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Tame Impala - Elephant Bass

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Elephant Bass

(ver. 2)
Tame Impala
Hey guys, greetings from Valparaíso, Chile.

Here are the notes and the tuning (D tuning) you should use to play Elephant properly.

This is my first tab ever, so I hope it will be useful for y'all.


    1|     2|    1|    2|    1|    2|    1|    2|     
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D||-12--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-------||

   "Well he feels like an elephant, shaking his
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C||-----------------------------------------------||
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D||-12--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-||

   big grey trunk for the hell of it"             "He knows
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G||------------------------------------------------10-10-||
D||12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-------||

   that you're dreaming 
                about being loved by
F||------------------------------------||
C||------------------------------------||
G||---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7||
D||-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--||

     him"
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G||-----------------------------------------------||
D||--12--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12||

   "Too bad your 
   chances are slim".
F||------------------------------------------------------||
C||--9-10-9-8-9-8-7--------------------------------------||
G||-----------------< Snare, tom, floor tom fill>--10-10-||
D||------------------------------------------------------||

 
F||-----------------------------------------------------||
C||-----------------------------------------------------||
G||-----------------------------------------------10-10-||
D||-12--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-------||

   "And is not like Mr. Shuck to get shy
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C||-----------------------------------------------||
G||-----------------------------------------------||
D||-12--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-||

   when they ask him who is on top"              "There must
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G||------------------------------------------------10-10-||
D||12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-------||


    be something deep
             down in the dark down
F||-------------------------12h14-||
C||--------------------12h14------||
G||------------12--12-------------||
D||-5--5-5--5---------------------||

     there"    
F||----------------------------------------------||
C||----------------------------------------------||
G||----------------------------------------------||
D||-12--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12||

    "He's not too
     easily scared".
F||------------------------------------------------------||
C||--9-10-9-8-9-8-7--------------------------------------||
G||-----------------< Snare, tom, floor tom fill>--10-10-||
D||------------------------------------------------------||
      
F||-----------------------------------------------------||
C||-----------------------------------------------------||
G||-----------------------------------------------10-10-||
D||-12--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-------||

   "He's got friends but they got fear
F||-----------------------------------------------||
C||-----------------------------------------------||
G||-----------------------------------------------||
D||-12--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-||

   Wouldn't care too much if he just disappeared" "Oh, look
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C||------------------------------------------------------||
G||------------------------------------------------10-10-||
D||12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-------||

   see there
     he is now coming down the 
F||-------------------------12h14-||
C||--------------------12h14------||
G||------------12--12-------------||
D||-5--5-5--5---------------------||

    stairs"  
F||------------------------------------------------||
C||------------------------------------------------||
G||------------------------------------------------||
D||-12--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12/||

                                                   "Here he comes".  
F||----------------------------------------------------------------||
C||----------------------------------------------------------------||
G||---------------/12--10--9--8--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----------------||
D||--10--9--8--7---------------------------------------------------||

1:15
F||----------------------------------------------------------------||
C||----------------------------------------------------------------||
G||--------------------------------------------------------------10||
D||--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12----||

F||---------------------------------------------||
C||---------------------------------------------||
G||--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12-||
D||---------------------------------------------||

F||-------------------||
C||-------------------||
G||-9--10--12/-------2||
D||------------2--3h5-||

F||---------------------------------------------------------------||
C||---------------------------------------------------------------||
G||---------------------------------------------------------------||
D||12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12/||

F||------------------------------------------------------------||
C||------------------------------------------------------------||
G||---------------/12--10--9--8--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7||
D||--10--9--8--7-----------------------------------------------||

1:46
F||------------------------------------------------------------------||
C||----------------------------------12------------------------------||
G||-----------------------------12h14--------------------------------||
D||-12--12--12--12--12--12--12---------12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12||

F||--------------------------------------------------||
C||--------------------------------------------------||
G||--12--12--12--12--14p12-12-12--12--12--12--12--12-||
D||--------------------------------------------------||

F||-------------------||
C||-------------------||
G||-9--10--12/-------2||
D||------------2--3h5-||


F||----------------------------------------------------------------||
C||----------------------------------------------------------------||
G||----------------------------------------------------------------||
D||12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12/-||


F||-----------------------------------------------------------||
C||-----------------------------------------------------------||
G||--------------/12--10--9--8--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7||
D||-10--9--8--7-----------------------------------------------||

2:17
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G||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
D||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||


F||--------------------------------------------------------||
C||--------------------------------------------------------||
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D||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7p5-5-5-5-5-5/12/--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-||


F||----------------------------------------||
C||----------------------------------------||
G||-7-7-9p7-7-7-7-9p7-7-7-7-7-7-9p7-7-9p7-7||
D||----------------------------------------||

F||-----------------------------------||
C||-----------------------------------||
G||-7-7-7-7-9p7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9p7-7/9-||
D||-----------------------------------||


F||---------------------------||
C||---------------------------||
G||--------------/12--10--9--8||
D||-10--9--8--7---------------||

2:45
F||------------------------------------------------------||
C||------------------------------------------------------||
G||------------------------------------------------10-10-||
D||--12--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-------||


   "He pulled the mirrors off his Cadillac    (Yeah!)
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C||-----------------------------------------------||
G||-----------------------------------------------||
D||-12--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-||

  'Cause he doesn't like it
       looking like he looks back"               "He talks 
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G||------------------------------------------------10-10-||
D||12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-------||


     like his opinion is a simple
F||---------------------12-14p12--12h14-||
C||---------------12h14---------14------||
G||-------12--12------------------------||
D||-5--5/-------------------------------||

    fact"  
F||-----------------------------------------------------||
C||-----------------------------------------------------||
G||--------------------------------------------------10/||
D||-12--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----||

   "Somebody grabbed his collar
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C||-----------------------------------------------||
G||-----------------------------------------------||
D||-12--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-||

   He cried the whole way home"                   "No one
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G||------------------------------------------------10-10-||
D||12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-------||

   been remembered a 
               thing when they saw him 
F||---------------------12-14p12--12h14-||
C||---------------12h14---------14------||
G||-------12--12------------------------||
D||-5--5/-------------------------------||

     again"
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C||-----------------------------------------------||
G||-----------------------------------------------||
D||--12--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12||

   "That's how it is
       'til the end"                                Yeah!
F||----------------------------------------------------------------||
C||--9-10-9-8-9-8-7------------------------------------------------||
G||-----------------<---------Drum Solo Fill------->---------10-10-||
D||----------------------------------------------------------------||


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G||----------------------------------||
D||-12--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12||



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