Whatever You Want Status Quo
Whatever You Want 1979 / Riffs 2003
Greg Harper gregharper2007@hotmail.co.uk
Heres the CORRECT version. Here I have only transcribed RICKS PART. I haven't
bothered with the strumming patterns here.
This is the Riffs version intro 'cos it's a little more involved.
The song isn't played like this live but...
[DADGBE]
Rick's magic intro:
E|---3-----3-----------3-------2------2---3-----2---| B|-1---1-----1-0h1p0-----0-------3------3---3-----3-| G|-------0-----------0-----0-------2----------2-----| D|---------------------------0----------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------0----------------------| E|---3-----3-----------3-------2------2---3-----2---| B|-1---1-----1-0h1p0-----0-------3------3---3-----3-| G|-0-----0-----------0-----0-------2----------2-----| D|-0-------------------------0----------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------0----------------------| E|----------------------------------5--5-----------------------| B|---3-----3-----3----------------3-6----6---------------------| G|-----0-----0-----0--------------2-5------5-------------------| D|--------------------------------0-0--------0-----------------|~ = Let Ring A|-3-----3-----2-----2-------------------------0---------------| D|--------------------------3p2p0----------------0~~~~~~~~~~~~-| E|-------------------------| B|-------------------------| G|-------------------5-----| D|-------------------5-----|And so on until verse A|-------------------------| D|-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-|
Verse:
E|------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0| D|--------------------0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0|
"Whatever You Want"
AND SO ON UNTIL...
E|-------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------| D|--------------7--7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7--| A|--------------7--7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7--| D|--------------7--7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7--|
"Whatever You Need"
AND SO ON UNTIL...
E|----------------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0|
"Whatever You Win"
Then repeat for the next verse.
Chorus:
E|-1--1---1---1----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-1--1---1---1----------------------------------------------------------------| G|-2--2---2---2----------------------------------------------------------------| D|-3--3---3---3----10-----10-----10---------------------12---------------------| A|-----------------10-----10-----10------------0--------12---0-15---0-12---0-12| D|-----------------10-----10-----10-----0----0-0----0-0-12-0-0-15-0-0-12-0-0-12|
"I can take you home on the midnight train again"
E|-1-1----1---1--------------------------------------------------------------| B|-1-1----1---1--------------------------------------------------------------| G|-2-2----2---2--------------------------------------------------------------| D|-3-3----3---3--10~~~~~~~~------------14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-7-| A|---------------10~~~~~~~~9~~~~~~~~~~~14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-7-| D|---------------10~~~~~~~~9~~~~~~~~~~~14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-7-|
"I can make an offer you can't refuse"
The chords for the solo are as follows:
[Eb] [F] [F/G] [C] [E] [G/A] [A]
E|---------5---------------------| B|---------6-------------0-------| G|---------5-------------0-------| D|11---3---------10--2---0-----7-| A|11---3---------10--2---0-----7-| D|11---3---------10--2---------7-|
|Eb|F|Eb|F/G|C|F|E|G/A A|
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