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I Can’t Reach You – bass tab

I Can't Reach You | bass tab
By The Who
>From The Who Sell Out, 1967
Written by Pete Townshend ©1967 Fabulous Music Ltd.

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#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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transcribed by             2021-01-02          Whotabs                          
Ruari                                          www.thewho.net/whotabs           


*Note: Palm mute for entire song except as noted*

NO PALM MUTE - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|-10-------10--9--------9---|-7--------7---5--------5---|-3--------3---2--------2---|
A|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|

NO PALM MUTE - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (x2) - - - - - - - - - - - -
G|-----------||-----------5---2-----------|---------------------------||------------------------|
D|-0----0----||-------5-----------2---3---|-5-----5---5---5---3-------||------------------------|
A|-----------||-3-------------------------|-----------------------5---||-3-----3----3---3-------|
E|-----------||---------------------------|---------------------------||--------------------3---|

                          (x2)
G||------------------------||---------------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
D||------------------------||---------------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
A||-3-----3----3---3-------||-3-----3---3---3---3---2---|-1-----1----1----1---|------------------------|
E||--------------------3---||---------------------------|---------------------|-3-----3---3---3----3---|

                                                            (x2)
G|------------------------||---------------------------------||------------------------|
D|------------------------||---------------------------------||------------------------|
A|-1-----1---1--------1---||---------------------------------||-3-----3----3---3-------|
E|----------------3-------||-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---||--------------------3---|


G|---------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
D|---------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
A|-3-----3---3---3---3-------|-3-----3----3---3-------|-3-----3----3---3---2---|-1-----1---1---1----1---|
E|-----------------------3---|--------------------3---|------------------------|------------------------|


G|---------------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|
A|---------5-----------------------|-1----1----1---1---1---1---|---------------------------------|
E|-3---3-------3---3---3---1---0---|---------------------------|---------------------------------|

                                                                  (x2)
G|------------------------------||-----------5------------|-3------||---------------------------|
D|-5---5---5---5---5---5--------||------5--------5--------|--------||-10-------10--9--------9---|
A|------------------------------||-3-----------------3----|--------||---------------------------|
E|------------------------------||------------------------|--------||---------------------------|


G|---------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------|-----------5---2-----------|
D|-7--------7---5--------5---|-3--------3---2--------2---|-0-----0---0---0----|-------5-----------2---3---|
A|---------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------|-3-------------------------|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------|---------------------------|


G|---------------------------|-----------5---2-----------|---------------------------|
D|-5-----5---5---7---3-------|-------5-----------2---3---|-5-----5---5---5---3-------|
A|-----------------------5---|-3-------------------------|-----------------------5---|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|


G|------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
A|-3-----3----3---3-------|-3-----3---3---3---3-------|-3-----3----3---3-------|-3-----3---3---3---3----|
E|--------------------3---|-----------------------3---|--------------------3---|------------------------|


G|-3----3----3---3---3-------|---------------------------------|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---0---|
D|-----------------------0---|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|


G|---------------------------------|-----7-------7-------------||-----------5------------|
D|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|-5-------5-------5---------||------5--------5--------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------||-3-----------------3----|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------||------------------------|

         (x2)
G|--------||---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|--------||-10-------10--9--------9---|-7--------7---5--------5---|-3--------3---2--------2---|
A|-1------||---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
E|--------||---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|


G|------------------------|-----------5---2-----------|---------------------------|
D|-0----0----0---0---0----|-------5-----------2---3---|-5---------5-------5-------|
A|------------------------|-3-------------------------|-------5-------5-------5---|
E|------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|

                                                                                        (x2)
G|-----------5---2-----------|------------------------||---------------------------------||
D|-------5-----------2---3---|-5---------5-------5----||-7---7-----------7---7-----------||
A|-3-------------------------|-------5-------5--------||---------7---7-----------7---7---||
E|---------------------------|------------------------||---------------------------------||

                                                                                                       (x2)
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------||
D|-5---5---------------------------|-----------------5---5-----------||-7---7-----------7---7-----------||
A|---------5---5---5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5-----------5---5---||---------7---7-----------7---7---||
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------||

                                   (x2)
G||---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------|
D||-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---||-----------------5---5-----------|-5---5-----------5---------|
A||---------------------------------||-5---5---5---5-----------5---5---|---------5---5-------------|
E||---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------|

                                   (x2)
G||-----------5------------|-3------||---------------------------|---------------------------|
D||------5--------5--------|--------||-10-------10--9--------9---|-7--------7---5--------5---|
A||-3-----------------3----|--------||---------------------------|---------------------------|
E||------------------------|--------||---------------------------|---------------------------|


G|---------------------------|---------------------|-----------5---2-----------|---------------------------|
D|-3--------3---2--------2---|-0-----0----0--------|-------5-----------3---2---|-5---------5-------5-------|
A|---------------------------|-----------------0---|-3-------------------------|-------5-------5-------5---|
E|---------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|


G|-----------7---4-----------|------------------------|--------------------------|
D|-------7-----------4---5---|-7---------7-------7----|-----------5----5---5--5--|
A|-5-------------------------|-------7-------7--------|-5-----5------------------|
E|---------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|


G|---------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-7-----7---7---7---5-------|-----------------5---5---5---5---|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|
A|-----------------------7---|-5---5---5---5-------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|


G|-------------------------4-------|---------------------------------|-------------------------4-------|
D|-----------------5---5-------5---|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|-----------------5---5-------5---|
A|-5---5---5---5-------------------|---------------------------------|-5---5---5---5-------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|


G|------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-7---7----7----7----7---|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|-7-------7-------7-------7-------|
A|------------------------|---------------------------------|-----7-------7-------7-------7---|
E|------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

                                                               (x2)
G|---------------------------||-----------7------------|-5------||---------------------------|
D|-7-------7-------7---------||------7--------7--------|--------||-12-------12--11-------11--|
A|-----7-------7-------------||-5-----------------5----|--------||---------------------------|
E|---------------------------||------------------------|--------||---------------------------|


G|---------------------------|---------------------------|--------|-------------|
D|-9--------9---7--------7---|-5--------5---4--------4---|-2------|-2----0------|
A|---------------------------|---------------------------|--------|-------------|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|--------|-------------|



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