Artist: Desmond Dekker
Song: You can get it if you really want
Tabbed by: DJ
1st July 2013
Tuning: Standard
CAPO: 1st fret (Sounds in key of Db)
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B C B C B C B C
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F C F
You can get it if you really want, you can get it if you really want,
C F C G F
You can get it if you really want, 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!
C G F C G F
Perse - cution you must bear, 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...
C F C F
You can get it if you really want, you can get it if you really want,
C F C G F
You can get it if you really want, 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?
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/desmond_dekker/you_can_get_it_if_you_really_want_crd.html ]
C G F C G F
Yes, and... Rome was not built in a day, oppo - sition will come your way,
Em F G G7
But the harder.. the battle, you see, is the sweeter the victory, now...
C F C F
You can get it if you really want, you can get it if you really want,
C F C G F
You can get it if you really want, but you must try, try and try, try and try,
G C Eb F G F Eb Db
You'll succeed at last---!
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C Eb F G F Eb Db
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C F C F
Yeah, you can get it if you really want, you can get it if you really want,
C F C G F
You can get it if you really want, 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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Chord shapes are relative to capo position:
B = x24442 Em = x22000
C = x35553 or x32010 G7 = 353433
F = 133211 Eb = xx5343 or x68886
G = 355433 Db = xx3121 or x46664
