You Can't Have Me chords by Big Star (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     D        A                      D
Espionage, the words to come back to me
     A           D
Sidewinder, you klepto, oh

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

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

A-D (x4)

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

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

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

A-D (x12)

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

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