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)
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/p/pete-townshend/131006.html ]
[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