King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Venusian 1 (Guitar Solo Tab)
C# Tuning (C#-F#-B-E-G#-C#)
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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