| G | C | D | B#m |
| Verse |
| C D Em Bm C D (QUICKLY) G |
| On the day that your mentality |
| C D Bm C D Em Bm C D(quickly) |
| Decides to tryyy a ha ha yyy to catch up with your biology |
| Em Bm C D (quickly) |
| Come round ... |
| Chorus |
| Am | Bm | |
| 'Cause I | want the one I | can't have |
| C | D | |
| And it's driving me | mad |
| Am | Bm | C | D | |
| 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) |
| C | D | Em | Bm | C | D | |
| On the | day that your | mentali | ty |
| C | D | Em | Bm | C | D | |
| Catches up with your | biolo | gy |
| Chorus 2 |
| Am | Bm | |
| I | want the one I | can't have |
| C | D | |
| And it's driving me | mad |
| Am | Bm | C | D | |
| It's all | over, all over, all | over my f | ace |
| Verse 3 |
| G | C | |
| A double | bed |
| D | Bm | |
| And a | stalwart lover for | sure |
| C | D | Em | Bm | C | D | |
| 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 |
| Am | Bm | |
| And I | want the one I | can't have |
| C | D | |
| And it's driving me | mad |
| Am | Bm | C | D | |
| It's all over, all over, all | over my | face |
| Em until: |
| C | Bm | Em | Bm | C | D | |
| A | tough kid who | sometimes swallows | na | ils |
| Am | Bm | Em | Bm | C | D | |
| Raised on | Prisoner's Aid |
| Am | Bm | |
| He killed a | policeman when he was | thirteen |
| C | D | |
| And | somehow that really im | pressed me |
| Am | Bm | C | D | |
| And it's | written all | over my | fac | e |
| Then the intro: G C D Bm |
| C | D | Em | Bm | C | D | |
| Oh, | these are the | riches of the | poo | r |
| Then G C D Bm intro chords again |
| C D Em Bm C D (play chords twice) |
| These are the riches of the poor |
| Chorus |
| Am | Bm | |
| I | want the one I | can't have |
| C | D | |
| And it's driving me | mad |
| Am | Bm | C | D | |
| It's | written all | over | my f | ace |
| Em until: |
| Last Verse |
| C | D | Em | Bm | C | D | |
| On the | day that your | mentali | ty |
| C | D | Em | Bm | C | D | |
| Catches up with your | biolo | gy |
| Am | Bm | |
| And if you | ever need self-vali | dation |
| C | D | |
| Just | meet me in the alley by the | railway station |
| Am | Bm | C | D | |
| It's all | over my | face |
| Outro is Em continuously |