Lagu berdurasi 5 menit 22 detik ini dimuat dalam debut album studio pertamanya yang bertajuk Innerspeaker.
Album tersebut diproduseri sendiri oleh Parker dan dirilis pada 21 Mei 2010 melalui label Modular Records.
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “It Is Not Meant to Be” dari Tame Impala.
[Intro]
(G7sus4 C7M A#7M) x2
[Verse 1]
Am D Am D
I wanted her
Am D Am D
I wanted her
Am D Am D
But she doesn't like the life that I lead
Am D Am D
She doesn't like the life that I lead
Am D Am D
Doesn't like sand stuck on her feet
Am D Am D
Or sitting around smoking weed
Am D Am D
I must seem more like a friend in need
[Pre-Chorus]
D D7
And I boast that it is meant to be
[Chorus]
F G F
But in all honesty
G D* Em F
I don't have a hope in hell
G F G F G
I'm happy just to watch her move
F G F
And in all honesty
G D* Em F
I don't have a hope in hell
G F G F G
I'm happy just to watch her move
[Verse 2]
Am D Am D
And she doesn't like the friends that I make
Am D Am D
Doesn't make friends for friendship's sake
Am C7M* Am D
She just gets bored sitting by the lake
Am D Am D
Her soul won't surface and her heart won't ache
[Pre-Chorus]
D D7
And I boast that it is meant to be
[Chorus]
F G F
And in all honesty
G D* Em F
I don't have a hope in hell
G F G F G
I'm happy just to watch her move
[Solo]
F G F G D* Em F
[Pre-Chorus]
D D7
And I thought they could cure his disease
[Chorus]
F G F
But in all honesty
G D* Em F
He didn't have a hope in hell
G F G F
Now we'll never see him move
[Outro]
G7sus4 C7M A#7M
G7sus4
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