Key: C
Introduction:
C C4
I'm a billion ages past you
C C4
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 C4
Your hair is golden, mine is grey
C C4
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
F9 C/E G4 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
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
F9 C/E G4 F/D C
See, feel or hear from you
C G C G
{Bridge}
Am 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/ 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
G9 D/F#/ Asus4/E G D
See, feel or hear from you