"Teddy" refers to the songwriter Teddy Johns. "Ashworth" is the name of
the photographer who did the bands publicity shots.
[Introduction]
F Bb F Bb
F Bb F Bb
[Verse 1]
F Am
Said he was giving me a taffeta dress
Dm C7
That's just what I've always wanted
F Am
And then he said he'd give me more or less
Dm C7
Of just what I've always wanted
[Chorus]
F Edim7 Bb/D C7
But you don't give me anything and I don't ask you
F Edim7 Bb/D
Just yourself is good enough
F Bb6 F
That's just what I've always wanted
F Bb6 F
Just what I've always wanted
Bb F/A Gm F
Hoh-oh, just what I've always - wanted
[Verse 2]
F Am
He said he'd make of me a millionaire
Dm C7
That's what I've always longed for
F Am/E
Not one Picasso, he'll give me a pair
Dm C7
Just what I've always dreamed of
[Chorus]
F Edim7 Bb/D C7
But you don't give me anything and I don't ask you
F Edim7 Bb
Just yourself is every thing
F Bb6 F
That's just what I've always wanted
F Bb6 F
Just what I've always wan-ted
Bb F/A Gm F
Hoh-oh, just what I've always - wanted
[Bridge]
F/C
I've got a mink from Paris, a ring from Rome
Bb
A whole new wardrobe in my home
F Gm7
A tune from Teddy, an Ashworth snap
C9
These are the landmarks on my map
F#dim7 Bb
I've got just what I always wanted
F#dim7 Bb
She's got just what she's always wanted
[Instrumental]
C#dim7
F Fmaj7 Dm C7 X2
[Chorus]
F Edim7 Bb/D C7
But you don't give me anything and I don't ask you
F Edim7 Bb/D
Just yourself is every thing
F Bb F
That's just what I've always wanted
F Bb6 F
Just what I've always wan-ted
Bb F/A Gm F
Hoh-oh, just what I've always - wanted
[Outro]
Bb F/A Gm F
Hoh-oh, just what I've always wanted
Bb F/A Gm F
Hoh-oh, just what I've always - wanted