The Smiths – I Want The One I Cant Have (Guitar Tab)

------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: emilym80 E-mail: [email protected] 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 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 mentality C D Em Bm C D Catches up with your biology 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 face 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 nails 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 impressed me Am Bm C D And it's written all over my face Then the intro: G C D Bm C D Em Bm C D Oh, these are the riches of the poor 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 face Em until: Last Verse C D Em Bm C D On the day that your mentality C D Em Bm C D Catches up with your biology Am Bm And if you ever need self-validation 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