“Venusian 1”, by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Transcribed by ear and by watching various live videos (check the KEXP session).
This song has time signatures like you wouldn’t believe. 
I write down the time signature per measure and try to explain the rhythm for parts that are complicated.
I think there are mostly two guitar tracks, recorded by Stu and Cook. 
Song Structure
INTRO PT1 (0:00)
INTRO PT2 (0:19)
VERSE 1 (0:28)
VERSE VARIATION 1 (0:41)
BRIDGE 1 (0:53)
CHORUS 1 (0:59)
SOLO 2 (1:06)
VERSE 2 (1:18)
VERSE VARIATION 2 (1:40)
BRIDGE 2 (1:50)
CHORUS 2 (1:56)
SOLO 3 (2:04)
CHORUS 3 (2:21)
OUTRO (2:43)
Legend:
AhB: Hammer on from note A to note B
ApB: Pull off from note A to note B
AsB: slide from note A to note B
AbB: Bend note A to note B
xs0: pickslide
A~ : let note ring out
INTRO PT1 (0:00)
The pulse (hi-hat cymbal on drums) is in quarter notes, of which there are 15 per measure. 
The guitar riff plays in dotted quarter notes (think of it like 1.5 quarter notes). 
The pulse and guitar resolve after 15 pulses.
Guitar 1:
   15/4                                4/4       3/4
C#||-------------------------------||--|---------|-----|
G#||-------------------------------||--|---------|-----|
 E||-------------------------------||--|---------|-----|
 B||----------------------------1--||x2|-2-------|-----|
F#||-7--7--7--7--8--5--5--5--5--x--||--|-x-------|-2---|
C#||-0--0--0--0--6--3--3--3--3--2--||--|-3-------|-0---|
  4/4      4/4    4/4                                              4/4
C#|-12~----|-12~--|-16p12h16p12h16p12h16p12h16p12h16p12h16p12h16p12|-17p13h17p13h17p13h17p13-17b19~--|
G#|-15b17~-|b17~--|------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 E|--------|------|------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 B|--------|------|------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
F#|--------|------|------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
C#|--------|------|------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
  /w delay
Guitar 2:
   15/4       4/4    3/4
C#||------||--|------|-----|
G#||------||--|------|-----|
 E||------||--|------|-----|
 B||------||x2|------|-----|
F#||------||--|------|-2---|
C#||------||--|------|-0---|
  4/4      4/4     4/4                                             4/4
C#|-12~----|-12~--|------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G#|-15b17~-|b17~--|-17p12h17p12h17p12h17p12h17p12h17p12h17p12h17p12|-18p13h18p13h18p13h18p13-18b20~--|
 E|--------|------|------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 B|--------|------|------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
F#|--------|------|------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
C#|--------|------|------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
  /w delay
INTRO PT2 (0:19)
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The verse riff could be viewed as pairs of 9/8, which goes out of sync with the drums 
every first measure but resolves every second measure. You could also consider it 9/4, 
which adds the trouble of starting the third five-note gallop on the “&” of the fifth count
of the measure. Below both are demonstrated together with where the drum accents fall.
    9/8                                  9/8                
      1 e & e 2 e & e 3 e & e 4 e & e 5 e | 1 e & e 2 e & e 3 e & e 4 e & e 5 e
  C#|-0-0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-0-----------|-0-0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-0----------|
Drum|-x-------x-------x-------x-------x---------x-------x-------x-------x----
    
    9/4
      1 e & e 2 e & e 3 e & e 4 e & e 5 e & e 6 e & e 7 e & e 8 e & e 9 e & e
  C#|-0-0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-0-----------0-0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-0----------|
Drum|-x-------x-------x-------x-------x-------x-------x-------x-------x----
I’ll be using the 9/8 notation for the rest of the tab.
