The Who - I cant explain
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I CAN'T EXPLAIN
As recorded by The Who
(From the 1965 Album MEATY BEATY BIG AND BOUNCY)
Words and Music by Pete Townshend
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Pete Townshend - Electric 12-string Guitar'
Intro
Q=140
E D A E D A E
4/4
Gtr I (El. 12-string Gtr. w/ light dist.)
E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q
|---------------|-5-------------|---------------|-5--------------|
|-9------7-7----|-5------9-9----|-9------7-7----|-5------9-9-----|
|-9------7-7----|-6------9-9----|-9------7-7----|-6------9-9-----|
|-9------7-7----|-7------9-9----|-9------7-7----|-7------9-9-----|
|-7------5-5----|-7------7-7----|-7------5-5----|-7------7-7-----|
|---------------|-5-------------|---------------|-5--------------|
Chorus
E E Q DE E Q AE E Q EE E Q EE E Q DE E Q AE E Q EE E Q
|---------------|-5-------------||---------------|-5--------------|
|-9------7-7----|-5------9-9----||-9------7-7----|-5------9-9-----|
|-9------7-7----|-6------9-9----||-9------7-7----|-6------9-9-----|
|-9------7-7----|-7------9-9----||-9------7-7----|-7------9-9-----|
|-7------5-5----|-7------7-7----||-7------5-5----|-7------7-7-----|
|---------------|-5-------------||---------------|-5--------------|
E E Q DE E Q AE E Q EE E Q E E Q DE E Q AE E Q EE E Q
|---------------|-5-------------|---------------|-5--------------|
|-9------7-7----|-5------9-9----|-9------7-7----|-5------9-9-----|
|-9------7-7----|-6------9-9----|-9------7-7----|-6------9-9-----|
|-9------7-7----|-7------9-9----|-9------7-7----|-7------9-9-----|
|-7------5-5----|-7------7-7----|-7------5-5----|-7------7-7-----|
|---------------|-5-------------|---------------|-5--------------|
E E Q DE E Q BE E Q EE E Q E E Q DE E Q AE E Q EE E Q
|---------------|-7-------------|---------------|-5--------------|
|-9------7-7----|-7------9-9----|-9------7-7----|-5------9-9-----|
|-9------7-7----|-8------9-9----|-9------7-7----|-6------9-9-----|
|-9------7-7----|-9------9-9----|-9------7-7----|-7------9-9-----|
|-7------5-5----|-9------7-7----|-7------5-5----|-7------7-7-----|
|---------------|-7-------------|---------------|-5--------------|
1st Verse
E E Q DE E Q AE E Q EE E Q EE E Q DE E Q AE E Q EE E Q
|---------------|-5-------------||---------------|-5--------------|
|-9------7-7----|-5------9-9----||-9------7-7----|-5------9-9-----|
|-9------7-7----|-6------9-9----||-9------7-7----|-6------9-9-----|
|-9------7-7----|-7------9-9----||-9------7-7----|-7------9-9-----|
|-7------5-5----|-7------7-7----||-7------5-5----|-7------7-7-----|
|---------------|-5-------------||---------------|-5--------------|
E E Q DE E Q AE E Q EE E Q E E Q DE E Q AE E Q EE E Q
|---------------|-5-------------|---------------|-5--------------|
|-9------7-7----|-5------9-9----|-9------7-7----|-5------9-9-----|
|-9------7-7----|-6------9-9----|-9------7-7----|-6------9-9-----|
|-9------7-7----|-7------9-9----|-9------7-7----|-7------9-9-----|
|-7------5-5----|-7------7-7----|-7------5-5----|-7------7-7-----|
|---------------|-5-------------|---------------|-5--------------|
Bridge
E E E DE Q BQ +W EQ. E +E Q. C#mE E E E +H
|------------7--|-(7)--------||-0----0-(0)------|-------4-(4)----|
|-9-----7----7--|-(7)--------||-0----0-(0)-0----|-------5-(5)----|
|-9-----7----8--|-(8)--------||-1---------------|-----6----------|
|-9-----7----9--|-(9)--------||-2---------------|---6------------|
|-7-----5----9--|-(9)--------||-2---------------|-4--------------|
|------------7--|-(7)--------||-0---------------|----------------|
Chorus
AE E E E E E Q BE E E E E E Q EE E Q DE E Q AE E Q EE E Q
|---5-5---5-5----|---7-7---7-7----||---------------|-5--------------|
|---5-5---5-5----|---7-7---7-7----||-9------7-7----|-5------9-9-----|
|-7-7-6-6-7-6-6--|-9-9-8-8-9-8-8--||-9------7-7----|-6------9-9-----|
|-------7-----7--|-------9-----9--||-9------7-7----|-7------9-9-----|
|----------------|----------------||-7------5-5----|-7------7-7-----|
|----------------|----------------||---------------|-5--------------|
Guitar Solo
E E Q DE E Q AE E Q EE E Q N.C.E E Q E E E E AQ E E N.C. E E E E
|---------------|-5-------------||-----4--4s2-----|------------------|
|-9------7-7----|-5------9-9----||------------0---|-2--2-2-----------|
|-9------7-7----|-6------9-9----||-2s4----4s2-0-2-|-2--2-2-----------|
|-9------7-7----|-7------9-9----||--------------2-|-2--2-2----0------|
|-7------5-5----|-7------7-7----||----------------|--------/2---4-2--|
|---------------|-5-------------||----------------|------------------|
2nd Verse
Q e e e e e e E E E E a S E S S S E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q
