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Expectation Chords by Tame Impala

Expectation chords by Tame Impala

Guitar chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

(You can just play Em and F in the start but I wanted to mix it up with Em/B and C)

INTRO:
Em F x8
Em/B C (til the start)

Verse 1:

Em         F        Em          F             Em
Everything you ever told me could have been a lie
   F         Em       F      Em F Em x4
We may never have been in love
Em             F             Em                F        Em
Stuck on thinking that there is always something to lose
    F    Em    F    Em F x4
Or a hit from above
    F    Em    F   C
Or a hit from above
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    Em    F  Em     F     Em
I don't need what I'm holding
F        Em      F  Em F x4
What I'm holding on
Em F x8
I wish I didn't know

Pre-Chorus:
    Fm
But meanwhile...

Chorus:
Am     Em  F  C   G         F
Fluctuations are aching my soul
Am     Em  F C  G          F
Expectation is taking its toll
Am     Em  F C  G          F
Expectation is taking its toll
       Am          Em       F       C                 Em
'Cause everything you ever told me could have been a lie
   F          Em       F    Em
We may never have been in love

Em/B C x4
Em/B C (faster)(until the next verse)


Verse 2:
    Gm          C/G  Gm C/G
And then I would escape...
Gm         C/G    Gm    C/G          Gm       C/G   Gm C/G
I'll never, ever have to see another disappointed face
Gm      C/G Gm C/G
No one to please...
Gm           C/G x2 Gm   C/G   Gm
Every now and then, it feels like
Gm                  Am  Gm      C             Gm C/G x8
In all of the universe, there is nobody for me
Em F x8
I told myself I wouldn't care, no I wouldn't care
Em F x8
But when she said she'd come 'round

I combed my hair, yes I checked my hair

Em/B C x4


Pre-Chorus:

      Fm       C  Fm      C  Fm
Oh and meanwhile, meanwhile, meanwhile...

Chorus:
(N.C. for the first two lines)
Am      Em  F  C   G         F
Fluctuations are aching my soul
Am      Em  F C  G         F
Expectation is taking its toll
Am    Em  F  C   G         F
Fluctuations are aching my soul
Am    Em  F  C  G          F
Expectation is taking its toll
Am    Em  F  C   G            F
Fluctuation does make me feel old
Am    Em  F  C   G         F
Expectation is taking its toll
Am7  Em7 Fmaj7 C  G       Fmaj7
Fluctuations are aching my soul
Am7 Em7 Fmaj7 C G         Fmaj7
Expectation is taking its toll
Am7 Em7 Fmaj7 C  G        Fmaj7
Fluctuations are aching my soul

(End in Am)

Solo:

(The solo is mostly in Gm,
Notes: G A Bb A Bb C Bb C D G F E D)

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