Posthumous Forgiveness chords by Tame Impala

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)



Intro:
Gm D F Cm
Gm D F Ebmaj7

Verse 1:
Gm      D   F     Cm
Ever since I was a small boy
    Gm        D    F   Ebmaj7
No one else compared to you, no way
Gm   D       F     Bb
I always?thought?heroes stay close
  Gm      F    Bb  Ebmaj7
Whenever?troubled times arose

Chorus:
D     Cm
I didn't know
D         Dm  Eb
Ain't always?how it goes

Verse 2:
Gm      D    F   Cm
Every single word you told me
   Gm       D     F    Ebmaj7
I believed without a question, always
  Gm     D    F        Bb
To save all of us, you told us both to trust
  Gm       F     Bb    Ebmaj7
But now I know you only saved yourself

Chorus:
D            Cm
Did you think I'd never know?
D         Dm   Eb
Never wise up as I grow?

Instrumental:
Gm D F Bb
Gm D F Ebmaj7
Gm D F Cm
Gm F Bb Ebmaj7

Bridge:
Gm  D    F         Cm      Gm
     And you could store an ocean in the holes
    D      F        Ebmaj7
In any of the explanations that you gave
Gm  D          F     Bb
 And while you still had time, you had a chance
  Gm     F        Bb       Ebmaj7
But you decided to take all your sorries to the grave

Chorus:
D            Cm
Did you think I'd never know?
D         Cm
Never wise up as I grow?
D           Cm
Did you hope I'd never doubt?
D           Cm
Never wonder, work it out?
D  Cm F D  Cm F
D  Cm F D  Cm F
D  Cm F D  Cm F
D  Cm F D  Dm Eb
Gm


Part 2:
C  Em Bm7  Em
C  Em Bm7  Em
C             Em
You were runnin' for cover
Bm7         Em
Doin' like any other
C            Em
Fallin' out with a lover
Bm7               Em
You didn't know that I suffered
Bm7            Em
What a thing to discover
C            Em
There was time to recover
C             Em
One-on-one with each other
C           Em
Just a boy and a father
Bm7           Em
What I'd give for another
C           Em
Everything that I have
Bm7            Em
Wouldn't need this for long
C           Em
Never speak of the time
Bm7          Em
That you left us alone
Bm7          Em
Me and Steve on our own
C               Em
I wanna tell you 'bout the time
C              Em
Wanna tell you 'bout my life
C             Em
Wanna play you all my songs
Bm7            Em
Learn the words, sing along

Outro:
C  Em Bm7  Em
C  Em Bm7  Em
   C                  Em
(This time) Wanna tell you 'bout the time
     Bm7        Em
(I know) I was in Abbey Road
C           Em
Or the time that I had
Bm7           Em
Mick Jagger on the phone
Bm7              Em
I thought of you when we spoke
C              Em
Wanna tell you 'bout the time
C              Em
Wanna tell you 'bout my life
C             Em
Wanna play you all my songs
Bm7            Em
Hear your voice sing along
   C                 Em
(This time) I wanna say, "It's all right"
     Bm7            Em
(I know) You're just a man after all
C             Em
And I know you have demons
Bm7         Em
I got some of my own
Bm7             Em
I think you passed them along
C              Em
Wanna tell you 'bout the time
C              Em
Wanna tell you 'bout my life
C             Em
Wanna play you all my songs
Bm7              Em
And hear your voice sing along