Posthumous Forgiveness bass tab by Tame Impala

Bass tabs

Tuning: Standard (E A D G)


Part 1:

Intro:

G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|-10---10--9---9-8---8-------10---10-9---9-8---8-6---6-|
E|----------------------8---8---------------------------|


Verse 1:

'Ever since I was a small boy...'

G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|-10---10--9---9-8---8-------10---10-9---9-8---8-6---6-|
E|----------------------8---8---------------------------|

G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-10---10--9---9-8---8-------10---10-8---8--------6---6-|
E|----------------------6---6---------------6---/6-------|

G|----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------5----------------------|
A|-5---5-5---5-3---3-3-----5---5-5---5-5---/8-6-|
E|----------------------------------------------|


Verse 2:


'Every single word you told me...'

G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------1---1-------------------6---6-|
E|-3---3-2---2-1---1-------3---3-2---2-1---1-------|

G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------3---3-------------1---1/6---8\-|
E|-3---3-2---2-1---1-------3---3-1---1--------------|


Chorus:

'Did you think I'd never know?...'

G|------------------------------5------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------3h5---3h5--------------------------------------|
A|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--3----------------5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5---5---/8-6-|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------5---5------|


Instrumental:


G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------/8---8-------------------/8---8-6---6-------------/8---8-------|
E|-3---3-2---2--------6---6-3---3-2---2--------------3---3-2---2--------8---8-|


Bridge:


'And you could store an ocean in the holes...'

G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|-10---10--9---9-8---8-------10---10-9---9-8---8-6---6-|
E|----------------------8---8---------------------------|

G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-10---10--9---9-8---8-------10---10-8---8--------6---6-|
E|----------------------6---6---------------6---/6-------|


Chorus/Instrumental:


'Did you think I'd never know?...'

G|------------------------------5-----|
D|--------------------------3h5---3h5-| x2
A|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--3-------------|
E|------------------------------------|

G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------| x5
A|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|
E|------------------------------------------------|

Bass stops for a bit here.

G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------| x3
A|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|
E|------------------------------------------------|

G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5---5---/8-6-|
E|------------------------5---5------|


Part 2:


Instrumental:


G|---------------------------------|
D|-------2-------2-------2-------2-|
A|-3-------2-------3-------2-------|
E|---------------------------------|


Verse 3:


'If there was time to recover...'

G|---------------------------|
D|-------2-------2-----2-----|
A|-3-------3-------3-------2-|
E|---------------------------|

When the drums come in, it changes to this.

G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-|
A|-3-------2-------3-------2-------2-------|
E|-----------------------------------------|


Refrain:


'I wanna tell you 'bout the time...'

G|---------------------------------|
D|-------2-------2-------2-------2-|
A|-3-------3-------3-------2-------|
E|---------------------------------|


Verse 4:


'(This time) Wanna tell you 'bout the time...'

G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-|
A|---------2-------3-------2-------2-------|
E|-----------------------------------------|


Refrain:


'I wanna tell you 'bout the time...'

G|---------------------------------|
D|-------2-------2-------2-------2-|
A|-3-------3-------3-------2-------|
E|---------------------------------|


Verse 5:


'(This time) I wanna say, "It's all right"...'

G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-|
A|-3-------2-------3-------2-------2-------|
E|-----------------------------------------|


Refrain:


'I wanna tell you 'bout the time...'

G|---------------------------------|
D|-------2-------2-------2-------2-|
A|-3-------3-------3-------2-------|
E|---------------------------------|


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