|----------------|-----------------------||---------------|-5-------------|
|----3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3---------------------||-9------7-7----|-5------9-9----|
|----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2---------------------||-9------7-7----|-6------9-9----|
|----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2p0---------0---2p0---||-9------7-7----|-7------9-9----|
|-0--------------|-----2-0-1s2---2-----2-||-7------5-5----|-7------7-7----|
|----------------|-----------------------||---------------|-5-------------|
E E Q DE E Q AE E Q EE E Q E E Q DE E Q AE E Q EE E Q
|---------------|-5-------------|---------------|-5--------------|
|-9------7-7----|-5------9-9----|-9------7-7----|-5------9-9-----|
|-9------7-7----|-6------9-9----|-9------7-7----|-6------9-9-----|
|-9------7-7----|-7------9-9----|-9------7-7----|-7------9-9-----|
|-7------5-5----|-7------7-7----|-7------5-5----|-7------7-7-----|
|---------------|-5-------------|---------------|-5--------------|
Bridge
E E E DE Q BQ +W EQ. E +Q E6Q C#mQ E E +E E E E
|------------7--|-(7)--------||-0----0-(0)--0--|-4----4-(4)---4----|
|-9-----7----7--|-(7)--------||-0----0-(0)--2--|-5----5-(5)---5-0--|
|-9-----7----8--|-(8)--------||-1----1-(1)--1--|-6----6-(6)---6-0--|
|-9-----7----9--|-(9)--------||-2----2-(2)--2--|-6--6-6-(6)-6-6-0--|
|-7-----5----9--|-(9)--------||-2----2-(2)-----|-4--4-4-(4)-4-4-0--|
|------------7--|-(7)--------||-0----0-(0)-----|-------------------|
Chorus
AE E E E E E E E BE E E E E E E E EE E Q DE E Q AE E Q EE E Q
|-----------------|-------------------||---------------|-5--------------|
|-----------------|-------------------||-9------7-7----|-5------9-9-----|
|-----------------|-------------------||-9------7-7----|-6------9-9-----|
|-----------------|-------------------||-9------7-7----|-7------9-9-----|
|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|-9-9-11-9-9-9-11-9-||-7------5-5----|-7------7-7-----|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-||---------------|-5--------------|
Guitar Solo
D A E N.C.
|-3-|
E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q Q Q S S E E E Q E E q q q
|---------------|-5-------------||-0--0------------|---------------|
|-9------7-7----|-5------9-9----||-3--3--3p0-------|--------3-3-3--|
|-9------7-7----|-6------9-9----||-----------2-0---|----0---4-4-4--|
|-9------7-7----|-7------9-9----||---------------0-|-2----2--------|
|-7------5-5----|-7------7-7----||-----------------|---------------|
|---------------|-5-------------||-----------------|---------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
q q q q q q q S S E S S E E E Q Q a Q Q a Q a Q a E E a E E
|-------------|------------------------|----0----0--0--|-------------0-0---0-0-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3----------------------|----3--5s7--5--|---0----0--3s5-5-3s5-5-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4--2p0-----------------|---------------|-2s4--2s4--------------|
|-------------|--------2-0h2-0---------|---------------|-----------------------|
|-------------|----------------0-------|---------------|-----------------------|
|-------------|------------------3b3.5-|-0-------------|-----------------------|
Out-Chorus
a E S S S S E a E E E E Q E e E E E E EE E Q DE E Q AE E Q EE E Q
|---0-3-0-----------------|----------------||---------------|-5--------------|
|-3s5-----3-0-----0---0---|----------------||-9------7-7----|-5------9-9-----|
|-------------2-2s4-2-0---|-0--2-2-4-4-4-2-||-9------7-7----|-6------9-9-----|
|-----------------------2-|-0--2-2-4-4-6-2-||-9------7-7----|-7------9-9-----|
|-------------------------|----------------||-7------5-5----|-7------7-7-----|
|-------------------------|----------------||---------------|-5--------------|
E E Q DE E Q AE E Q EE E Q E E Q DE E Q AE E Q EE E Q
|---------------|-5-------------|---------------|-5--------------|
|-9------7-7----|-5------9-9----|-9------7-7----|-5------9-9-----|
|-9------7-7----|-6------9-9----|-9------7-7----|-6------9-9-----|
|-9------7-7----|-7------9-9----|-9------7-7----|-7------9-9-----|
|-7------5-5----|-7------7-7----|-7------5-5----|-7------7-7-----|
|---------------|-5-------------|---------------|-5--------------|
E E Q DE E Q AE E E EE +H +W
|---------------|-5-----0-(0)----|-(0)----*|
|-9------7-7----|-5-----0-(0)----|-(0)----*|
|-9------7-7----|-6-----1-(1)----|-(1)----*|
|-9------7-7----|-7-----2-(2)----|-(2)----*|
|-7------5-5----|-7-----2-(2)----|-(2)----*|
|---------------|-5-----0-(0)----|-(0)----*|
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths