Tame Impala - Slide Through My Fingers
from their 2008 self-titled EP
Intro:
e|---------------------|
B|-6-4-3---------------|
G|-------5-/3--1---0---|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|
And then:
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------| x2
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-3-3-3-3--3.--3.--3.--3.--3-3--|
Verse:
"When I get up I've dreamt too long,
Everything else is half as strong,
I could see though, outside my head,
They got it right, I got it wrong"
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------| x4
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-3-3-3-3--3.--3.--3.--3.--3-3--|
Melody is played on guitar:
e|-------------------------------|
B|-6-6-6-6--4.--3.--1.--3-3------|
G|-------------------------------| x4
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|
Guitar 2 keeps the rhythm going in the background:
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------| x4
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-3-3-3-3--3.--3.--3.--3.--3-3--|
Then guitar plays this little lead:
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-3-----------------12-13/15\13-12-13-12----------------------------------|
G|----------10-12-13----------------------13-12-10-13-12--10-12-13-13b15~--|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2 continues the rhythm:
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------| x2
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-3-3-3-3--3.--3.--3.--3.--3-3--|
Chorus:
"I've let too much of it slide through my fingers,
Fear that has fouled all the love I could bring her"
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|-3---4---6--3---4---6--4---6---4--3--1------|
G|-4---5---7--4---5---7--5---7---5--4--2------| x2
D|-5---6---8--5---6---8--6---8---6--5--3------|
A|-5---6---8--5---6---8--6---8---6--5--3------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
Back to the rhythmic strumming:
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------| x2
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-3-3-3-3--3.--3.--3.--3.--3-3--|
Verse:
"Shook off her optimistic hand,
I am too fixed on what I've planned,
Who is the one who can't let go?
I will miss out, hell, don't I know?"
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------| x4
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-3-3-3-3--3.--3.--3.--3.--3-3--|
Melody is played on guitar:
e|-------------------------------|
B|-6-6-6-6--4.--3.--1.--3-3------|
G|-------------------------------| x4
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|
Guitar 2 keeps the rhythm going in the background:
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------| x4
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-3-3-3-3--3.--3.--3.--3.--3-3--|
Another guitar plays this lick just before the chorus:
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|--10-12-13-13b15~--|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
Chorus:
"I've let too much of it slide through my fingers,
Fear that has fouled all the love I could bring her"
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|-3---4---6--3---4---6--4---6---4--3--1------|
G|-4---5---7--4---5---7--5---7---5--4--2------| x2
D|-5---6---8--5---6---8--6---8---6--5--3------|
A|-5---6---8--5---6---8--6---8---6--5--3------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
Solo section:
Guitar 1:
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------10----------------------|
G|----------------------------12b14----14-14-14-14r12-|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------10~~~~~~~~--------------------------|
E|-3~~~~~~~~-3/10-------------------------------------|
Guitar 2:
e|-----------------------------------------------10/13-11\10------|
B|-15--15-13-12-13-12----12---------11-13-11----------------------|
G|--------------------13----12---13----------12--------------12\--|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1:
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------6---4----|
G|-12~~12-12-12~~--10-b12----r10--10-8h10p8p7~~~~~-7-----7----|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-15h16-15h16-15h16-15h16-15h16-15h16-13-12--15h16-15h16-15h16-13-15h16-15h16-----|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------12--|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-15h16-15h16-15h16-15h16-15h16-15h16-13-12-12-13-13b15----|
G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1:
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-1/3-3-3-1/3-3-3-1/3-3-3-1/3-3-3-1/3-3-3--1/3-3-3-1/3-3-3-1/3-3-3-1/3-3-3-3-3/4-3-3--|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2:
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|----------12-13/15\13-12-13-12-----------------|
G|-10-12-13----------------------13-12-10-13-12--| x2
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1:
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|---------9-10b12r10-9-9h10p9----------------|
A|-8-10-11---------------------11-10-8-11-10--|
E|--------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2:
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|----------12-13/15\13-12-13-12-----------------|
G|-10-12-13----------------------13-12-10-13-12--|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1:
e|------------------------------------------0-|
B|-7----------------8-----------------------0-|
G|-9b11-11-11-11-11-10b12-12-12-12-12-12-12-0-|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2:
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
Chorus:
"I've let too much of it slide through my fingers,
Fear that has fouled all the love I could bring her"
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|-3---4---6--3---4---6--4---6---4--3--1------|
G|-4---5---7--4---5---7--5---7---5--4--2------| x2
D|-5---6---8--5---6---8--6---8---6--5--3------|
A|-5---6---8--5---6---8--6---8---6--5--3------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
Another guitar arpeggiates the chords:
e|-3---4---6--3---4---6--4---6---4--3--1------|
B|--3---4---6--3---4---6--4---6---4-3--1---1--|
G|---4---5------4---5------5---7--------2-2-1-| x2
D|---------------------------------------3----|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
Outro:
"I've let too much of it slide through my fingers,
Fear that has fouled all the songs I could sing her,
I've let too much of it slide through my fingers"
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|-3---4---6--3---4---6--4---6---4--3--1------|
G|-4---5---7--4---5---7--5---7---5--4--2------| x4
D|-5---6---8--5---6---8--6---8---6--5--3------|
A|-5---6---8--5---6---8--6---8---6--5--3------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------3-3-1-1---------|
B|-1/3-3-3-1/3-3-3-1/3-3-3-1/3-3-3-1/3-3-3-1/3-3-3-1/3-3-3-1/3-3-3---------4-4-----|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------3-3-| x4
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Fade out.
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| . staccato
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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