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  I Can't Explain
  By The Who, 1964
  >Appears on Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy
  >Solos from Live at Leeds (reissue), 1970, 1995
  Written by Pete Townshend ©1965 Fabulous Music Ltd./Champion Music Corp. 
  
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  transcribed by
  litgo@aol.com   and blpprt@CLEMSON.EDU
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  E     x7999x
  D     x5777x
  A     577655 and x02255 and x022xx
  Asus4 xx775x
  B     799877 and x2444x
  Bsus4 xx997x
  C#m   x46654
  
  Note: leads are approximate. Solos transcribed from Live at Leeds
  reissue version. 
  
  [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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  litgo@aol.com
  

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