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          (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction – The Rolling Stones
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Written by: Jagger/Richards
Originally released as a non-album single (1965)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Listen to this tab: -soundcloud-/maguri/i-cant-get-no-satisfaction
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[Main Riff]
[ E ]        [ D/A ]         [ A ]
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  
e|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|2---2-----2-4-5-|------5-5p4-4---|
E|----------------|----------------|
[Chords and riff]
These chords are not played on the original recording, and the riff sounds
an octave higher, but if one plays alone on an acoustic, it might be a
way of incorporating the riff into your accompaniment
  E           E6 Asus4         A              E        E6 D/A            A
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +          1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  
e|----------------|----------------|      e|-------------(2)|-----(2-2-0-0)--|
B|0---0-----0-2-3-|------3-3p2-2---|      B|0---0-----0-2-3-|------3-3-2-2---|
G|1---1-----1-1-2-|------2-2---2---| or   G|1---1-----1-1-2-|------2-2-2-2---|
D|2---2-----2---2-|------2-2---2---|      D|2---2-----2-2-0-|------0-0-2-2---|
A|2-------------0-|--------0-------|      A|2-------------0-|------0-0-0-0---|
E|0---------------|----------------|      E|0---------------|----------------|
  (plays easily and                         (maybe closer to the acoustic guitar  
   highlights the riff itself)               on the recording, but detracts 
                                             a little from the riff)
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[Intro]
| N.C. | N.C. |
(riff only)
| E | D/A    A | E | D/A    A |
(riff: full band)
[Chorus]
E                A
 I can't get no ... satisfaction
E                A
 I can't get no ... satisfaction
         E         B         E         A
'Cause I try and I try and I try and I try
        E         A
I can't get no [riff]
        E       D/A
I can't get no [riff]
[Verse] riff throughout
     A   E             D/A
When I'm drivin' in my car
    A E                D/A
And a man comes on the radio
    A    E                   D/A
And he's tellin' me more and more
      A    E            A
About some useless information
         A  E             A
Supposed to drive my imagination
        E         D/A
I can't get no
    A   E
No, no, no
      (break)
        E      D/A
Hey hey hey
            A | E | D/A    A |
That's what I say
[Chorus]
E                A
 I can't get no ... satisfaction
E                A
 I can't get no ... satisfaction
         E         B         E         A
'Cause I try and I try and I try and I try
        E         A
I can't get no [riff]
        E       D/A
I can't get no [riff]
[Verse] riff throughout
     A   E           D/A
When I'm watchin' my TV
    A E               D/A
And a man comes on to tell me
A   E                   D/A
How white my shirts can be
A      E                        D/A
But he can't be a man 'cause he doesn't smoke
A     E                 D/A
 The same cigarettes as me
  A     E       D/A
I can't get no
    A   E
No, no, no
      (break)
        E      D/A
Hey hey hey
            A | E | D/A    A |
That's what I say
[Chorus]
E                A
 I can't get no ... satisfaction
E                A
 I can't get no ... girlie action
         E         B         E         A
'Cause I try and I try and I try and I try
        E         A
I can't get no [riff]
        E       D/A
I can't get no [riff]
[Verse] riff throughout
     A   E                D/A
When I'm ridin' round the world
    A   E                  D/A
And I'm doin' this and I'm signing that
    A   E                   D/A
And I'm tryin' to make some girl
          A  E                     D/A
Who tells me baby better come back later next week
       A   E          D/A  
'cause you see I'm on losing streak
        E        D/A
I can't get no
        E
No, no, no
      (break)
        E      D/A
Hey hey hey
            A | E | D/A    A |
That's what I say
[Outro] riff throughout (repeat and fade)
       | E | D/A    A |
I can't get no
       | E | D/A    A |
I can't get no
       | E | D/A    A |
I can't get no
    | E | D/A    A |
Satisfaction
       | E | D/A    A |
No satisfaction
       | E | D/A    A |
No satisfaction
       | E | D/A    A |
No satisfaction
       | E | D/A    A |
I can't get no