| G | Bm | |
| You can take a powder you can take a drink |
| G | Bm | |
| You can keep the shrink and the kitchen sink |
| Bm | Bm/A | Bm/G | Bm/F# | |
| Write my name in | heaven in | invisible i | nk |
| Bm/F# | F#m | Bm | F#m | |
| I just woke up from dreaming, | I think |
| *verse 2* |
| G | Bm | |
| You can take me over you can give me a lip |
| G | Bm | |
| You can take me under you can give me the slip |
| Bm | Bm/A | Bm/G | Bm/F# | |
| Take off every | thing or t | ear me off a | strip |
| F#m | |
| Like a lady in the camber and another in the clip |
| *chorus* |
| G | Em | |
| Don't move a m | uscle baby |
| Bm | Em | |
| Don't even | flinch |
| Bm | Bm/A | Bm/G | |
| You can | miss me | by a m | ile |
| Bm/F# | Em | Bm | |
| Or just | inch by | inch |
| G | |
| Inch by | inch, Inch by inch |
| Em | F#m | Bm | |
| You can pull me | up again | inch by inch |
| G | |
| Inch by | inch, as pulses race |
| Em | F#m | Bm | G | Bm | |
| I long to | see that look | upon your | face |
| *verse 3 same as verse 2* |
| You can take me outside you can take me apart |
| You can take me upstairs you can take me to heart |
| You made me love you when you thought you were smart |
| Don't try to stop me when you told me to start |
| *same as other chorus* |
| Don't move a muscle baby |
| Don't even flinch |
| You can miss me by a mile |
| Or just inch by inch |
| Inch by inch, Inch by inch |
| You can pull me up again inch by inch |
| Inch by inch, as pulses race |
| I long to see that look upon your face |
| Em F#m Bm (fade) |
| I long to see that look upon your face |