Tabs
YOU CAN GET IT IF YOU REALLY WANT
As recorded by Jimmy Cliff
(From the 1972 Album THE HARDER THEY COME)
Words and Music by Jimmy Cliff
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (
E MajorE 
A augmentedA 
D MajorD 
G+G 
BB E MajorE) - 'Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE) - 'Trumpet'
Intro
Q=128
BB 
C majorC BB C majorC BB
4/4
Gtr I (El. Gtr.)
H Q E MajorE E H.. E MajorE H.. E MajorE
|-------------|----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------4s|=5------------------4s|==5------------------4s=|
|-----------4s|=5------------------4s|==5------------------4s=|
|-----------4s|=5------------------4s|==5------------------4s=|
|-------------|----------------------|------------------------|
|-------------|----------------------|------------------------|
|
| Gtr II (Trumpet arr. for Gtr.)
| W Q E MajorE E MajorE Q E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE Q
|-------------|----------------------|------------------------|
|-------------|------17-17-17--15-15-|-15--------15---17------|
|-------------|----------------------|------17----------------|
|-------------|----------------------|------------------------|
|-------------|----------------------|------------------------|
|-------------|----------------------|------------------------|
Chorus
$
C majorC BB C majorC 
FF
PM------|
H.. E MajorE E MajorE E Q H E MajorE Q E MajorE e s s e e
|-----------------------|--------------||--1-1--1------------|
|-5-------------------4s|==5-----------||o-1-1--1------------|
|-5-------------------4s|==5-----------||--2-2--2------------|
|-5-------------------4s|==5-----------||--3-3--3-3-3-3-3-5--|
|-----------------------|--------------||o-------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------||--------------------|
|
| Q E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE Q E MajorE E Q H W
|------15-15-15---------|-15-----------||--------------------|
|---------------17-18---|--------------||o-------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------||--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------||--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------||o-------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------||--------------------|
C majorC FF C majorC
PM------|
E MajorE Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E MajorE Q E MajorE e s s e e E MajorE Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE
|---------------|-1-1--1-----------|----------------|
|-5-5--5-5-5--5-|-1-1--1-----------|-5-5--5-5-5--5--|
|-5-5--5-5-5--5-|-2-2--2-----------|-5-5--5-5-5--5--|
|-5-5--5-5-5--5-|-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-5-|-5-5--5-5-5--5--|
|---------------|------------------|----------------|
|---------------|------------------|----------------|
FF C majorC G+G
PM------| PM------------------------------|
E MajorE Q E MajorE e s s e e E MajorE Q S S E MajorE Q E MajorE E MajorE E +S S S S E MajorE Q E MajorE
|-1-1--1-----------|-----------------|----------------------|
|-1-1--1-----------|-5-5-------------|----------------------|
|-2-2--2-----------|-5-5-------------|----------------------|
|-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-5-|-5-5-------------|----------------------|
|------------------|------3-3-3-3----|---------2-----2-2--x-|
|------------------|---------------5-|-3-3-(3)---3-3--------|
Interlude
1.,2.
To Coda
FF G+G C majorC
PM---------------------|
E MajorE E +S S S S E MajorE Q E MajorE E MajorE E Q H E MajorE Q E MajorE E MajorE Q E MajorE
|----------------------|-------------||----------------------|
|----------------------|-------------||-5-5-----5--5-5-----5-|
|----------------------|-------------||-5-5-----5--5-5-----5-|
|-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3--4-|-5-----------||-5-5-----5--5-5-----5-|
|----------------------|-------------||----------------------|
|----------------------|-------------||----------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W W Q E MajorE E MajorE Q E MajorE E MajorE
|----------------------|-------------||----------------------|
|----------------------|-------------||-----17-17-17---15-15-|
|----------------------|-------------||----------------------|
|----------------------|-------------||----------------------|
|----------------------|-------------||----------------------|
|----------------------|-------------||----------------------|
FF C majorC FF
PM-------------|
E MajorE Q E MajorE E MajorE Q E MajorE E MajorE Q S S E MajorE Q S S E MajorE Q E MajorE E MajorE Q E MajorE
|--1--1----1---1--1---1-|--------------------------|--1--1----1---1--1---1-||
|--1--1----1---1--1---1-|-5-5----------------------|--1--1----1---1--1---1-||
|--2--2----2---2--2---2-|-5-5----------------------|--2--2----2---2--2---2-||
|--3--3----3---3--3---3-|-5-5--------------------2-|--3--3----3---3--3---3-||
|-----------------------|---------3-3--3-3-----3---|-----------------------||
