“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) ================================================================================ 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. ================================================================================ 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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