It Is Not Meant To Be
by Tame ImpalaTab
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Tame Impala - It Is Not Meant to Be
from their 2010 album Innerspeaker
[Intro] Guitar 1: e|-----------------------------------------------------------------| \ B|-3---3---3---3---5---5---5---5---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---| \ G|---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-| \ D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| | A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| | E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| |
| x4 e|-----------------------------------------------------------------| | B|-3---3---3---3---5---5---6---6---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---| | G|---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-| | D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| / A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| / E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| /
Bass: G|----------------------12--------------12------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------12----------15--14--12--10--14--12-10-------| x8 A|-10--------12---13----------------------------------------------------13-12-| E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2: After the 2nd repeat, the second guitar plays this over the top; the strumming pattern is included above the tab (D means down and U means up): D D U D U D U D D U D U D U D D U D U D U D D U D U D U D U D e|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3---7--7-7--7-7--7-7---3--3-3--3-3--3-3---5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-| B|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3---5--5-5--5-5--5-5---3--3-3--3-3--3-3---3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-| G|-5--5-5--5-5--5-5---5--5-5--5-5--5-5---5--5-5--5-5--5-5---3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-| x4 D|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3---5--5-5--5-5--5-5---5--5-5--5-5--5-5---3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-| A|-5--5-5--5-5--5-5----------------------3--3-3--3-3--3-3----------------------------| E|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 1] Guitar 1: "I wanted her, I wanted her" e|---------| B|---------| G|---------| x4 D|---------| A|------5--| E|-5-------|
Guitar 1: "But she doesn't like the life that I lead, she doesn't like the life that I lead" e|-5----5--| B|-5----7--| G|-5----7--| x4 D|-7----7--| A|-7----5--| E|-5-------|
Guitar 1: "doesn't like sand stuck on her feet, or sitting around smoking weed, I must seem more like a friend in need, and I..." e|-5--5--5-5--5--5--| B|-5--5--5-5--7--7--| G|-5--5--5-5--7--7--| x6 D|-7--7--7-7--7--7--| A|-7--7--7-7--5--5--| E|-5--5--5-5--------|
[Pre-chorus] Guitar 1: "...boast that it is meant to be, but in all hone-" e|------------------| B|------------------| G|---------7--7--7--| D|------5-----------| A|-5----------------| E|------------------|
Chorus 1: Guitar 1 and 2: "-sty, I don't have a hope in hell, I'm hap-" e|------------------------------------------------------| B|-1--1--3--3-3--1--1--3--3-3--3--3--0--0--1--1--1--1-1-| G|-2--2--4--4-4--2--2--4--4-4--2--2--0--0--2--2--2--2-2-| D|-3--3--5--5-5--3--3--5--5-5--4--4--2--2--3--3--3--3-3-| A|-3--3--5--5-5--3--3--5--5-5--0--0--2--2--3--3--3--3-3-| E|------------------------------------------------------|
"-py just to watch her move, and in all hone-" e|----------------------------------------------------------| B|-1--1--3--3-3--1--1--3--3-3--1--1--3--3-3--5--5-5---3--3--| G|-2--2--4--4-4--2--2--4--4-4--2--2--4--4-4--5--5-5---4--4--| D|-3--3--5--5-5--3--3--5--5-5--3--3--5--5-5--7--7-7---5--5--| A|-3--3--5--5-5--3--3--5--5-5--3--3--5--5-5--7--7-7---5--5--| E|----------------------------------------------------------|
"-sty, I don't have a hope in hell, I'm hap-" e|------------------------------------------------------| B|-1--1--3--3-3--1--1--3--3-3--3--3--0--0--1--1--1--1-1-| G|-2--2--4--4-4--2--2--4--4-4--2--2--0--0--2--2--2--2-2-| D|-3--3--5--5-5--3--3--5--5-5--4--4--2--2--3--3--3--3-3-| A|-3--3--5--5-5--3--3--5--5-5--0--0--2--2--3--3--3--3-3-| E|------------------------------------------------------|
"-py just to watch her move, and..." e|---------------------------------------------------------| B|-1--1--3--3-3--1--1--3--3-3--1--1--3--3-3--1--1--3--3-3--| G|-2--2--4--4-4--2--2--4--4-4--2--2--4--4-4--2--2--4--4-4--| D|-3--3--5--5-5--3--3--5--5-5--3--3--5--5-5--3--3--5--5-5--| A|-3--3--5--5-5--3--3--5--5-5--3--3--5--5-5--3--3--5--5-5--| E|---------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 2] Guitar 1: "...she doesn't like the friends that I make, doesn't make friends for friendship's sake" e|-5----5--| B|-5----7--| G|-5----7--| x4 D|-7----7--| A|-7----5--| E|-5-------|
Guitar 2: A second plays lead quietly in the background like this: e|--------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------5-7--8-7h8-7-----------------------------------| G|----5--7---5-7-----------------------5-7-7b9-7b9-7----7b9-7b9-| D|-7----------------------------7--5-7--------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1: "she just gets bored..." e|------3----| B|------5----| G|------4----| D|------5----| A|------3----| E|-5---------|
Guitar 1: "...sitting by the lake, her soul won't surface and her heart won't ache" e|-5----5--| B|-5----7--| G|-5----7--| x3 D|-7----7--| A|-7----5--| E|-5-------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------5--8-b10----------5.--------------------------------| G|--5--7---------------5/7-----5.--4~~~-------------5.--7b9---| D|--------------------------------------7----5--7.------------| A|----------------------------------------7-------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------|
[Pre-chorus] Guitar 2: "and I boast that it is meant to be, but in all hone-" e|------------------------| B|------------------------| G|-0----------------------| D|--------7------5-5-7-5--| A|------5------5----------| E|------------------------|
