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
I try and I try C D [N.C.] But baby, you know that I
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)
/ / / /
(key changes to Ab)
Verse 3:
Ab Db Gb Ab Db Gb Ab Db Gb Ab Db Gb [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
I try and I try Db Eb [N.C.] But baby, you know that I
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...
