How to Play I Want You on Guitar?

Bob Dylan - I Want You can be played in the key of C using the C, Em, Am, G, F chords. For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D. For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D. For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G. For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E. For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play I Want You with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.

Bob Dylan - I Want You Chords

Chord reference C, Em, Am, G, F

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

[C]The guilty undertaker sighs, The [Em]lonesome organ grinder cries, The [Am]silver saxophones say I [G]should refuse you. The [F]cracked bells and washed-out horns [G]Blow into my face with scorn, But it’s [Am]not that way, I wasn’t born to [G]lose you.

I [C]want you, I [Em]want you, I [Am]want you so [G]bad, Honey, I want [C]you.

The [C]drunken politician leaps [Em]Upon the street where mothers weep And the [Am]saviors who are fast asleep, [G]They wait for you. And I [F]wait for them to interrupt [G]Me drinking from that broken cup And [Am]ask me to Open up the [G]gate for you.

I [C]want you, I [Em]want you, I [Am]want you so [G]bad, Honey, I want [C]you.

Now [Em]all my fathers, they’ve gone down, [Am]True love they’ve been without it. But [Em]all their daughters put me down ‘Cause [F]I don’t think [G]about it.

[C]Well, I return to the Queen of Spades And [Em]talk with my chambermaid. [Am]She knows that I’m not afraid To [G]look at her [F]She is good to me [G]And there’s nothing she doesn’t see. She [Am]knows where I’d like to be [G]But it doesn’t matter.

I [C]want you, I [Em]want you, I [Am]want you so [G]bad Honey, I [C]want you.

[C]Now your dancing child with his Chinese suit, He [Em]spoke to me, I took his flute. [Am]No, I wasn’t very cute to him, [G]Was I? But I [F]did it, though, because he lied [G]Because he took you for a ride And [Am]because tine was on his side And [G]because I…

I [C]want you, I [Em]want you, I [Am]want you so [G]bad Honey, I [C]want you.

Artist Bob Dylan

Album Blonde on Blonde

Genres Folk, Folk Rock, Rock

Year 1966

Key C

Bob Dylan - I Want You can be played in the key of C using the C, Em, Am, G, F chords.

For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G.
For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play I Want You with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.