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Tame Impala - Alter Ego
[Intro]
 Fmaj7\
  Fmaj7\ play eight times
  Fmaj7/
    Em/
A   G
[Verse]
GSaid the voCmaj7ice from afar,
Bsus4Don't you know it Bm7doesn't have to
Cmaj7be so hard? Bsus4Waiting for eveBm7ryone else a-
Cmaj7round to argee, Bsus4might take too lBm7ong
                Cmaj7  Bsus4might take too Bm7long
Cmaj7          Badd4
When Bm7it won't be so
Dmhard,
(it won't be so Gmhard)
[Chorus]
Well it's Amtrue, yes, but you
won't get far telling me
that you Fmaj7are
Emall you're meant to
Fmaj7be, when the one (wEmhen the one) from our
Fmaj7dream is Emsitting right next to
Fmaj7me and EmI don't know
what to Fmaj7do
Oh Ea-  Alter egoG.
[Verse]
Cmaj7Get them to love you,
Bsus4while they may deBm7pending
on your Cmaj7words and wealth,
the Bsus4only one who's Bm7really
judging Cmaj7you is yourself.
Bsus4Nobody eBm7lse.
        Cmaj7  Bsus4Nobody eBm7lse
Cmaj7   Bsus4  Bm7
        Cmaj7         Bsus4   Bm7If I could part,
        Cmaj7       Bsus4it Bm7wouldn't be so
Dmhard,
(it won't be so Gmhard)
[Chorus]
Well it's Amtrue, yes, but you
won't get far telling me
that you Fmaj7are
Emall you're meant to
Fmaj7be, when the one (wEmhen the one) from our
Fmaj7dream is Emsitting right next to
Fmaj7me and EmI don't know
what to Fmaj7do
Oh Ea-  Alter egoG.
Cmaj7
Important chord fingerings to use in this song:
e|Fmaj7-0-----Cmaj73-----Bsus42-----Bm72---|
B|-1-----5-----5-----3---|
G|-2-----4-----4-----2---|
D|-3-----5-----4-----4---|
A|-3-----3-----2-----2---|
E|-1---------------------|

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Alter Ego

by Tame Impala

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Fmaj7

Cmaj7

Bsus4

Bm7

Badd4

Tame Impala - Alter Ego

[Intro]

Fmaj7

\ play eight times

Fmaj7

A G

[Verse]

G Cmaj7

Said the voice from afar,

Bsus4 Bm7

Don't you know it doesn't have to

Cmaj7 Bsus4 Bm7

be so hard? Waiting for everyone else a-

Cmaj7 Bsus4 Bm7

round to argee, might take too long

Cmaj7 Bsus4 Bm7

might take too long

Cmaj7 Badd4

Bm7

When it won't be so

hard,

(it won't be so hard)

[Chorus]

Well it's true, yes, but you

won't get far telling me

Fmaj7

that you are

all you're meant to

Fmaj7 Em

be, when the one (when the one) from our

Fmaj7 Em

dream is sitting right next to

Fmaj7 Em

me and I don't know

Fmaj7

what to do

E A G

Oh a- lter ego.

[Verse]

Cmaj7

Get them to love you,

Bsus4 Bm7

while they may depending

Cmaj7

on your words and wealth,

Bsus4 Bm7

the only one who's really

Cmaj7

judging you is yourself.

Bsus4 Bm7

Nobody else.

Cmaj7 Bsus4 Bm7

Nobody else

Cmaj7 Bsus4 Bm7

If I could part,

Cmaj7 Bsus4 Bm7

it wouldn't be so

hard,

(it won't be so hard)

[Chorus]

Well it's true, yes, but you

won't get far telling me

Fmaj7

that you are

all you're meant to

Fmaj7 Em

be, when the one (when the one) from our

Fmaj7 Em

dream is sitting right next to

Fmaj7 Em

me and I don't know

Fmaj7

what to do

E A G

Oh a- lter ego.

Cmaj7

Important chord fingerings to use in this song:

Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Bsus4 Bm7

e|-0-----3-----2-----2---|

B|-1-----5-----5-----3---|

G|-2-----4-----4-----2---|

D|-3-----5-----4-----4---|

A|-3-----3-----2-----2---|

E|-1---------------------|

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