King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Ataraxia (Guitar Tab)

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Ataraxia - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard This song is played on microtonal instruments. I tabbed this out on a 24 TET guitar fretted the same way that King Gizz fret theirs. There will be microtonal notes in this tab which will be written in brackets e.g. (X.5). For example, the fret halfway between the first and second frets would be written as (1.5) on the tab. The tuning for this song is the 'Flying Microtonal Banana' tuning, C#, F#, C#, F#, B, e. Enjoy! [Intro] This first time through, I'm not sure if they play the 5th fret on the C# so I've labelled it as a ghost note.

e |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|--------------2----------------2----------------2------5-----------| 
C#|-----------------------------------------------------0---(5)-7-----|
F#|-2--(2.5)-2-0---0--2-(2.5)-2-0---0-2--(2.5)-2-0----7-----------5-7-|
C#|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

From now on you can clearly hear that fifth fret, and after a few repeats, another guitar comes in playing the same riff but with more distortion and wah.

e |-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|--------------2----------------2----------------2------5---------| 
C#|-----------------------------------------------------0---5-7-----| x7
F#|-2--(2.5)-2-0---0--2-(2.5)-2-0---0-2--(2.5)-2-0----7---------5-7-|
C#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

[Verse 1]

   P.M.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|--------------2----------------2----------------2-------------------------5---------| x4
C#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------5-7-----| 
F#|-2--(2.5)-2-0---0--2-(2.5)-2-0---0-2--(2.5)-2-0---0-2-(2.5)-2--2h(2.5)p2--------5-7-|
C#|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Chorus] After two repeats, the more distorted guitar joins in.

e |-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|--------------2----------------2----------------2------5---------| 
C#|-----------------------------------------------------0---5-7-----| x4
F#|-2--(2.5)-2-0---0--2-(2.5)-2-0---0-2--(2.5)-2-0----7---------5-7-|
C#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

[Instrumental Break]

e |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------------------------------5 (2.5)h5p(2.5)\2-| 
C#|----2-2-2/5-5-5-5--7h(7.5)-7h(7.5)-5------2-2-2/5-5-5-5--------------------|
F#|-0-------------------------------------0-----------------------------------|
C#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Verse 2] This verse has no guitar but just follow the bass on the second fret of the low F#. [Chorus] Same as before.

e |-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|--------------2----------------2----------------2------5---------| 
C#|-----------------------------------------------------0---5-7-----| x4
F#|-2--(2.5)-2-0---0--2-(2.5)-2-0---0-2--(2.5)-2-0----7---------5-7-|
C#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

[Instrumental Break]

e |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------------------------------5 (2.5)h5p(2.5)\2-| x2
C#|----2-2-2/5-5-5-5--7h(7.5)-7h(7.5)-5------2-2-2/5-5-5-5--------------------|
F#|-0-------------------------------------0-----------------------------------|
C#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e |---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------------------------------------------| x4
C#|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-2--(2.5)-2-0-5-0-2--(2.5)-2-0-5-7-2--(2.5)-2-0-5-0-2--(2.5)-2-0-----|
C#|-----------------------------------------------------------------3-5-|

e |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
C#|-------------5--------------5h7-5h7--------------5--------------------|
F#|-7-(7.5)-7-5---5--7-(7.5)-7----------7-(7.5)-7-5---5--7-(7.5)-7-5-3-5-|
C#|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

e |---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------------------------------------------| x4
C#|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-2--(2.5)-2-0-5-0-2--(2.5)-2-0-5-7-2--(2.5)-2-0-5-0-2--(2.5)-2-0-----|
C#|-----------------------------------------------------------------3-5-|

[Chorus/Outro] Same riff plays when the vocals come back in and I think it repeats about 10 times, with maybe some subtle variations.

e |---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------------------------------------------| x10
C#|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-2--(2.5)-2-0-5-0-2--(2.5)-2-0-5-7-2--(2.5)-2-0-5-0-2--(2.5)-2-0-----|
C#|-----------------------------------------------------------------3-5-|