I Can't Reach You -PLEASE RATE-
by The Who
from The Who Sell Out, 1967
written by Pete Townshend
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transcribed by
Jake-Everitt
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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/ / / / / / / / / / / / 2/4 / /
| |Am7 | | | |
|-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| | | | |
I'm a billion ages past you
A million years behind you too
A thousand miles up in the air
A trillion times I've seen you there
Your hair is golden, mine is grey
You walk on grass, it turns to hay
Your blood is blue and your eyes are red
My body strains, but the nerves are dead
[Chorus 1]
I can't reach you, I've strained my eyes
I can't reach you, I've split my sides
/ /
I can't reach, tryin' to get on you
/
See, feel or hear from you
| | | | |
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 reach you, with arms outstretched
I can't reach you, I crane my neck
/ /
I can't reach, tryin' to get on you
/ /
See, feel or hear from you
| | | | |
[Bridge]
Am G (C/G) (G)
Once I caught a glimpse of your unguarded, untouched heart
Our fingertips touched and then my mind tore us apart
[Repeat chorus 2]
| | |
5
|| D G /|A || A5 / / / | / / / / | / / / - |
[Chorus 3]
I can't reach you, with arms outstreched
I can't reach you, I crane my neck
/ /
I can't reach tryin' to get on you
/
See, feel or hear from you