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                            Tame Impala - Alter Ego
                       from their 2010 album 'Innerspeaker'

Guitar 1 - Rhythm
Guitar 2 - Synthy lead guitar

Intro:
Synth:
This is too fast to play on a guitar (unless you're a really fast player), and wasn't
intended to be played on a guitar, but I've included it anyway. Try to play it with
legato (e.g. slides, hammer-ons, pull-offs etc.):
e|-15-13-12-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------15-13-12----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------14-12--------------------------------12------------------------|
D|-------------------------15-14-12--------------12-14-15--------12--14-------------|
A|----------------------------------15-14-12~~~~~-------------------------15-14-12--|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1 - play this progression 7 times:
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-1--1-1--1--1.-1--1-1--1-1--1--1.-1--1-1--1-1--1--1-1--0--0--0-0-0-|
G|-2--2-2--2--2.-2--2-2--2-2--2--2.-2--2-2--2-2--2--2-2--0--0--0-0-0-| x7
D|-3--3-3--3--3.-3--3-3--3-3--3--3.-3--3-3--3-3--3--3-3--2--2--2-2-2-|
A|-3--3-3--3--3.-3--3-3--3-3--3--3.-3--3-3--3-3--3--3-3--2--2--2-2-2-|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1 - and then play this:
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-1--1-1--1--1.-1--1-1--1-1--1--1.-1--1-1--1-1--1--1-1--|
G|-2--2-2--2--2.-2--2-2--2-2--2--2.-2--2-2--2-2--2--2-2--|
D|-3--3-3--3--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--3-3--3--3.-3--3-3--3-3--3--3-3--|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1:
e|-0--0-0--5--5-5--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--|
B|-0--0-0--5--5-5--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--|
G|-1--1-1--6--6-6--4--4-4--4--4-4--4--4-4--4--4-4--4--4-4--4--4-4--5--5-5--5--5-5--|
D|-2--2-2--7--7-7--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--3--3-3--3--3-3--|
A|-2--2-2--7--7-7--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--|
E|-0--0-0--5--5-5--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--|

Guitar 2 - comes in on the fourth repeat of the above chords,
plays throughout the entire chord progression above:
e|-----------------------------|-------3--5b7r5--3-----------|
B|-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|-3--5---------------5--3--5~~|
G|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|

e|-----------------------------|-------3--5b7r5--3-----------|
B|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|-3--5---------------5--3--5~~|
G|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|

e|-----------------------------|-------3--5b7r5--3-----------|
B|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~8\5~~~~~~~~~|-3--5---------------5--3--6~~|
G|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|

e|-----------------------------|-------3--5b7r5--3-------------|
B|~~~~~~~~~~~5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|-3--5---------------5--3--3h5~~|
G|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|

e|-----------3/5---------------|-------3-----------------------|
B|~~~~~~~~~5~----5~~~~~~~~~~~~~|-3--5-----5.--5---5/7--5/7--5~~|
G|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|~~~~~~~~~~~3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~1~~|~~~~~~~~~~~0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
G|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|

Verse:
Guitar 1:
"Said the voice from afar: 'Don't you know it doesn't have to
Be so hard? Waiting for everyone else a-"
e|-3-------------------------------------------------2-----------|
B|-5---------------------------------5---------------3-----------|
G|-4---------------------------------4---------------X-----------| x2
D|-5---------------------------------4---------------4-----------|
A|-3---------------------------------2---------------2-----------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1:
"-round to agree, might take too long,
Might take too long'"
When it won't be so..."
e|-3--3-3--3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3--3-3------------------2--2--2-2-2-|
B|-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--5--5--5-5--3--3--3-3-3-|
G|-4--4-4--4--4-4--4-4--4-4--4--4-4--4-4--4--4--4-4--X--X--X-X-X-| x3
D|-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--4-4--4--4--4-4--4--4--4-4-4-|
A|-3--3-3--3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3--3-3--2-2--2--2--2-2--2--2--2-2-2-|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2:
e|----------------------|
B|-3\1------8\5---7\5---|
G|----------------------| x2
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|

Guitar 2:
e|---------------------------------|
B|-3\1----0---/8-5---7\5-5---5-3---|
G|-------------------------------2-|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|

Pre-chorus:
Guitar 1:
"...hard,
It won't be so hard"
e|-0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--|
B|-3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--|
G|-2--2-2--2--2-2--2--2-2--2--2-2--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--|
D|-3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--|
A|-0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--|
E|---------------------------------3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--|

Guitar 2:
e|------------------|
B|-----5-6----------|
G|-2-3-----3---5-2--|
D|------------------|
A|------------------|
E|------------------|

Guitar 1:
"Well it's true, yes, but you won't get far telling me that you..."
e|-0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--0---------------|
B|-1--1-1--1--1-1--1--1-1--1--1-1--1--1-1--1--1-1--1---------------|
G|-2--2-2--2--2-2--2--2-2--2--2-2--2--2-2--2--2-2--2---------------|
D|-2--2-2--2--2-2--2--2-2--2--2-2--2--2-2--2--2-2--2---------------|
A|-0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--0---------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2:
e|---------------------|
B|-1----3----5----6----|
G|---------------------|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|