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Both guitars:
  9/8                        9/8
C#|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
 E|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
 B|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
C#|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0----|-12-12-12-12-12---15-15-15-15-15--10-12|
  3/4        4/4                      3/4
C#|----------|------------------------|----------|
G#|----------|------------------------|----------|
 E|----------|------------------------|----------|
 B|----------|------------------5s4-2-|----2--4--|
F#|----8--7--|-5--4-------------3s2-0-|-4--0--2--|
C#|-0--6--5--|-3--2---2-2-2--2--------|-2--------|
Both guitars:
  4/4                        3/4
C#|--------------------------|-----------------|
G#|--------------------------|-----------9h10p9|
 E|--------------------------|------9h10-------|
 B|--------------------------|-9h10------------|
F#|--------------------------|-----------------|
C#|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0----|-----------------|
VERSE 1 (0:28)
Both guitars:
   9/8                            9/8
C#||--------------------------||--|---------------------------------------|
G#||--------------------------||--|---------------------------------------|
 E||--------------------------||--|---------------------------------------|
 B||--------------------------||x3|---------------------------------------|
F#||--------------------------||--|---------------------------------------|
C#||-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0----||--|-12-12-12-12-12---15-15-15-15-15--10-12|
   9/8                            9/8
C#||--------------------------||--|---------------------------------------|
G#||--------------------------||--|---------------------------------------|
 E||--------------------------||--|---------------------------------------|
 B||--------------------------||x3|---------------------------------------|
F#||--------------------------||--|---------------------------------------|
C#||-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0----||--|-12-12-12-12-12---15-15-15-15-15--10-12|
  3/4        
C#|----------|
G#|----------|
 E|----------|
 B|----------|
F#|----8--7--|
C#|-0--6--5--|
VERSE VARIATION 2 (0:41)
Both guitars:
   4/4                      4/4                       4/4                      3/4
C#||------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|-----------||
G#||------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|-----------||
 E||------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|-----------||
 B||------------------5s4-2-|-----------------5s4--6--|------------------5s4-2-|----2--4---|| x2
F#||-5--4-------------3s2-0-|-5--4------------3s2--4--|-5--4-------------3s2-0-|-4--0--2---||
C#||-3--2---2-2-2--2--------|-3--2---2-2-2--2---------|-3--2---2-2-2--2--------|-2---------||
  
BRIDGE 1 (0:53)
Guitar 1:
  4/4                        3/4               4/4                        3/4
C#|--------------------------|-----------------|--------------------------|--------------|
G#|--------------------------|-----------9h10p9|--------------------------|---------5h6p5|
 E|--------------------------|------9h10-------|--------------------------|-----5h6------|
 B|--------------------------|-9h10------------|--------------------------|-5h6----------|
F#|--------------------------|-----------------|--------------------------|--------------|
C#|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0----|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0----|--------------|
Guitar 2:
  4/4                        3/4  4/4                        3/4
C#|--------------------------|----|--------------------------|----|
G#|--------------------------|----|--------------------------|----|
 E|--------------------------|----|--------------------------|----|
 B|--------------------------|----|--------------------------|----|
F#|--------------------------|----|--------------------------|----|
C#|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0----|----|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0----|----|
CHORUS 1 (0:59)
Both guitars:
  15/4                            4/4       3/4
C#|-------------------------------|---------|-----|
G#|-------------------------------|---------|-----|
 E|-------------------------------|---------|-----|
 B|----------------------------1--|-2-------|-----|
F#|-7--7--7--7--8--5--5--5--5--x--|-x-------|-2---|
C#|-0--0--0--0--6--3--3--3--3--2--|-3-------|-0---|
SOLO 2 (1:06)
Guitar 1:
  4/4      4/4    4/4     4/4
C#|-12~----|-12~--|-xs22~-|-----|
G#|-15b17~-|b17~--|-xs22~-|-----|
 E|--------|------|-------|-----|
 B|--------|------|-------|-----|
F#|--------|------|-------|-----|
C#|--------|------|-------|-----|
  /w delay         weird sliding up the neck with heavy short delay
   4/4
C#||-16p12h16p12h16p12h16p12h16p12h16p12h16p12h16p12||
G#||------------------------------------------------||
 E||------------------------------------------------||
 B||------------------------------------------------|| x2
F#||------------------------------------------------||
C#||------------------------------------------------||
  
  4/4                                              4/4
C#|-17p13h17p13h17p13h17p13h17p13h17p13h17p13h17p13|-17b19~--|
G#|------------------------------------------------|---------|
 E|------------------------------------------------|---------|
 B|------------------------------------------------|---------|
F#|------------------------------------------------|---------|
