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I Can't Explain | guitar tab
By The Who, 1965
>Appears on Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy, 1971
Written by Pete Townshend (c)1965 Fabulous Music Ltd./Champion Music Corp.
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transcribed by 2000-01-08 Whotabs
litgo@aol.com rev 2003-05-19 www.thewho.net/whotabs
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E x799xx and 022100
D x577xx
A x02255 and x022xx
B x244xx
C#m x4(t)665(4)
Note: leads are approximate.
12-string on record, approximately transcribed for 6-string.
[intro and main pattern] x3||:E D D |A E E :||||----------|-----------||||----------|-----------||||.9----7-7-|2-----9-9--||||.9----7-7-|2-----9-9--||||-7----5-5-|0-----7-7--||||----------|-----------||
||:E D D |A E E :||x3
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)
|E D D |A E |
I'm feeling good now, yeah, but...
(Can't explain)
|E D D |A E E | Dizzy in the head and I'm feeling blue(Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh...)|-----------------------|5-----------------||-----------------------|5-----------------||9------------7-7-------|2-----------9-9---||9------------7-7-------|2-----------9-9---||7------------5-5-------|0-----------7-7---||-----------------------|------------------|
|E D D |A E E |The things you've said, well, maybe they're true---|-------------------------|5-------------------|---|-------------------------|5-------------------|-x-|9-------------7-7--------|2-------------9-9---|-x-|9-------------7-7--------|2-------------9-9---|-x-|7-------------5-5-------0|0-------------7-7---|---|-------------------------|--------------------|
|E D |A E |I'm gettin' funny dreams again and again---|---------------------|5--------------------|---|---------------------|5--------------------|---|9-------------7-7----|2---------9-9--------|---|9-------------7-7----|2-------x-9-9--------|---|7-----------7-5-5----|0-------x-7-7--------|---|---------------------|---------------------|
|E D B | |I know what it means, but... (Ooh Ooh Ooh )-|-----------------------|---------------|-|-----------------------|---------------|-|9------------7------4--|---------------|-|9------------7------4--|---------------|-|7------------5------2--|---------------|-|-----------------------|---------------|
[chorus]|E |C#m |A (Asus4 A) |B (Bsus4 B) | Can't explain, I think it's love, try to say it to you when I feel blue,(but I)|---0----0-------|-----------------------|-------------------|------------------||---0----0-------|-----------5-----------|--5-5-5---5-5------|--7-7-7---7-7-----||---1----1-------|------6----6-----------|--7-7-6---7-6------|--9-9-8---9-8-----||2-------2---2---|------6----6-----------|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-77---|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9\--||2-------2---2---|4(t)--4----4-----------|-------------------|------------------||0-------0-----0-|-----------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|E D D |A E E |
But I can't explain
( Ooh Ooh, Can't explain)
|E D D |A E E |
Yeah, you hear what I'm saying, girl
( Ooh Ooh, Can't explain)
[solo 1]|E D |A E |E D |A E ||----4---------|-----------------|--------------|--------------------||0---0-------2-|----2-2----------|--3-3-3--2-2--|--------------------||2/4---4/2-0-2-|2---2-2----------|2-4-4-4--2-2--|2-------------------||----------0-2-|2---2-----0-0/0--|2-------------|2p0--------0---2p0--||--------------|0-------2------2-|2-------------|----2-0--2---2----2-||--------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------------|
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...
|E D D |A E E | Dizzy in the head and I'm feeling bad(Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh...)|-----------------------|------------------||-----------------------|------------------||---------------7-------|14----------9-9---||---2-----------7-------|14----------9-9---||---2---------5-5-------|12--------7-7-7---||0----------------------|------------------|
|E D D |A E E |The things you've said have got me real mad ---|-----------------------|------------------|---|-----------------------|------------------|-x-|9-------------7-7------|14----------9-9---|-x-|9-------------7-7------|14----------9-9---|-x-|7-----------x-5-5------|12----------7-7---|---|-----------------------|------------------|
|E D |A E |I'm gettin' funny dreams again and again---|---------------------|---------------------|---|---------------------|---------------------|---|9-------------7-7----|2---------9-9--------|---|9-------------7-7----|2-------x-9-9--------|---|7-------------5-5----|0-------x-7-7--------|---|---------------------|---------------------|
|E D B | |I know what it means, but... (Ooh Ooh Ooh )-|-----------------------|---------------|-|-----------------------|---------------|x|9------------7------4--|---------------|x|9------------7------4--|---------------|x|7------------5------2--|---------------|-|-----------------------|---------------|
[repeat chorus]
|E |C#m |A |B | Can't explain, I think it's love, try to say it to you when I feel blue, but I|----------------|-----------------------|-------------------|------------------||----------------|5----------------------|----5h7p5-----0----|------------------||1-------1-------|6----------6-----------|--6-6-----6-6------|----8--h9-9-8-----||2-------2-------|6----------6---6-6--6--|7-7-7-----7-7---7--|9-9---9-9-9-9-9---||2-------2----4--|4(t)-------4---4-4--4--|-------------------|------------------||0-----0-0------0|-----------------------|-------------------|------------------|
But I can't explain
( Ooh, Ooh Can't explain)
Forgive me one more time now, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
( Ooh, Ooh Can't explain)
[solo 2] E D |A E |E D |A D ||---0---------|-------------|------------|------------------||-------------|-------3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-----------------||----4\2-0----|---0---4-4-4-|4-4-4-4-4-4-|4-2p0-------------||0h2------2-0-|2----2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-|2----2-0h2p0------||-------------|-------------|------------|------------2-0---||-------------|-------------|------------|---------------3^-|
|E D |A E |E D |A E ||-0---0-0-0-|--0---0----0---0|----3------------------|--------------||-5---0-0-0-|--0---0-3/5-3/5-|3/5---0-3-0------------|0-------------||-4--/11----|2/4-2/4---------|----------0-2-2/4------|0-2-2---------||-----------|----------------|------------------0-2-2|0-2-2-4-4-6-0-||-----------|----------------|-----------------------|------2-2-4-0-||0----------|----------------|-----------------------|--------------|
[outro]|E D D |A E E | I said I can't explain, yeah (Ooh, Ooh, can't explain) |----------------|-------------------||----------------|-------------------||-----7-7--------|2-------9-9--------||9----7-7--------|2-----x-9-9--------||7----5-5--------|0-----x-7-7--------||----------------|-------------------|
|E D D |A E E | You drive me outta my mind(Ooh, Ooh, can't explain)|---------------------|--------------------||---------------------|--------------------||9----7-7-------------|2--------9-9--------||9----7-7-------------|2------x-9-9--------||7----5-5-------------|0------x-7-7--------||---------------------|--------------------|
|E D D |A E E | Hey, I'm the worrying kind, babe(Ooh, Ooh, can't explain) |--------------------|--------------------||--------------------|--------------------||9----7-7------------|2--------9-9--------||9----7-7------------|2------x-9-9--------||7--5-5-5------------|0------x-7-7-------7||--------------------|--------------------|
[2/4] [4/4] |E D D |A |E | I said I can't explain (Ooh, Ooh, can't explain)|--------------------|-------|0-----------||--------------------|-------|0-----------||9----7-7------------|2------|1-----------||9----7-7------------|2------|2-----------||7--5-5-5------------|0------|2-----------||--------------------|-------|0-----------|
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