It Is Not Meant to Be Tabs & Lyrics by Tame Impala
It Is Not Meant to Be
guitar tabs lyrics
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-------------------------------------------------------------------|