Guitar 1: e|------------------------| B|------------------------| G|------7----7----7----7--| D|------------------------| A|------5--5----5----5----| E|------------------------|
[Chorus 2] Guitar 1 and 2: "-sty, I don't have a hope in hell, I'm hap-" e|------------------------------------------------------| B|-1--1--3--3-3--1--1--3--3-3--3--3--0--0--1--1--1--1-1-| G|-2--2--4--4-4--2--2--4--4-4--2--2--0--0--2--2--2--2-2-| D|-3--3--5--5-5--3--3--5--5-5--4--4--2--2--3--3--3--3-3-| A|-3--3--5--5-5--3--3--5--5-5--0--0--2--2--3--3--3--3-3-| E|------------------------------------------------------|
"-py just to watch her move" e|--------------------------------------------------------------| B|-1--1--3--3-3--1--1--3--3-3--1--1--3--3-3--5--5-5---3--3-3-3--| G|-2--2--4--4-4--2--2--4--4-4--2--2--4--4-4--5--5-5---4--4-4-4--| D|-3--3--5--5-5--3--3--5--5-5--3--3--5--5-5--7--7-7---5--5-5-5--| A|-3--3--5--5-5--3--3--5--5-5--3--3--5--5-5--7--7-7---5--5-5-5--| E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
[Solo] One guitar plays this progression while the other plays the solo: Guitar 1: e|------------------------------------------------------| B|-1--1--3--3-3--1--1--3--3-3--3--3--0--0--1--1--1--1-1-| G|-2--2--4--4-4--2--2--4--4-4--2--2--0--0--2--2--2--2-2-| D|-3--3--5--5-5--3--3--5--5-5--4--4--2--2--3--3--3--3-3-| A|-3--3--5--5-5--3--3--5--5-5--0--0--2--2--3--3--3--3-3-| E|------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------| B|-1--1--3--3-3--1--1--3--3-3--5--5--3--3-3--1--1--1--1-1-| G|-2--2--4--4-4--2--2--4--4-4--5--5--4--4-4--2--2--2--2-2-| D|-3--3--5--5-5--3--3--5--5-5--7--7--5--5-5--3--3--3--3-3-| A|-3--3--5--5-5--3--3--5--5-5--7--7--5--5-5--3--3--3--3-3-| E|--------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2: e|----------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------| G|-9-\2--4---7\5--2/4---7\5--2/4-------0h2-2--2-| D|--------------------------------5\3-----------| A|----------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------| G|-2--2/4-4--4/5--2\4---4/5--2-------------2----| D|------------------------------5--5\3--3-----3-| A|----------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------|
[Pre-chorus] Guitar 1: e|-----------------| B|-0---------------| G|-0---------------| D|-2---------------| A|-2---------------| E|-----------------|
Guitar 2: e|-----------------| B|---------------3-| G|-----0h2-1---2---| D|-2---------------| A|-----------------| E|-----------------|
Guitar 2: "And I thought they could cure his disease, but in all hone-" e|-----1-----------1---| B|-----3---------3-----| G|-----2------2--------| D|-----0----0----------| A|---------------------| E|---------------------|
[Chorus 3] Guitar 1: "-sty, he didn't have a hope in hell, now we'll..." e|------------------------------------------------| B|-1-----3-----1-----3-----3-----0-----1----------| G|-2-----4-----2-----4-----2-----0-----2----------| D|-3-----5-----3-----5-----4-----2-----3----------| A|-3-----5-----3-----5-----0-----2-----3----------| E|------------------------------------------------|
"...never see him move" e|-------------------------------------------------| B|-1-----3-----1-----3-----1-----3-----1-----3-----| G|-2-----4-----2-----4-----2-----4-----2-----4-----| D|-3-----5-----3-----5-----3-----5-----3-----5-----| A|-3-----5-----3-----5-----3-----5-----3-----5-----| E|-------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2: A sitar plays one note just after the word "him". It can be played on guitar as well: e|-------| B|-3-----| G|-------| D|-------| A|-------| E|-------|
[Outro] Guitar 1 - there's a couple of variations in the outro, which I will tab here: e|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-3---3---3---3---5---5---5---5---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---| G|---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-3---3---3---3---5---5---6---6---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---| G|---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-3---3---3---3---5---5---5---5---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---| G|---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------5---5---3-------| B|-3---3---3---3---5---5---6---6---3---3---3---3---------------5---| G|---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-3---3---3---3---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-\3----3---3---| G|---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-------3---3---3-| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-3---3---3---3---5---5---6---6---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---| G|---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-3---3---3---3---5---5---5---5---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---| G|---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bass G|----------------------12--------------12------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------12----------15--14--12--10--14--12-10-------| x7 A|-10--------12---13----------------------------------------------------13-12-| E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2: D D U D U D U D D U D U D U D D U D U D U D D U D U D U D U D e|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3---7--7-7--7-7--7-7---3--3-3--3-3--3-3---5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-| B|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3---5--5-5--5-5--5-5---3--3-3--3-3--3-3---3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-| G|-5--5-5--5-5--5-5---5--5-5--5-5--5-5---5--5-5--5-5--5-5---3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-| x7 D|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3---5--5-5--5-5--5-5---5--5-5--5-5--5-5---3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-| A|-5--5-5--5-5--5-5----------------------3--3-3--3-3--3-3----------------------------| E|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1: End on: e|-3-----| B|-3-----| G|-3-----| D|-5-----| A|-5-----| E|-3-----|
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| D downstroke
| U upstroke
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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