You Can Get It If You Really Want Chords

by Desmond Dekker
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: Db
Capo: 1st fret
Author DiddyD [a] 15,207. Last edit on Nov 16, 2018

Chords

B
Em
C
G7
F
Eb
G
Db

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Song: You can get it if you really want
Artist: Desmond Dekker
Composer: Jimmy Cliff
Tabbed by: DJ
1st July 2013
 
CAPO: 1st fret (Will then sound in the recorded key of Db)
 
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
B  = x24442              Em = x22000
C  = x35553 or x32010    G7 = 353433
F  = 133211              Eb = xx5343 or x68886
G  = 355433              Db = xx3121 or x46664
 
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[Intro]
   B    C        B    C        B    C        B    C
|  /  | /  /  /  /  | /  /  /  /  | /  /  /  /  | /  /  /  /  |
 
[Chorus]
C                           F
    You can get it if you really want,
C                           F
    You can get it if you really want,
C                           F
    You can get it if you really want,
              C           G             F
But you must try, try and try, try and try,
G                     C        F               C         F
   You'll succeed at last---!     Humm - umm, umm, umm! Yeah!
 
[Verse 1]
C             G    F
   Perse - cution you must bear,
C          G                F
   Win or lose, you got to get your share,
Em                           F           G
   You got your mind... set on a dream,    you can get it,
        G7
Though hard it may seem, now...
 
[Chorus]
C                           F
    You can get it if you really want,
C                           F
    You can get it if you really want,
C                           F
    You can get it if you really want,
              C           G             F
But you must try, try and try, try and try,
G                     C        F              C        F
   You'll succeed at last---!     Don't you know it?
 
[Verse 2]
          C        G        F
Yes, and...  Rome was not built in a day,
C            G          F
    Oppo - sition will come your way,
Em                         F
    But the harder ..the battle, you see,
G                        G7
    Is the sweeter the victory, now...
 
[Chorus]
C                           F
    You can get it if you really want,
C                           F
    You can get it if you really want,
C                           F
    You can get it if you really want,
              C            G            F
But you must try, try and try, try and try,
G
   You'll succeed at...
 
[Bridge]
...last-----!
   C            Eb            F           G  F     Eb    Db
|  /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /__/  /__/  /  / |
                                          ^  ^     ^     ^
   C            Eb            F           G  F     Eb    Db
|  /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /__/  /__/  /  / |
                                          ^  ^     ^     ^
[Chorus]
       C                           F
Yeah,     you can get it if you really want,
C                           F
    You can get it if you really want,
C                           F
    You can get it if you really want,
              C            G            F
But you must try, try and try, try and try,
G                     C           F
   You'll succeed at last------!
 
[Suggestion for coda, slow down on last two bars]
           C      Eb           F            G  F     Eb    Db  C
Don't you know? | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /__/  /__/  /  / | / ||
                                            ^  ^    ^      ^   ^
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