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 RingA|-3-----3-----2-----2-------------------------0---------------|D|--------------------------3p2p0----------------0~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
E|-------------------------|B|-------------------------|G|-------------------5-----|D|-------------------5-----|And so on until verseA|-------------------------|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 AE|---------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|