C#|------------------------------------------------|---------|
                                                    /w delay
Guitar 2:
  4/4      4/4    4/4     4/4
C#|-12~----|-12~--|-xs22~-|-----|
G#|-15b17~-|b17~--|-xs22~-|-----|
 E|--------|------|-------|-----|
 B|--------|------|-------|-----|
F#|--------|------|-------|-----|
C#|--------|------|-------|-----|
  /w delay         weird sliding up the neck with heavy short delay
   4/4
C#||------------------------------------------------||
G#||-17p12h17p12h17p12h17p12h17p12h17p12h17p12h17p12||
 E||------------------------------------------------||
 B||------------------------------------------------|| x2
F#||------------------------------------------------||
C#||------------------------------------------------||
  /w delay
  4/4                                              4/4
C#|------------------------------------------------|--------|
G#|-18p13h18p13h18p13h18p13h18p13h18p13h18p13h18p13|-18b20~-|
 E|------------------------------------------------|--------|
 B|------------------------------------------------|--------|
F#|------------------------------------------------|--------|
C#|------------------------------------------------|--------|
                                                    /w delay
VERSE 2 (1:18)
Both guitars:
   9/4         9/8                            9/8 
C#||------||--||--------------------------||--|---------------------------------------|
G#||------||--||--------------------------||--|---------------------------------------|
 E||------||--||--------------------------||--|---------------------------------------|
 B||------||x2||--------------------------||x3|---------------------------------------|
F#||------||--||--------------------------||--|---------------------------------------|
C#||------||--||-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0----||--|-12-12-12-12-12---15-15-15-15-15--10-12|
   9/8                            9/8
C#||--------------------------||--|---------------------------------------|
G#||--------------------------||--|---------------------------------------|
 E||--------------------------||--|---------------------------------------|
 B||--------------------------||x3|---------------------------------------|
F#||--------------------------||--|---------------------------------------|
C#||-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0----||--|-12-12-12-12-12---15-15-15-15-15--10-12|
  3/4        
C#|----------|
G#|----------|
 E|----------|
 B|----------|
F#|----8--7--|
C#|-0--6--5--|
VERSE VARIATION 2 (1:40)
Both guitars:
   4/4                      4/4                       4/4                      3/4
C#||------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|-----------||
G#||------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|-----------||
 E||------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|-----------||
 B||------------------5s4-2-|-----------------5s4--6--|------------------5s4-2-|----2--4---|| x2
F#||-5--4-------------3s2-0-|-5--4------------3s2--4--|-5--4-------------3s2-0-|-4--0--2---||
C#||-3--2---2-2-2--2--------|-3--2---2-2-2--2---------|-3--2---2-2-2--2--------|-2---------||
BRIDGE 2 (1:50)
Guitar 1:
  4/4                        3/4               4/4                        3/4
C#|--------------------------|-----------------|--------------------------|--------------|
G#|--------------------------|-----------9h10p9|--------------------------|---------5h6p5|
 E|--------------------------|------9h10-------|--------------------------|-----5h6------|
 B|--------------------------|-9h10------------|--------------------------|-5h6----------|
F#|--------------------------|-----------------|--------------------------|--------------|
C#|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0----|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0----|--------------|
Guitar 2:
  4/4                        3/4  4/4                        3/4
C#|--------------------------|----|--------------------------|----|
G#|--------------------------|----|--------------------------|----|
 E|--------------------------|----|--------------------------|----|
 B|--------------------------|----|--------------------------|----|
F#|--------------------------|----|--------------------------|----|
C#|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0----|----|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0----|----|
CHORUS 2 (1:56)
Both guitars:
  15/4                            4/4       3/4
C#|-------------------------------|---------|-----|
G#|-------------------------------|---------|-----|
 E|-------------------------------|---------|-----|
 B|----------------------------1--|-2-------|-----|
F#|-7--7--7--7--8--5--5--5--5--x--|-x-------|-2---|
C#|-0--0--0--0--6--3--3--3--3--2--|-3-------|-0---|
SOLO 3 (2:04)
Guitar 1:
  4/4      4/4    4/4     4/4
C#|-12~----|-12~--|-xs22~-|-----|
G#|-15b17~-|b17~--|-xs22~-|-----|
 E|--------|------|-------|-----|
 B|--------|------|-------|-----|
F#|--------|------|-------|-----|
C#|--------|------|-------|-----|
  /w delay         weird sliding up the neck with heavy short delay
   4/4
C#||-16p12h16p12h16p12h16p12h16p12h16p12h16p12h16p12||
G#||------------------------------------------------||
 E||------------------------------------------------||
 B||------------------------------------------------|| x2
F#||------------------------------------------------||
C#||------------------------------------------------||
  
  4/4                                              4/4
C#|-17p13h17p13h17p13h17p13h17p13h17p13h17p13h17p13|-17b19~--|