Chorus:
Guitar 1:
"...are all you're meant to
Be, when the one from my
Dream is sitting right next to
Me and I don't know what to..."
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-1--1-1--1--1.-1--1-1--1-1--1--1.-1--1-1--1-1--1--1-1--0--0--0-0-0-|
G|-2--2-2--2--2.-2--2-2--2-2--2--2.-2--2-2--2-2--2--2-2--0--0--0-0-0-| x4
D|-3--3-3--3--3.-3--3-3--3-3--3--3.-3--3-3--3-3--3--3-3--2--2--2-2-2-|
A|-3--3-3--3--3.-3--3-3--3-3--3--3.-3--3-3--3-3--3--3-3--2--2--2-2-2-|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1:
"...do"
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-1--1-1--1--1.-1--1-1--1-1--1--1.-1--1-1--1-1--1--1-1--|
G|-2--2-2--2--2.-2--2-2--2-2--2--2.-2--2-2--2-2--2--2-2--|
D|-3--3-3--3--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--3-3--3--3.-3--3-3--3-3--3--3-3--|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1:
"Oh, alter ego,
Get..."
e|-0--0-0--5--5-5--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--|
B|-0--0-0--5--5-5--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--|
G|-1--1-1--6--6-6--4--4-4--4--4-4--4--4-4--4--4-4--4--4-4--4--4-4--5--5-5--5--5-5--|
D|-2--2-2--7--7-7--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--3--3-3--3--3-3--|
A|-2--2-2--7--7-7--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--|
E|-0--0-0--5--5-5--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--|

Verse:
Guitar 1:
"...them to love you, while they may depending on your
Words and wealth, the only one who's really judging..."
e|-3-------------------------------------------------2-----------|
B|-5---------------------------------5---------------3-----------|
G|-4---------------------------------4---------------X-----------| x2
D|-5---------------------------------4---------------4-----------|
A|-3---------------------------------2---------------2-----------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1:
"...you is yourself, nobody else,
Nobody else,
If I could part,
It wouldn't be so..."
e|-3--3-3--3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3--3-3------------------2--2--2-2-2-|
B|-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--5--5--5-5--3--3--3-3-3-|
G|-4--4-4--4--4-4--4-4--4-4--4--4-4--4-4--4--4--4-4--X--X--X-X-X-| x5
D|-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--4-4--4--4--4-4--4--4--4-4-4-|
A|-3--3-3--3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3--3-3--2-2--2--2--2-2--2--2--2-2-2-|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2:
e|----------------------|
B|-3\1------8\5---7\5---|
G|----------------------| x2
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|

Guitar 2:
e|------------------------------------------|
B|-3\1---0h1-0h1-0---/10-5---8\5-5--7\5-5\3-|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|-3\1-1---1/3-0--/10-10\5-5/8-5--5/10-8\5-5-7--5--3-|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------|
B|-3-\1---0---/8\5-5---7\5-5---5-3---|
G|---------------------------------2-|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|

Pre-chorus:
Guitar 1:
"...hard,
It won't be so hard"
e|-0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--|
B|-3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--|
G|-2--2-2--2--2-2--2--2-2--2--2-2--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--|
D|-3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--|
A|-0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--|
E|---------------------------------3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--|

Guitar 2:
e|------------------|
B|-----5-6----------|
G|-2-3-----3---5-2--|
D|------------------|
A|------------------|
E|------------------|

Guitar 1:
"Well it's true, yes, but you won't get far telling me that you..."
e|-0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--0---------------|
B|-1--1-1--1--1-1--1--1-1--1--1-1--1--1-1--1--1-1--1---------------|
G|-2--2-2--2--2-2--2--2-2--2--2-2--2--2-2--2--2-2--2---------------|
D|-2--2-2--2--2-2--2--2-2--2--2-2--2--2-2--2--2-2--2---------------|
A|-0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--0---------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2:
e|---------------------|
B|-1----3----5----6----|
G|---------------------|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|

Guitar 3:
e|---------------------------------|
B|--------1-/5-\3--1-/3-/5---5-/6--|
G|-3-/5----------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|

Chorus:
Guitar 1:
"...are all you're meant to
Be, when the one from my
Dream is sitting right next to
Me and I don't know what to..."
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-1--1-1--1--1.-1--1-1--1-1--1--1.-1--1-1--1-1--1--1-1--0--0--0-0-0-|
G|-2--2-2--2--2.-2--2-2--2-2--2--2.-2--2-2--2-2--2--2-2--0--0--0-0-0-| x4
D|-3--3-3--3--3.-3--3-3--3-3--3--3.-3--3-3--3-3--3--3-3--2--2--2-2-2-|
A|-3--3-3--3--3.-3--3-3--3-3--3--3.-3--3-3--3-3--3--3-3--2--2--2-2-2-|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1:
"...do"
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-1--1-1--1--1.-1--1-1--1-1--1--1.-1--1-1--1-1--1--1-1--|
G|-2--2-2--2--2.-2--2-2--2-2--2--2.-2--2-2--2-2--2--2-2--|
D|-3--3-3--3--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--3-3--3--3.-3--3-3--3-3--3--3-3--|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1:
"Oh, alter ego"
e|-0--0-0--5--5-5--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--|
B|-0--0-0--5--5-5--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--|
G|-1--1-1--6--6-6--4--4-4--4--4-4--4--4-4--4--4-4--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--|
D|-2--2-2--7--7-7--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--|
A|-2--2-2--7--7-7--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--|
E|-0--0-0--5--5-5--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--|

Guitar 1 - end with this chord:
e|-3-----|
B|-5-----|
G|-4-----|
D|-5-----|
A|-3-----|
E|-------|


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| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| .   staccato (play quickly, then mute) 
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| br  Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend

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