorD    A augmentedA           D MajorD
Espionage, the words to come back to me
   A augmentedA      D MajorD
Sidewinder, you klepto, oh

E MajorE
You do steal things
Unawares, but I don't care

      G+G
You can't have me
      D MajorD
You can't have me
      G+G
You can't have me
      D MajorD        A augmentedA
You can't have me, not for free

A-D (x4)

A augmentedA   D MajorD      A augmentedA          D MajorD
Gymnast, working out on the parallel rails
     A augmentedA          D MajorD
Cuttin' trails, screams and wails
A augmentedA           D MajorD
Face go pale, never fails

E MajorE
You do steal things
Unawares, but I don't care

      G+G
You can't have me
      D MajorD
You can't have me
      G+G
You can't have me
      D MajorD
You can't have me, not for free

A-D (x12)

  C majorC
The drummer said you were not very clean
              D MajorD
The drummer said you were not very clean
    E MajorE
And I know what he means
I know what he means, oh

      G+G
You can't have me
      D MajorD
You can't have me
      G+G
You can't have me
      D MajorD        A augmentedA
You can't have me, not for free