I Want the One I Can’t Have The Smiths
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I WANT THE ONE I CAN'T HAVE - The Smiths
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Tabbed by: emilym80
E-mail: emilym80@hotmail.com
These are the fills/lead parts for "I Want The One I Can't Have", from
The Smiths' second album, "Meat Is Murder".
The rhythm is essentially just the chords, which I've included at the bottom.
I just copied and pasted them from abbo1uk's chords, they're exactly the same. Tab
relative to capo, not nut.
Guitar by Johnny Marr.
Tuning:
Capo 2nd fret or tuned up to f#.
Fill 1:
F#|-----------------------------| C#|-----------------------------| A |-------0-----0-------0-----0-| E |---0-2---2-0-----0-2---2-0---| B |-3-------------0-------------| F#|-----------------------------|
Chorus: Chords Played Over Chorus
I Want... Can't ... Mad...
F#|-3--------5-----6---5--| C#|-3--------5-----6---5--| A |-3--------5-----7---5--| E |-5--------7-----8---7--| B |-----------------------| F#|-----------------------|
Fill 2:
Day...
F#|-----------------------| C#|-3-6-5-6-8-6-8-6-8-10\-| A |-------7-------7---10\-| E |-----------------------| B |-----------------------| F#|-----------------------|
Fill 3:
Played while bending the notes:
F#|----------------------------------| C#|-10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10-10-10---| A |-10-10-10-7---10-10-10-10-10-7----| E |----------------------------------| B |----------------------------------| F#|----------------------------------|
Fill 4:
This one is tough.
F#|--10-8-8-------------| C#|8-6--5-6-------------| A |9----------9-9--8-7--| E |---------10--10-9-8--| B |---------------------| F#|---------------------|
Ending:
F#|-10-10-10-10-10----| C#|-10-10-10-10-10----| A |-10-10-10-10-10----| E |-------------------| B |-------------------| F#|-------------------|
This fill is also used in some other sections over Em.
Song Structure:
Fill 1: 1x
Fill 1: 1x
Chorus: 2x
Fill 2: 1x
Fill 2: 2x
Chorus: 2x
Fill 1: 1x
Fill 1: 1x
Fill 3: 2x
Chorus: 2x
Fill 2: 1x
Fill 2: 2x
Chorus: 2x
Fill 4: 1x
Fill 4: 1x
Fill 3: 2x
Chorus: 2x
Fill 2: 1x
Fill 2: 1x
Chorus: 2x
Ending: 1x
I Want The One I Can't Have Chords
Transcribed by Craig Ablitt
Intro
[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
'Cause I [Am]want the one I [Bm]can't have
[C] And it's driving me [D]mad
It's all [Am]over, all over, all [Bm]over my [C]face[D]
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/smiths/i_want_the_one_i_cant_have_tab_ver_2.html )
Em until next verse;
Verse 2
(note slight change from first verse, with no G after first line, straight into C again)
On the [C]day that your [D]mentali[Em]ty[Bm] [C] [D]
[C]Catches up with your [D]biolo[Em]gy[Bm] [C] [D]
Chorus 2
I [Am]want the one I [Bm]can't have
[C] And it's driving me [D]mad
It's all [Am]over, all over, all [Bm]over my f[C]ace[D]
Verse 3
[G]A double [C]bed
And a [D]stalwart lover for [Bm]sure
[C]These are the [D]riches of the [Em]poor[Bm] [C] [D]
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
And I [Am]want the one I [Bm]can't have
[C] And it's driving me[D] mad
[Am]It's all over, all over, all [Bm]over my [C]face[D]
Em until:
A [C]tough kid who[Bm] sometimes swallows[Em] na[Bm]ils[C] [D]
[Am]Raised on [Bm]Prisoner's Aid[Em] [Bm] [C] [D]
He killed a [Am]policeman when he was [Bm]thirteen
And [C]somehow that really im[D]pressed me
And it's [Am]written all [Bm]over my[C] fac[D]e
Then the intro: G C D Bm
Oh, [C]these are the [D]riches of the [Em]poo[Bm]r[C] [D]
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
I [Am]want the one I [Bm]can't have
[C] And it's driving me [D]mad
It's [Am]written all [Bm]over [C]my f[D]ace
Em until:
Last Verse
On the [C]day that your [D]mentali[Em]ty[Bm] [C] [D]
[C]Catches up with your [D]biolo[Em]gy[Bm] [C] [D]
And if you [Am]ever need self-vali[Bm]dation
Just [C]meet me in the alley by the [D]railway station
[Am]It's all [Bm]over my [C]face[D]
Outro is Em continuously
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