Big Star
"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 (x02220@1)   D (xx0232@1)      A (x02220@1)                    DEspionage, (xx0232@1)the words to come back to me
     A (x02220@1)         DSidewinder, (xx0232@1)you klepto, oh

EYou (022100@1)do steal things
Unawares, but I don't care

GYou (320003@1)can't have me
           DYou (xx0232@1)can't have me
           GYou (320003@1)can't have me
           D (xx0232@1)              AYou (x02220@1)can't have me, not for free

A-D (x4)

A (x02220@1)   D (xx0232@1)         A (x02220@1)                  DGymnast, (xx0232@1)working out on the parallel rails
         A (x02220@1)                 DCuttin' (xx0232@1)trails, screams and wails
A (x02220@1)                   DFace (xx0232@1)go pale, never fails

EYou (022100@1)do steal things
Unawares, but I don't care

GYou (320003@1)can't have me
           DYou (xx0232@1)can't have me
           GYou (320003@1)can't have me
           DYou (xx0232@1)can't have me, not for free

A-D (x12)

CThe (x32010@1)drummer said you were not very clean
                           DThe (xx0232@1)drummer said you were not very clean
       EAnd (022100@1)I know what he means
I know what he means, oh

GYou (320003@1)can't have me
            DYou (xx0232@1)can't have me
            GYou (320003@1)can't have me
            D (xx0232@1)             AYou (x02220@1)can't have me, not for free

A-D to close
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