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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Intro:
e|-8---7---5--|
B|-10--8---5--|
G|-9---7---5--| x2
D|-10--9---7--|
A|------------|
E|------------|
Main Riff / Chorus:
e|----------------3p0----------|
B|-5/-10---13-12------3--------|
G|-4/-9----12-12---------------| x2
D|-5/-10---14-12---------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
Verse:
Am
If you’re just asking for a reason
F
Reasons are everywhere you look
G Em
The only difference between them
Am F
Are which you gave and which you took
Verse:
Am
Every smile with some dark anticipation
F
And dreams of back before it settled in their brows
G Em
I don’t remember when I first began to notice
Am F Main Riff:
But I can’t think about it now
Main Riff:
I can’t think about it now
Verse:
Am
The latest singer’s latest single’s got me listening
F
For the pact between the writer and the star
G Em
This is how mythology is written
Am F
This is where the lawless jungles are
Verse:
Am
She’s just a singer living mostly after midnight
F
Pumping blood and money back into a town
G Em
And it all eventually betrays her
Am F Main Riff:
But I can’t think about it now
Main Riff:
I can’t think about it now
Verse:
Am
So I guess it makes me wonder what I’m chasing
F
Like a dancer when she’s breaking in her shoes
G Em
Like sending men up to the moon just for the landing
Am F
Displaying power we don’t know how else to use
Verse:
Am
Sometimes it’s more than I could handle
F
Sometimes it’s all the joy I’ve found
G Em
And it’ll all end up on one side or the other
Am F
But I can’t think about it now
Bridge:
e|------------------------------|
B|-------5-3------5-3-1~--------|
G|-------5-4------5-4-2~--------| X4
D|--7p5------7p5----------------|
A|-----7--------7---------------|
E|------------------------------|
e|--0--0--3--0--0----------------|
B|--1--3--0--1--3----------------|
G|--2--4--0--2--4----------------|
D|--3--5--0--3--5----------------|
A|--3--5--2--3--5----------------|
E|--------3----------------------|
Solo:
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---8-6------------------------8-6-----------------------------------|
G|-------9p7-9-7~---5\4-5\4/7-------9p7-7/9--7p5----------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------7---7\5/9-------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------6-6p5-----5-/8-8~--6\5/6--6p5---4/5--/10-10~--5/6-6p5------4/5-/8-8~--5/6-6p5-7p5-------------|
G|--------7-9--------7p5--------------------7p5----------------------7p5-------------------------------------|
D|---9-10----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------12-----15-------15------15-------15-----|
B|--12--13-------13----13-12---12-13---13-12--------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------| Repeat that pattern for awhile
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--12-12/13-12----12---------------------12---/15-15p13p12----13~----15b17-15-13-12-15-15b17-15-13-15~~---|
G|--------------14----12~-----12h14p12h14------------------14----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------14--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-12h13-12h13-12--------------13p12----------------------17----------------------------|
B|----------------15-12/13-12--------15-13~-12-13-15-15b17--17r15p13-15-15b17~----------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-15-15-15-15-15-12-12-13-13-----------12------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------15-15-------13-13-15-12h13p12------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------14-12-14p12----12~-14---|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------14----------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------12h13p12---------------|
G|-----------12----12-14----------14-12h14------|
D|--12h13h14----14-------------------------14---|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------12~--13---------|
B|---------------------12~--12p10----10-12-13~--15~--------15~~~----|
G|--14--14p12----12-14------------12--------------------------------|
D|------------14----------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
This is where it gets loud (and fun)
e|----12--15b17~--15p12-15-15b17-15b17-15-12-----------------------------------|
B|-15----------------------------------------15-15b17-15-13-12----12-13~~~-----|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------14--------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-13p12--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------12-13-15--|
G|-------14-12-----------------------------------------------------------------------12-13-14-----------|
D|-------------14-13-12~-12~----12h14-12~-----------------------------------12-13-14--------------------|
A|---------------------------15-----------15-12h14-12-----------11-12-14-15-----------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------15~-12-15-----------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------17-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-15b17r15-15b17r15-15b17~-15-13-15b17-15-13-15b17----15b17~~-12h13p12------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------14-12---12h14-12--------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------14---------14\12-10~-12-------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------12-13~-13~-13~-13~-13~-13~-13~-|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------12----12-13---------------------------------|
G|--/7-7-7-/5-/9--9----------------------------12----12-14-12-14----14---------------------------------------|
D|--/9-9-9-/7-/10-10-9-12-12-10-14-14-12-12h14----14---------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse:
N.C.
The decades that are hidden in the sidewalks
N.C.
The narrative that naturally occurs
N.C.
The everlasting wisdom of a sports bar
N.C.
The poison that’s mistaken for a cure
Verse:
N.C.
All these backward glances putting me in danger
N.C.
Of forgetting how to turn myself around
N.C.
It’s just that time just keeps on slipping through my fingers
N.C. Main Riff:
But I can’t think about it now
Main Riff:
I can’t think about it now
Main Riff:
I can’t think about it now
Main Riff:
I can’t think about it now
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| b bend
| p pull-off
| r return to, usually after a bend
| / slide
| ~ hold the note
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- I Can't Think About It Now (Tabs)
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Last Updated: September 10, 2025