|-----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------||
|
| E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE +Q Q Q E MajorE E MajorE Q E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE +Q Q
|-----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------||
|-15--------------------|-----17-17---17---15-15---|-15--------------------||
|----17---17-(17)-------|--------------------------|----17---17-(17)-------||
|-----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------||
1st & 2nd Verses
C majorC G+G FF C majorC G+G
E MajorE Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E MajorE Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E MajorE Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE
|--------3-3--3-|-1-1--1-1-1--1-|--------3-3--3-|
|-5-5--5-3-3--3-|-1-1--1-1-1--1-|-5-5--5-3-3--3-|
|-5-5--5-4-4--4-|-2-2--2-2-2--2-|-5-5--5-4-4--4-|
|-5-5--5-5-5--5-|-3-3--3-3-3--3-|-5-5--5-5-5--5-|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
FF E MajorE FF
E MajorE Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E MajorE Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E MajorE Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE
|-1-1--1-1-1--1-|-0-0--0-0-0--0-|-1-1--1-1-1--1-|
|-1-1--1-1-1--1-|-0-0--0-0-0--0-|-1-1--1-1-1--1-|
|-2-2--2-2-2--2-|-1-1--1-1-1--1-|-2-2--2-2-2--2-|
|-3-3--3-3-3--3-|-2-2--2-2-2--2-|-3-3--3-3-3--3-|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
G+G C majorC
E MajorE Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E MajorE Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E MajorE Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE 3x
|-3-3--3-3-3--3-|-3-3--3-3-3--3-|----------------||
|-3-3--3-3-3--3-|-3-3--3-3-3--3-|-5-5--5-5-5--5-o||
|-4-4--4-4-4--4-|-4-4--4-4-4--4-|-5-5--5-5-5--5--||
|-5-5--5-5-5--5-|-5-5--5-5-5--5-|-5-5--5-5-5--5--||
|---------------|---------------|---------------o||
|---------------|---------------|----------------||
Interlude
3.
C majorC 
Eb MajorEb FF
E MajorE Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E MajorE Q E MajorE E E MajorE +S S E MajorE E MajorE Q E MajorE E MajorE Q E MajorE
|---------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|-5-5--5-5-5--5-|-8-8--8-8-8-(8)-8-8-|-10-10--10-10-10--10--|
|-5-5--5-5-5--5-|-8-8--8-8-8-(8)-8-8-|-10-10--10-10-10--10--|
|-5-5--5-5-5--5-|-8-8--8-8-8-(8)-8-8-|-10-10--10-10-10--10--|
|---------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|---------------|--------------------|----------------------|
G+G FF Eb MajorEb 
DbDb C majorC Eb MajorEb
E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E Q. E MajorE Q E MajorE E S S E MajorE E E MajorE Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE
|------------------|------------------|----------------|
|-12-10---8---6----|-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-8-8--8-8-8--8--|
|-12-10---8---6----|-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-8-8--8-8-8--8--|
|-12-10---8---6----|-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-8-8--8-8-8--8--|
|------------------|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|------------------|----------------|
D.S. al Coda
FF G+G FF Eb MajorEb DbDb C majorC
E MajorE Q E MajorE E MajorE Q E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E Q. E MajorE Q E MajorE E S S E MajorE E
|---------------------|------------------|-------------------||
|-10-10--10-10-10--10-|-12-10---8---6----|-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5--||
|-10-10--10-10-10--10-|-12-10---8---6----|-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5--||
|-10-10--10-10-10--10-|-12-10---8---6----|-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5--||
|---------------------|------------------|-------------------||
|---------------------|------------------|-------------------||
Outro
&
C majorC FF
PM----------------------|
E MajorE Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE S S S S E MajorE S S +S S E MajorE E E MajorE
||----------------|---------------------------|
||o-5-5--5-5-5--5-|---------------------------|
||--5-5--5-5-5--5-|---2-----2---2-(2)---------|
||--5-5--5-5-5--5-|-3---3-3---3-------3-3-3-2-|
||o---------------|---------------------------|
||----------------|---------------------------|
C majorC FF
PM--------|
E MajorE Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE S S S S E MajorE S S +S S E MajorE E E MajorE
|---------------|----------------------------||
|-5-5--5-5-5--5-|---------------------------o||
|-5-5--5-5-5--5-|---2-----2------------------||
|-5-5--5-5-5--5-|-3---3-3---3-2-(2)-2-3-2----||
|---------------|-------------------------3-o||
|---------------|----------------------------||
Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E MajorE - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature 🏷Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc 🏷Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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