Tame Impala – It Is Not Meant to Be
from their 2010 album Innerspeaker
This is the intro to ‘It Is Not Meant to Be’. I’ve also incuded the bass line.
Guitar
e—————————————————————————-|
B—————————————————————————-|
G-7—-7—-7—-7—–9—-9—-9—-9—–7—7—7—7—7—7—7—7—-| x8
D—10—10—10—10—-10—10—10—10—-8—8—8—8—8—8—8—8–|
A—————————————————————————-|
E—————————————————————————-|
Bass
G———————-12————–12————————————|
D——————————–12———-15–14–12–10–14–12-10——-| x8
A-10——–12—13—————————————————-13-12-|
E—————————————————————————-|
After the 4th 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 D U D U D U D D D U D U D U D U D U D U D U D
e-3–3-3–3-3–3-3–3–7–7-7–7-7–7-7–7–5–5-5–5-5–5-5–5-5–5-5–5-5–5-5–5-|
B-5–5-5–5-5–5-5–5–5–5-5–5-5–5-5–5–3–3-3–3-3–3-3–3-3–3-3–3-3–3-3–3-|
G-5–5-5–5-5–5-5–5–7–7-7–7-7–7-7–7–5–5-5–5-5–5-5–5-5–5-5–5-5–5-5–5-| x4
D-3–3-3–3-3–3-3–3–5–5-5–5-5–5-5–5–3–3-3–3-3–3-3–3-3–3-3–3-3–3-3–3-|
A-3–3-3–3-3–3-3–3–5–5-5–5-5–5-5–5–3–3-3–3-3–3-3–3-3–3-3–3-3–3-3–3-|
E———————-5–5-5–5-5–5-5–5–3–3-3–3-3–3-3–3-3–3-3–3-3–3-3–3-|
Here is another way of playing the intro on guitar that is slightly easier:
Guitar
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-| x8
D——————————————————————-|
A——————————————————————-|
E——————————————————————-|