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I Cant Explain

Pete Townshend
Tab
4.6(9)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

intro and main pattern

||:E D D |A E E :||

|E D D |A E E |

Got a feeling inside (Can't explain)

It's a certain kind (Can't explain)

I feel hot and cold (Can't explain)

|E D D |B E E |

Yeah, down in my soul, yeah (Can't explain)

|E D D |A E E |

I said... (Can't explain)

I'm feeling good now, yeah, but (Can't explain)

Dizzy in the head and I'm feeling blue

The things you've said, well, maybe they're true

I'm gettin' funny dreams again and again

|E D |B |

I know what it means, but...

chorus

|E |C#m

Can't explain, I think it's love

|A Asus4 A |B Bsus4 B

Try to say it to you when I feel blue, but I

optional riff from 12-string

      |--------------------|-----------------|
      |5---5--5-5-5-5------|7-7-7-7-7-7------|
      |6---6--6-6-7-6------|8-8-8-8-9-8------|
      |7---7--7-7-7-7-7-7--|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
      |--------------------|-----------------|
      |--------------------|-----------------|

|E D D |A E E |

But I can't explain (Can't explain)

Yeah, you hear what I'm saying, girl (Can't explain)

first solo; from stage versions

|E D |A E |E D |A E |

|-----4-2-----|-----------------|------------------|--------------|
|-----0-------|-----------------|------------------|--------------|
|2-/4----1^---|-----------------|------------------|--------------|
|-----------0h|2--2p0--0----0-0h|2-0h2--2p0-0------|--------------|
|-------------|------2----------|----------2-2-0-0-|--------------|
|-------------|-----------------|---------------3--|3^-0-3^--0\/--|

\/ bend neck forward

while pushing back

on body of guitar

Dizzy in the head and I'm feeling bad

The things you said have got me real mad

I'm gettin' funny dreams again and again

I know what it means but...

repeat chorus

Can't explain

I think it's love

Try to say it to you

When I feel blue

But I can't explain (Can't explain)

Just give me one more time now, yeah (Can't explain)

second solo; from stage versions

|E D |A E |

|-----16-14~-----|-------------------------------|
|--------15------|-------------------------------|
|14-/16-------12h|14-12^-------------------------|
|----------------|------14--12h14-12h14-12h14-12h|
|-----------0----|-------------------------------|
|----------------|-------------------------------|

|E D |A E |

|---------------------------|------------|
|---------------------------|------------|
|---------------------------|------------|
|14-12--12~-----------------|----5-7--5~-|
|-----14----14-12-10-12-----|5-7---------|
|-----------------------12\-|------------|

|E D |A E |E D |A E |

|---------2--|--------0---|----0-----0--|0-0-0-0------|
|---------3--|-2h3p2------|---0-----0---|0-0-0-0------|
|--1------2--|-2----2---1-|-------------|-------------|
|--2---0--0--|------------|-------------|----0/0/0-2--|
|--2---------|0-----------|/4----/5----/|7-7-5/5/5-2--|
|0-----------|-------0----|-------------|----------0--|

I said I can't explain, yeah

You drive me outta my mind

Yeah, I'm the worrying kind, babe

|A A E

I said I can't explain

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