G#|------------------------------------------------|---------|
 E|------------------------------------------------|---------|
 B|------------------------------------------------|---------|
F#|------------------------------------------------|---------|
C#|------------------------------------------------|---------|
                                                    /w heavy delay
   4/4
C#||------------------------------------------------||
G#||-17p12h17p12h17p12h17p12h17p12h17p12h17p12h17p12||
 E||------------------------------------------------||
 B||------------------------------------------------|| x2
F#||------------------------------------------------||
C#||------------------------------------------------||
  4/4                                              4/4
C#|------------------------------------------------|--------|
G#|-18p13h18p13h18p13h18p13h18p13h18p13h18p13h18p13|-18b20~-|
 E|------------------------------------------------|--------|
 B|------------------------------------------------|--------|
F#|------------------------------------------------|--------|
C#|------------------------------------------------|--------|
                                                    /w heavy delay
Guitar 2:
  4/4      4/4    4/4     4/4
C#|-12~----|-12~--|-xs22~-|-----|
G#|-15b17~-|b17~--|-xs22~-|-----|
 E|--------|------|-------|-----|
 B|--------|------|-------|-----|
F#|--------|------|-------|-----|
C#|--------|------|-------|-----|
  /w delay         weird sliding up the neck with heavy short delay
   4/4
C#||------------------------------------------------||
G#||-17p12h17p12h17p12h17p12h17p12h17p12h17p12h17p12||
 E||------------------------------------------------||
 B||------------------------------------------------|| x2
F#||------------------------------------------------||
C#||------------------------------------------------||
  4/4                                              4/4
C#|------------------------------------------------|--------|
G#|-18p13h18p13h18p13h18p13h18p13h18p13h18p13h18p13|-18b20~-|
 E|------------------------------------------------|--------|
 B|------------------------------------------------|--------|
F#|------------------------------------------------|--------|
C#|------------------------------------------------|--------|
                                                    /w delay
   4/4
C#||----------------------------------------||
G#||-12h9p12h9p12h9p12h9p12h9p12h9p12h9p12h9||
 E||----------------------------------------||
 B||----------------------------------------|| x2
F#||----------------------------------------||
C#||----------------------------------------||
  4/4                                              4/4
C#|------------------------------------------------|--------|
G#|-13p10h13p10h13p10h13p10h13p10h13p10h13p10h13p10|-13b15~-|
 E|------------------------------------------------|--------|
 B|------------------------------------------------|--------|
F#|------------------------------------------------|--------|
C#|------------------------------------------------|--------|
                                                    /w delay
CHORUS 3 (2:21)
Guitar 1:
   15/4                            
C#||-------------------------------||
G#||-------------------------------||
 E||-------------------------------||
 B||----------------------------1--|| x4
F#||-7--7--7--7--8--5--5--5--5--x--||
C#||-0--0--0--0--6--3--3--3--3--2--||
Guitar 2:
   15/4      15/4                    
C#||----||--||-------------------------------||
G#||----||--||-------------------------------||
 E||----||--||-------------------------------||
 B||----||x2||----------------------------1--|| x2
F#||----||--||-7--7--7--7--8--5--5--5--5--x--||
C#||----||--||-0--0--0--0--6--3--3--3--3--2--||
OUTRO (2:43)
Both guitars:
   4/4 
C#||-------------------------||
G#||-------------------------||
 E||-------------------------||
 B||-------------------------|| x4
F#||-------------------------||
C#||-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---||
Guitar 1:
   4/4
C#||------------------------------------------------|
G#||-17p12h17p12h17p12h17p12h17p12h17p12h17p12h17p12|
 E||------------------------------------------------|
 B||------------------------------------------------|
F#||------------------------------------------------|
C#||------------------------------------------------|
  4/4
C#|------------------------------------------------||--|---|
G#|-18p13h18p13h18p13h18p13h18p13h18p13h18p13h18p13||--|---|
 E|------------------------------------------------||--|---|
 B|------------------------------------------------||x2|---|
F#|------------------------------------------------||--|-7-|
C#|------------------------------------------------||--|-0-|
Guitar 2:
   4/4
C#||----------------------------------------|
G#||-12h9p12h9p12h9p12h9p12h9p12h9p12h9p12h9|
 E||----------------------------------------|
 B||----------------------------------------| 
F#||----------------------------------------|
C#||----------------------------------------|
  4/4
C#|------------------------------------------------||--|---|
G#|-13p10h13p10h13p10h13p10h13p10h13p10h13p10h13p10||--|---|
 E|------------------------------------------------||--|---|
 B|------------------------------------------------||x2|---|
F#|------------------------------------------------||--|-7-|
C#|------------------------------------------------||--|-0-|
Legend:
AhB: Hammer on from note A to note B
ApB: Pull off from note A to note B
AsB: slide from note A to note B
AbB: Bend note A to note B
xs0: pickslide
A~ : let note ring out

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