Reachin' For Something I Can't Have chords by The Marvelettes

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Verse 1
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(Got me reachin', reachin', you got me reachin',
reachin')
Reachin' for somethin' I can't have,
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though it may cause me pain
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Needing his love so much
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till only hurt remains
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Standing high on society hill,
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a voice calls out to me
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From a boy I  love & need so much,
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he says he's not for me
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'Cause I live up & he lives down,
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on the poor side of town
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But still I'm reachin',
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reachin'; I can't help reachin', reachin'
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'Cause he tells me he has nothin'
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& his place is not with me
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His pride keeps him away,
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but still I love him more each day
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So I'll keep...

Verse 2
Reachin' for somethin' I can't have,
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though it may cause me pain
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Needing his love so much
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till only hurt remains
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He says he cannot give me all the
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things a rich man can
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"Stay on your hill &don't look
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down;forget our love began"
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& even though he loves me so,
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he  must let me go
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But still I'm reachin',
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reachin'; I can't help reachin', reachin'
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For a boy who cannot give
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me nothin' but his love
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But he's everything I need
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& I've got to make him see
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So I'll keep...