• Song:

    I Want The One I Cant Have

  • Artist:

    The Smiths

Transcribed by Craig Ablitt

Intro
G5 C5 D5 B#m

Verse

       C5             D5      E5 B5 C5 D5 (QUICKLY)  G5
On the day that your mentality 
  C5        D5             B5           C5            D5    E5 B5 C5 D(quickly)  
Decides to tryyy a ha ha yyy to catch up with your biology 

     E5 B5 C5 D5 (quickly)
Come round ...

Chorus
         A5             B5         
'Cause I want the one I can't have 
C5                      D5
   And it's driving me mad 
         A5                  B5      C5    D5
It's all over, all over, all over my face 

Em until next verse;

Verse 2 
(note slight change from first verse, with no G after first line, straight into C again) 
       C5             D5      E5 B5 C5 D5   
On the day that your mentality 
C5                    D5    E5 B5 C5 D5
Catches up with your biology 

Chorus 2
  A5             B5 
I want the one I can't have 
C5                     D5
  And it's driving me mad 
         A5                  B5       C5   D5
It's all over, all over, all over my face 

Verse 3
G5        C5
A double bed
      D5                  B5 
And a stalwart lover for sure 
C5             D5             E5  B5 C5 D5
These are the riches of the poor 

Same as above excpet Em Bm C D progression played twice

A double bed 
And a stalwart lover for sure 
These are the riches of the poor 

Chorus 3
      A5             B5
And I want the one I can't have 
C5                    D5
  And it's driving me mad 
A5                           B5      C5   D5 
It's all over, all over, all over my face 

E5 until:

  C5            B5                 E5 B5  C5 D5
A tough kid who sometimes swallows nails 
A5        B5             E5 B5 C5 D5
Raised on Prisoner's Aid
            A5                    B5
He killed a policeman when he was thirteen
    C5                     D5 
And somehow that really impressed me
         A5          B5     C5   D5  
And it's written all over my face 

Then the intro: G5 C5 D5 B5

    C5             D5             E5 B5 C5 D5
Oh, these are the riches of the poor 

Then G5 C5 D5 B5 intro chords again

C5             D5             E5 B5 C5 D5 (play chords twice)
These are the riches of the poor 

Chorus
  A5             B5
I want the one I can't have
C5                     D5   
  And it's driving me mad
     A5          B5   C5   D5
It's written all over my face  

E5 until:

Last Verse
       C5             D5      E5 B5 C5 D5
On the day that your mentality 
C5                    D5    E5 B5 C5 D5
Catches up with your biology 

           A5                 B5 
And if you ever need self-validation
     C5                           D5
Just meet me in the alley by the railway station 
A5       B5      C5   D5
It's all over my face 

Outro is Em continuously
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