Why Can't I Touch You chords by Johnny Clarke

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Verse 1
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D 
Em 
 (A major)  (D major) If you reach out (E minor) ,
A 
D 
don't shrink from it,  (A major) don't let go.  (D major) 
Em 
If you let  (E minor) come,
A 
D 
come  (A major) what may, let me be.  (D major) 
Em 
If you let me make love  (E minor) to you,
A 
D 
then why  (A major) can't I  (D major) touch you?
Em 
If you let me make love  (E minor) to you,
A 
D 
then why  (A major) can't  (D major) I  touch you?
F# 
I'm  (F sharp major) not saying I want to change you,
G 
A 
I  (G major) don't want to rearrange you.  (A major) 
D 
Em 
So if  (D major) you let me make love  (E minor) to you,
A 
D 
then why  (A major) can't I  (D major) touch you?
Em 
If you let me make  (E minor) love to you,
A 
D 
then why  (A major) can't I  (D major) touch you?
Em 
From the very first moment I saw  (E minor) you,
A 
it's a beach,  (A major) such a different world.
D 
Em 
 (D major) From the very first moment I saw  (E minor) you,
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D 
it's a view,  (A major) such a different world.  (D major) 
F# 
I  (F sharp major) see the gleam, just a little bit stronger
G 
Each  (G major) morning seems just a little,
A 
little bit longer  (A major) 
Cause
D 
Em 
So if  (D major) you leave and leave  (E minor) this
A 
I've nev (A major) er been found
D 
Cause I'm good  (D major) 
G 
D 
But you're still the  (G major) same  (D major) 
G 
You're like a frozen flame  (G major) 
Em 
A 
When  (E minor) it all seems the  (A major) same
When you let me make love to you
But you won't let me touch you
D 
When  (D major) I'm leaving,
Em 
A 
I'm going  (E minor) someplace that I've  (A major) never been before.
D 
 (D major) When I'm leaving,
Em 
A 
D 
I'm go (E minor) ing someplace that I've  (A major) never been before  (D major) 
C 
So reach out, and touch  (C major) me
D 
C 
Reach  (D major) out, and touch  (C major) me