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Smiths - I Want The One I Cant Have tab

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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
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/s/smiths/353239.html ]
       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
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