The song reworks John Cooper Clarke's poem of the same name
[Intro]
Cm - Fm - Gm 
Cm - Fm - Gm
[Verse]
Cm 
I wanna be your vacuum cleaner 
Fm                Gm 
breathing in your dust 
Cm 
I wanna be your Ford Cortina 
Fm           Gm 
I will never rust 
Cm 
If you like your coffee hot 
Fm                    Gm 
let me be your coffee pot 
Cm 
You call the shots babe 
       Fm            Gm 
I just wanna be yours
[Chorus]
Fm             Gm 
Secrets I have held in my heart 
Cm            Fm 
are harder to hide than I thought 
Fm           Gm 
Maybe I just wanna be yours 
  Cm 
I wanna be yours 
  Bb                Ab 
I wanna be yo-o-o-o-ooours... 
                  Cm 
Wanna be yo-o-o-o-ooours... 
Bb                Ab 
Wanna be yo-o-o-o-ooours... 
                  Gm 
Wanna be yo-o-o-o-ours...
[Verse]
Cm 
Let me be your leccy meter 
Fm                 Gm 
And I'll never run out 
    Cm 
Let me be the portable heater 
Fm                       Gm 
That you’ll get cold without 
Cm 
I wanna be your setting lotion (Wanna be...) 
Fm                        Gm 
hold your hair in deep devotion (How deep...?) 
N.C. 
At least as deep as the Pacific ocean 
  Fm            Gm 
I wanna be yours
[Chorus]
Fm             Gm 
Secrets I have held in my heart 
Cm            Fm 
are harder to hide than I thought 
Fm           Gm 
Maybe I just wanna be yours 
  Cm 
I wanna be yours 
  Bb                Ab 
I wanna be yo-o-o-o-ooours... 
                  Cm 
Wanna be yo-o-o-o-ooours... 
Bb                Ab 
Wanna be yo-o-o-o-ooours... 
                  Cm 
Wanna be yo-o-o-o-ours... 
Bb                Ab 
Wanna be yo-o-o-o-ooours... 
                  Cm 
Wanna be yo-o-o-o-ooours... 
Bb                Ab 
Wanna be yo-o-o-o-ooours... 
                  Cm     Bb 
Wanna be yo-o-o-o-ours... 
Ab 
Wanna be your vacuum cleaner 
Cm                Bb 
breathing in your dust 
Ab 
I wanna be your Ford Cortina 
Cm         Bb 
I'll never rust 
       Ab 
I just wanna be yours 
       Cm            Bb 
I just wanna be yours 
       Ab               Gm 
I just wanna be yours...