I Want the One I Can't Have
The Smiths
Meat is Murder

F# tuning (or standard w/ capo on 2nd)

Chords:

Fmaj7 13321x (fret low E w/ thumb)
Bb    x1033x
C     x32010
Dm    xx0231
Am    x02210
Gm    355333

Riffs:

Riff 1
e--------------------------------|
B--1-------------1---------------|
G--0-----0-----0-2------0-----0--|
D--2-0h2---0h2---2-0h2----0h2----|
A--3-------------0---------------|
E--------------------------------|

Riff 2
e--------0------------0----------|
B-----6-----6------8-----8--10/--|
G---------------------------10/--|
D--8-----------10----------------|
A--------------------------------|
E--------------------------------|

Riff 3
e--10-10--8---8------------------|
B--11-11--10--10----5--5--4--3~--|
G--12-12--9---9---5----5--4--3~--|
D--------------------------------|
A--------------------------------|
E--------------------------------|

Riff 4
e--10-10-10-------10-10-10-10-10--------|
B--10-10-10-------10-10-10-10-10--------|
G--10-10-10-10----10-10-10-10-10-10-----|
D--------------12-------------------12--|
A---------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------|


Intro:

F Bb Riff 1

Verse:

       Bb            C       Dm Am Bb C
On the day that your mentality

Bb         Riff 1 Bb                 C    Dm 
Bb C
Decides to try to catch up with your biology

Dm Am Bb C
Come round...

        Gm             Am        Bb
Cause I want the one I cant have

                   C
And its driving me mad

        Gm                  Am     Bb    C
Its all over, all over, all over my face

Break:

Dm

Verse:

       Riff 2                 Am Bb C
On the day that your mentality

Riff 2                       Am Bb C
Catches up with your biology

  Gm             Am
I want the one I cant have

Bb                 C
And its driving me mad

        Gm                  Am      Bb   C
Its all over, all over, all over my face

F            Bb
A double bed

      Riff 1
And a stalwart lover for sure

Bb            C             Dm Am Bb C
These are the riches of the poor

F            Bb
A double bed

      Riff 1
And a stalwart lover for sure

Bb            C             Riff 4
These are the riches of the poor

      Gm             Am        Bb
And I want the one I cant have

                   C
And its driving me mad

        Gm            Am   Bb  C
Its all over, all over my face

Break:

Dm

Verse:

  Riff 2                                Am Bb C
A tough kid who sometimes swallows nails

Riff 2                  Am Bb C
Raised on prisoners aid

            Gm
He killed a policeman when he was

Am
Thirteen

    Bb                    C
And somehow that really impressed me

        Gm          Am    Bb    C
And its written all over my face

F Bb Riff 3

    Bb            C             Dm Am Bb C
Oh, these are the riches of the poor

F Bb Riff 3

Bb            C             Riff 4
These are the riches of the poor

  Gm             Am       Bb
I want the one I cant have

                   C
And its driving me mad

    Gm         Am      Bb    C
Its written all over my face

       Riff 2                  Am Bb C
On the day that your mentality

Riff 2                       Am Bb C
Catches up with your biology

           Gm                 Am
And if you ever need self-validation

     Bb                          C               Gm
Just meet me in the alley by the railway station

        Am    Bb    C
Its all over my face

Dm
Oh...


End on Dm