• Song:

    Music To Walk Home By

  • Artist:

    Tame Impala

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                        Music To Walk Home By - Tame Impala
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Tabbed by: Tim van Kester
Tuning: D (whole step down)

Because I don't check on forehand whether you really need the low Eb and D
notes, I already tabbed everything in this tuning. I'm too lazy to change
everything to standard E tuning after I'm done tabbing.

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Until 0:38, it's not very clear whether there is guitar or not. From there on,
there is this part we'll call the verse:


Verse
d|-12--12-12-12--12-12-12--10-10-10--10-10-10--10-10-10--|
A|-12--12-12-12--12-12-12--10-10-10--10-10-10--10-10-10--|
F|-13--13-13-13--13-13-13--11-11-11--11-11-11--11-11-11--|
C|-14--14-14-14--14-14-14--12-12-12--12-12-12--12-12-12--|
G|-14--14-14-14--14-14-14--12-12-12--12-12-12--12-12-12--|
D|-12--12-12-12--12-12-12--10-10-10--10-10-10--10-10-10--|

Sometimes played as:

d|-12--12-12-12--12-12-12--14-14-14--14-14-14--14-14-14--|
A|-12--12-12-12--12-12-12--14-14-14--14-14-14--14-14-14--|
F|-13--13-13-13--13-13-13--14-14-14--14-14-14--14-14-14--|
C|-14--14-14-14--14-14-14--12-12-12--12-12-12--12-12-12--|
G|-14--14-14-14--14-14-14--------------------------------|
D|-12--12-12-12--12-12-12--------------------------------|

After three repeats:

d|-12--12-12-12--12-12-12--10-10-10--10-10-10--10-10-10--|
A|-12--12-12-12--12-12-12--12-12-12--12-12-12--12-12-12--|
F|-13--13-13-13--13-13-13--11-11-11--11-11-11--11-11-11--|
C|-14--14-14-14--14-14-14--12-12-12--12-12-12--12-12-12--|
G|-14--14-14-14--14-14-14--10-10-10--10-10-10--10-10-10--|
D|-12--12-12-12--12-12-12--------------------------------|

----

'Can almost stand competing with the others...'
d|-7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-x-x-7---7-7-7--7-7-7--7--------|
A|-9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9--9-x-x-7---7-7-7--7-7-7--7--------|
F|-8-8-8--8-8-8--8-8-8--8-x-x-7---7-7-7--7-7-7--7--------|
C|-9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9--9-x-x-9---9-9-9--9-9-9--9--------|
G|-7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-x-x-9---9-9-9--9-9-9--9--------|
D|------------------------x-x-7---7-7-7--7-7-7--7--------|

d|-7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-x-x-7--x----x-5--x------------------|
A|-9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9--9-x-x-7--x-7--x-5--x-9---9-9-9--9-9-9-|
F|-8-8-8--8-8-8--8-8-8--8-x-x-7--x-7--x-6--x-9---9-9-9--9-9-9-|
C|-9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9--9-x-x-9--x-7--x-7--x-9---9-9-9--9-9-9-|
G|-7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-x-x-9--x-5--x-7--x-7---7-7-7--7-7-7-|
D|------------------------x-x-7--x----x-5--x------------------|


d|-7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7---5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--x-x-7--x-x-9---x-x-----|
A|-7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7---5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--x-x-7--x-x-9---x-x-12~-|
F|-7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7---6-6-6--6-6-6--6-6-6--6-6-6--x-x-7--x-x-9---x-x-12~-|
C|-9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9---7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--x-x-9--x-x-11--x-x-12~-|
G|-9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9---7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--x-x-9--x-x-11--x-x-10~-|
D|-7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7---5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--x-x-7--x-x-9-----------|

Return to the first verse. After that, there is this 'strange' part where
some synth comes in, pitch turns up or something. Then:

'I just don't know...'
d|-7---7~------7---9~--|
A|-9---7~------9---9~--|
F|-8---8~------8---9~--|
C|-9---9~------9---7~--|
G|-7---9~------7-------|
D|-----7~--------------|

Repeated a lot of times, until:

'You're no sun (?)...'
d|----------|
A|--9---7---|
F|--9---7---|
C|--9---7---|
G|--7---5---|
D|----------|

Also repeat a lot of times, 
the synth does something like this (second one is variation):
d|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-9h10p9h10p9h10h12p10h12p10-----------9h10p9h10p9h10h12p10h12/14\12~-------|
F|----------------------------11~--------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Then, the synth changes, so do the chords:
d|-3---3------2---2--|
A|-5---3------3---2--|
F|-6---4------4---2--|
C|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|

When the synth stops (around 3:19), he fingerpicks the chords, all three
string at the same time

d|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------|
A|-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------|
F|-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Again repeat it a couple of times. Then, the drums stop and the guitar is
something like this:

d|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7------6------6------6------9------7------7------7------7------6------6---|
D|----7h9----7h9----7h9----7h9----7h9----7h9----7h9----7h9----7h9----7h9-----|

d|---------------|
A|---------------|
F|---------------|
C|---------------|
G|-----6------9--|
D|-7h9----7h9----|

d|-7---7~------7---9~--|
A|-9---7~------9---9~--|
F|-8---8~------8---9~--|
C|-9---9~------9---7~--|
G|-7---9~------7-------|
D|-----7~--------------|

Repeat this one until the end. I think the synth follows the vocal lines:
d|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-9---10-9--7~----7---5-4--5~--\2~------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Also, the end riff.
d|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
F|------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------|
G|---6-7-6---6---------6-7-6----------|
D|-9-------9---7~----9-------9-7-5~---|


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| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| br  Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend

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