Year: 1967 - Album: The Who Sell Out
Written by Pete Townshend
{4/4}| C C C | G | C Csus4 | G | C Csus4 I'm a billion ages past you C Csus4 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 Csus4 Your hair is golden, mine is grey C Csus4 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 Fadd9 C/E / Gsus4 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 Fadd9 C/E / Gsus4 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 Gadd9 D/F# / Asus4/E G D See, feel or hear from you