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

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

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