• Song:

    I Can't Reach You

  • Artist:

    The Who

{4/4}/    /    /    /   /   /    /  /     /    /   /   /  {2/4}  /  /  
    |  C        G/B      | Am7       G6     |  Fadd9    C/E       |   |   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-(b9)----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--- |  
    | -(b9)---%----7---%-- | -5---%----4--%-- | --2----%---0---%--- |   | ---0--0--- |  
    | -10--------(b9)----- | -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- | -(b9)--(b9)---(b9)-(b9)- | --5---5----4---4--- |   | -2--2----- |  
    | ------------------ | ---------------- | ------------------- |   | ---------- |  
    | ------------------ | ---------------- | ------------------- |   | ---------- |  
    | ------------------ | ---------------- | ------------------- |   | ---------- |  
 
{4/4} |  C        C C  |  G           |  C     C4  |  G          |  
 
      C            C4 
I'm a billion ages past you 
  C               C4 
A million years behind you too 
  Bb                G 
A thousand miles up in the air 
  Bb                  G    G6  G7 
A trillion times I've seen you there 
 

C                    C4 
Your hair is golden, mine is grey 
C                     C4 
You walk on grass, it turns to hay 
Bb                          G 
Your blood is blue and your eyes are red 
Bb                       G      G6        G7 
My body strains, but the nerves are dead 
 
{Chorus 1} 
        C               Bb 
I can't reach you, I've strained my eyes 
        C               Bb 
I can't reach you, I've split my sides 
        C      G/B    /  Am7 G6 / 
I can't reach, tryin' to get on you 
F9 C/E  /  G4 F/D     C 
See,  feel or hear  from you 
 |  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} 
        C               Bb 
I can't reach you, with arms outstretched 
        C            Bb 
I can't reach you, I crane my neck 
        C      G/B    /  Am7 G6 / 
I can't reach, tryin' to get on you 
F9 C/E  /  G4 F/D  /   C  
See,  feel or hear  from you 
 |  C    |  G     |  C     |  G      |  
 

{Bridge} 
Am                              G         ( C/G )     ( G ) 
Once I caught a glimpse of your unguarded, untouched heart 
    Am                             G         C/G G 
Our fingertips touched and then my mind tore us apart 
 
{Repeat Chorus 2} 
  |  C      |  G     |  
                5 
 |  |  D  G / |  A      |  |  A5 
 

{Chorus 3} 
        D               C 
I can't reach you, with arms outstreched 
        D            C 
I can't reach you, I crane my neck 
        D     A/C#   /  Bm7 A6  /     
I can't reach tryin' to get on  you 
G9 D/F# /  A4/E G  D 
See,  feel or hear  from you
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