Chord/Tab song: I Can't Reach You

by The Who
from The Who Sell Out, 1967
written by Pete Townshend


transcribed by
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G/D x20003
C x3201(3)
Csus4 x3301x
G 3x0033
G6 3x0000
G7 3x0001
F/D xx0211 (bass implies D; xx3211)
Gsus4/D xx0013
A5 x022xx and x02255
A/C# x4222x
Bm7 x24232
A6 x02222
Gadd9 3x0203
D/F# 2x0232
Asus4/E (00)2230 (bass implies E)

[4/4/] | C [/] G[/]/B [/] |A[/]m7 [/] [/]G6 [/] | F[/]add9 [/] C[/]/E [/] [2/4]| | G[/]/D [/] |

|-3----------------|----------------|-(3)------(3)------| |---3------|
|-1---------3------|-1--------0-----|--1--------1-------| |---0------|
|-0------%--0-----%|-0-----%--0----%|--2-----%--0------%| |---0------|
|-2---------0------|-2--------0-----|--3--------2-------| |---0------|
|-3---------2------|-0--------------|-------------------| |----------|
|------------------|----------3-----|-------------------| |----------|

|[bass] | | | | |

|------------------|----------------|-------------------| |----------|
|-10-----10-9-----9|-7-----7--5----5|--3-----3--2------2| |---0------|
|------------------|----------------|-------------------| |----------|
|------------------|----------------|-------------------| |------3---|

|[second guitar (use this if no piano)] | | |

|-8---------7------|-5--------3-----|--3--------3-------| |---3--3---|
|-8---------8------|-5--------5-----|--1--------1-------| |---0--0---|
|-9----%----7---%--|-5---%----4--%--|--2----%---0---%---| |---0--0---|
|-10--------9------|-5--------5-----|--3--------2-------| |---0--0---|
|------------------|----------------|-------------------| |----------|
|------------------|----------------|-------------------| |----------|

|[piano arr for guitar] | | | |

|12---12---10---10-|-8---8----7--7--|--5---5----3---3---| |-1--1-----|
|--13---13---12--12|--10--10---8--8-|---6---6----5----5-| |--3-----0-|
|12---12---12---10-|-9---9----9--9--|--5---5----4---4---| |-2--2-----|
|------------------|----------------|-------------------| |----------|
|------------------|----------------|-------------------| |----------|
|------------------|----------------|-------------------| |----------|

4/4| C C C | G | C Csus4 | G |

I'm a [C]billion ages [Csus4]past you
A [C]million years be[Csus4]hind you too
A [Bb]thousand miles up [G]in the air
A [Bb]trillion times I've [G]seen [G6]you [G7]there

[C]Your hair is golden, [Csus4]mine is grey
[C]You walk on grass, it [Csus4]turns to hay
[Bb]Your blood is blue and your [G]eyes are red
[Bb]My body strains, but the [G]nerves [G6]are dead[G7]

[Chorus 1]
I can't [C]reach you, I've [Bb]strained my eyes
I can't [C]reach you, I've [Bb]split my sides
I can't [C]reach, [G/B]tryin' [/]to [Am7]get [G6]on [/]you
[Fadd9]See, [C/E]feel [/]or [Gsus4]hear [F/D]from you[C]

| C | G | C | G |

The distances grow greater now
You drink champagne and past me plough
You fly your plane right over my head
You're so alive and I'm nearly dead

[Chorus 2]
I can't [C]reach you, with [Bb]arms outstretched
I can't [C]reach you, I [Bb]crane my neck
I can't [C]reach, [G/B]tryin' [/]to [Am7]get [G6]on [/]you
[Fadd9]See, [C/E]feel [/]or [Gsus4]hear [F/D]from [/]you[C]

| C | G | C | G |

[Bridge]
[Am]Once I caught a glimpse of your [G]unguarded,[(C/G)] untouched[(G)] heart
Our [Am]fingertips touched and then my [G]mind tore [C/G]us a[G]part

[Repeat chorus 2]

| C | G |

|| D G /|A [5]|| A5 / / / | / / / / | / / / - |

[Chorus 3]
I can't [D]reach you, with [C]arms outstreched
I can't [D]reach you, I [C]crane my neck
I can't [D]reach [A/C#]tryin' [/]to [Bm7]get [A6]on [/]you
[Gadd9]See, [D/F#]feel [/]or [Asus4/E]hear fr[G]om [D]you


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