Tame Impala – Lucidity
from their 2010 album Innerspeaker
Verse:
“I know where you went, but I don’t know how you got there,
I know where you went, but I don’t know how you got there,
Silver tongue hill where you talk up what I’d play down,
I would speak up, but I wouldn’t know what to say”
e|-7-7-7-7-7–7-7–7–7–7-7-7–7-7-7-7-7–7-7–7–7–7-7-7–|
B|-7-7-7-7-7–7-7–7–7–7-7-7–9-9-9-9-9–9-9–9–9–9-9-9–|
G|-7-7-7-7-7–7-7–7–7–7-7-7–9-9-9-9-9–9-9–9–9–9-9-9–| x4
D|-7-7-7-7-7–7-7–7–7–7-7-7–9-9-9-9-9–9-9–9–9–9-9-9–|
A|-7-7-7-7-7–7-7–7–7–7-7-7–7-7-7-7-7–7-7–7–7–7-7-7–|
E|———————————————————–|
Fuzz guitar riff:
“To say,
Oh, to say”
e|—————————————————-|
B|—————————————————-|
G|—————————————————-| x4
D|-12-12-11—-11————————————-|
A|———-14—–12-12-14–11–12–11-12-14-14-14—|
E|———————————————–12—|
Verse chords again:
e|-7-7-7-7-7–7-7–7–7–7-7-7–7-7-7-7-7–7-7–7–7–7-7-7–|
B|-7-7-7-7-7–7-7–7–7–7-7-7–9-9-9-9-9–9-9–9–9–9-9-9–|
G|-7-7-7-7-7–7-7–7–7–7-7-7–9-9-9-9-9–9-9–9–9–9-9-9–|
D|-7-7-7-7-7–7-7–7–7–7-7-7–9-9-9-9-9–9-9–9–9–9-9-9–|
A|-7-7-7-7-7–7-7–7–7–7-7-7–7-7-7-7-7–7-7–7–7–7-7-7–|
E|———————————————————–|
Chorus:
“Lucidity, come back to me,
Put all five senses back to where they’re meant to be,
Ooh, it’s hard to tell,
Breaks down, there is a will there is a…”
e|-7—-5–5—-7—-5–5—-3—-|
B|-7—-7–5—-7—-7–5—-3—-|
G|-8—-6–6—-8—-6–6—-4—-| x2
D|-9—-7–7—-9—-7–7—-5—-|
A|-9—-5–7—-9—-5–7—-5—-|
E|-7——-5—-7——-5—-3—-|
Short little guitar arpeggio:
“…way”
e|———————|
B|—-5————7—|
G|——5——-7—-7-|
D|-5——–5/7——–|
A|———————|
E|———————|
Verse:
“Wandering around like spare time never knew it,
I might suck fizzle or I might just float away”
e|-7-7-7-7-7–7-7–7–7–7-7-7–7-7-7-7-7–7-7–7–7–7-7-7–|
B|-7-7-7-7-7–7-7–7–7–7-7-7–9-9-9-9-9–9-9–9–9–9-9-9–|
G|-7-7-7-7-7–7-7–7–7–7-7-7–9-9-9-9-9–9-9–9–9–9-9-9–| x3
D|-7-7-7-7-7–7-7–7–7–7-7-7–9-9-9-9-9–9-9–9–9–9-9-9–|
A|-7-7-7-7-7–7-7–7–7–7-7-7–7-7-7-7-7–7-7–7–7–7-7-7–|
E|———————————————————–|
Guitar solo:
“Float away”
e|-7h9p7—52/4—975–4/54-0——————————7h9p7—|
B|———————————-5-h7p5—————————–|
G|—————————————–7–6-7-72-2/6–7———–|
D|———————————————————————|
A|———————————————————————|
E|———————————————————————|
Chorus:
“And we’ll go running off tonight,
High above, where we won’t even need to reach the sky, my love,
Ooh, there will be a change in the air,
Nobody will be anybody…”
e|-7—-5–5—-7—-5–5—-3—-|
B|-7—-7–5—-7—-7–5—-3—-|
G|-8—-6–6—-8—-6–6—-4—-| x2
D|-9—-7–7—-9—-7–7—-5—-|
A|-9—-5–7—-9—-5–7—-5—-|
E|-7——-5—-7——-5—-3—-|
Short little guitar fill:
“…else”
e|-5-/75–3/5/7–8/10-/12–14/15/17/19-|
B|————————————–|
G|————————————–|
D|————————————–|
A|————————————–|
E|————————————–|
Fuzz guitar riff:
e|—————————————————-|
B|—————————————————-|
G|—————————————————-| x4
D|-12-12-11—-11————————————-|
A|———-14—–12-12-14–11–12–11-12-14-14-14—|
E|———————————————–12—|
Chorus:
“Lucidity, come back to me,
Put all five senses back to where they’re meant to be,
Ooh, where we’ll go,
Tip toe, tread boldly right down to the…”
e|-7—-5–5—-7—-5–5—-3—-|
B|-7—-7–5—-7—-7–5—-3—-|
G|-8—-6–6—-8—-6–6—-4—-| x2
D|-9—-7–7—-9—-7–7—-5—-|
A|-9—-5–7—-9—-5–7—-5—-|
E|-7——-5—-7——-5—-3—-|
Bridge:
“…lair”
e|———————————|
B|———————————|
G|———————————| x2
D|-4—-5–7–9–4—-9–7—-5—-|
A|-4—-5–7–9–4—-9–7—-5—-|
E|-2—-3–5–7–2—-7–5—-3—-|
e|——|
B|——|
G|——|
D|-4~~~-|
A|——|
E|——|
Crazy outro fuzz guitar solo. It was pretty hard to decipher it under all the fuzz,
but this is what I could make out:
e|—————————————————-14—-12————–|
B|-12——-12————————————————————–|
G|-14b16—-14b16r14b16~~~—14p13-13~—14b16-11–11—-11—-11-13——–|
D|——————————————————————-14~~~–|
A|————————————————————————–|
E|————————————————————————–|
e|————————————————————————–|
B|————————————————————————–|
G|————————————————————————–|
D|-9-9–9–9–9-9-9–7/9-9-9-9-9–7/9-9–7/9-9——————————|
A|————————————————————————–|
E|———————————————-7-7-7-7-7–5/7-7–5/7-7–0–|
Play these chords underneath the solo:
e|-7-7-7-7-7–7-7–7–7–7-7-7–7-7-7-7-7–7-7–7–7–7-7-7–|
B|-7-7-7-7-7–7-7–7–7–7-7-7–9-9-9-9-9–9-9–9–9–9-9-9–|
G|-7-7-7-7-7–7-7–7–7–7-7-7–9-9-9-9-9–9-9–9–9–9-9-9–| x4
D|-7-7-7-7-7–7-7–7–7–7-7-7–9-9-9-9-9–9-9–9–9–9-9-9–|
A|-7-7-7-7-7–7-7–7–7–7-7-7–7-7-7-7-7–7-7–7–7–7-7-7–|
E|———————————————————–|
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| / slide up
| slide down
| 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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