Spin Doctors – How Could You Want Him When You Know You Could Have Me (Guitar Acoustic)

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[Intro] G G/B Dsus x4 [Verse 1]
G             G/B    Dsus G     G/B  Dsus  G  G/B  Dsus  G  G/B  Dsus
  I'm quite contented to take my chances

G           G/B      Dsus       G    G/B  Dsus  G  G/B  Dsus  G  G/B  Dsus
  Against the Guildensterns and Rosenkrantzes

G        G/B   Dsus G       G/B  Dsus  G  G/B  Dsus  G  G/B  Dsus
  It's a matter of Cain and Abel

    G               G/B  Dsus     G         G/B  Dsus G  G/B  Dsus  G  G/B  Dsus
And I can feel your knee     underneath the table
[Chorus]
Bbmaj7                        A7
  He doesn't dangle by the seraphim

Bbmaj7                     A7
  He only wants a pretty face by him so

Bbmaj7                            B        C          G
  How could you want him when you know you could have me?
G G/B Dsus G G/B Dsus G G/B Dsus G C F [Verse 2]
G             G/B        Dsus    G         G/B  Dsus  G  G/B  Dsus  G  G/B  Dsus
See the pigeons peck and peck to pay their dues

            G           G/B   Dsus   G            G/B  Dsus  G  G/B  Dsus  G  G/B  Dsus
But they'll peck a little extra to resole their shoes

G             G/B  Dsus G       G/B  Dsus  G  G/B  Dsus  G  G/B  Dsus
  He's with the pigeons pecking crumbs

G         G/B    Dsus G              G/B  Dsus G  G/B  Dsus  G  C  G  D
  I'm on my deathbed bleeding with the cherubim
[Chorus]
Bbmaj7                        A7
  He doesn't dangle by the seraphim

Bbmaj7                     A7
  He only wants a pretty face by him so

Bbmaj7                            B        C          G
  How could you want him when you know you could have me?
G G/B Dsus G G/B Dsus G G/B Dsus G G/B A [Bridge]
D                          Am             G
  Ferocious angels send me falling stars

    D               F
But I know just how dangerous wishes are

D                           Am           G
  Ferocious angels watch me come and go

        D                   F
But I'm not too smart to go barging off roof tops, though...  no
G G/B Dsus G G/B Dsus G G/B Dsus G G/B Dsus [Verse 3]
G         G/B      Dsus    G      G/B  Dsus  G  G/B  Dsus  G  G/B  Dsus
  Sit out September on the window sill

           G           G/B  Dsus        G       G/B  Dsus  G  G/B  Dsus G  G/B  F
'Cause you can't drink wine      from a two dollar bill

      G           G/B      Dsus  G         G/B  Dsus  G  G/B  Dsus  G  G/B  Dsus
Saint Christopher lives on the end of a quill

G           G/B  Dsus G  G/B  Dsus G          G/B  Dsus  G  C  G  D
  Leave him a d-i-i-iamond in your la-a-ast will
[Chorus]
Bbmaj7                        A7
  He doesn't dangle by the seraphim

Bbmaj7                     A7
  He only wants a pretty face by him so

Bbmaj7                            B        C          G
  How could you want him when you know you could have me?
G G/B Dsus G G/B Dsus G G/B Dsus G G/B Dsus [Ending]
G                                 Em       D          G  G/B  Dsus  G  G/B  Dsus
  How could you want him when you know you could have me?

G                                 Em       D          G  G/B  Dsus  G  G/B  Dsus
  How could you want him when you know you could have me?

G                                 Em       D          G  G/B  Dsus  G  G/B  Dsus
  How could you want him when you know you could have me?

G                                 Em       D          G  G/B  Dsus  G  G/B  Dsus
  How could you want him when you know you could have me?

G  G/B  Dsus  G  G/B  Dsus  G  G/B  Dsus  G  G/B  Dsus
(ad lib vocals and fade)