You Can't Always Get What You Want - Rolling Stones

This is the single/edited version. It's tuned to open G and capoed up to C.

This is another song that I suspect Keith used a Nashville tuning on (using only the octave strings from a 12-string set). You can hear the highest string (D) ringing pretty clearly an octave above the standard D string.

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[wellergilardino9]

@privettricker Have you ever played a Hummingbird ? :D

[privettricker]

@wellergilardino9 Yes, I've owned two. Awesome guitars.

[wellergilardino9]

@privettricker Awh why aren't they part of the collection anymore? :(

[privettricker]

@wellergilardino9 All things must pass.

[wellergilardino9]

@privettricker True true, what's better the Dove or the Hummingbird then?

[privettricker]

@wellergilardino9 Very different tones -- Dove is maple, Hummingbird is mahogany. Both are great guitars, but I prefer the tone of maple. But that's just individual taste.

[privettricker]

@MrMousket Because all my skirts are at the cleaners.

[privettricker]

@willsouthern Being a good player isn't a gift. If you put in the time, you can be as good a player as you want.

[Sorthanded02]

it's a keeper for future lesson!! can't even attempt right now!! SH

[andy65guitar]

The single version and the album version are in open E capo 8th fret which is the C open. That is why you hear the really high E string ringing. That was it. He played it in open G from then on capo on 5 C. That is coming from an interview in Rolling Stone from 1971 were he talks about all the tunings and songs to that point. Great playing as always and I am not trying to be a smart ass. He played it in open E on the album. Never again. Could be Nashville tuning. Maybe double track?

[xXTS95Xx]

i play this in open E :P

[TheJimmyjames8]

great song!!