(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction (The Rolling Stones) Guitar Lesson with Backing Tracks + TAB

(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction Guitar Lesson + TAB

In this guitar lesson, we have just 1 simple TAB example. Learn this and you can play the main riff in a way that works as the only guitarist in the band - Try it with the backing tarcks!

(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction | TAB

The main riff of Satisfaction can be interpreted as chords. Using Roman numerals, we get I – IV – bVIIx.

That last chord, the classic Rock ’n’ Roll chord, is a bVIIx. In the key of E, that gives us E, A, and D. The A chord has its 3rd in the bass, so we’ll call it A/C#. Here’s the main riff as chords:

||: E A/C# | D A/C# :||

Played as single notes, the riff looks like this in TAB. The chorus is almost identical—just fatten it up with 5 chords and leave the root note to the bass player.

Satisfaction chords and TAB - Main riff, and chorus variation.

Aside from the main riff (which you can play in two ways), the chorus chords are blues-based. Here’s the progression for the chorus, excluding the riff:

| E7 | E7 | A7 | A7 |
| E7 | E7 | A7 | A7 |
| E7 | B7 | E7 | A7 |

It’s tricky to label the sections too precisely—it quickly gets more complicated than it needs to be. The simplest approach is to follow the chords and lyrics. After all, this is a pretty straightforward tune!