Mars For The Rich tab by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

Tabs

Tuning: C#C# Tuning (C#C# F#F# BB E MajorE G#G# C#C#)

“Mars For The Rich”, by King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard

Song Structure
INTRO (0:00)
VERSE (0:32)
CHORUS (1:02)
VERSE (1:37)
CHORUS (2:09)
SOLO (2:32)
BASS SOLO (2:47)
CHORUS (3:29)


🏷Legend:
AbB: Bend note A augmentedA to note BB
AsB: slide from note A augmentedA to note BB
A~ : let note ring out
xs~: slide up string, not to or from a particular note

INTRO (0:00)
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We’ll mostly be using eighth note triplets in 4/4, i.e. 3 evenly spaced notes per quarter note beat.
The riff works like this.

  1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a| 1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a|
C#C#|------------------------|------------------------|
G#G#|------------------------|------------------------|
 E MajorE|-5---5-7---5-5-7---7---5|-5---5-7---5-5---------5|
 BB|-5---5-7---5-5-7---7---5|-5---5-7---5-5-7---7---5|
F#F#|------------------------|---------------7---7----|
C#C#|------------------------|------------------------|

The chords on the ‘a’s aren’t played super clearly, it’s somewhere between the chord and
playing muted strings. The accents fall on the beat, play those more prominently.
I’ll be writing it a bit more compact to save space and make the tab more readable.
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Guitar 1:
C#C#|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------|
G#G#|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-5-----|
 E MajorE|-5--5-7--5-5-7--7--5|5--5-7--5-5-------5|5--5-7--5-5-7--7--5|-7b9---|
 BB|-5--5-7--5-5-7--7--5|5--5-7--5-5-7--7--5|5--5-7--5-5-7--7--5|-------|
F#F#|--------------------|------------7--7---|-------------------|-------|
C#C#|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------|
                                /w delay
Guitar 2:
C#C#|----|----|----|------|
G#G#|----|----|----|-5----|
 E MajorE|----|----|----|-7b9--|
 BB|----|----|----|------|
F#F#|----|----|----|------|
C#C#|----|----|----|------|
         /w delay

Both guitars:
C#C#||--------------------|-------------------||--|-------------|
G#G#||--------------------|-------------------||--|-------------|
 E MajorE||-5--5-7--5-5-7--7--5|5--5-7--5-5-------5||--|-------------|
 BB||-5--5-7--5-5-7--7--5|5--5-7--5-5-7--7--5||x3|-5--5--7--7--|
F#F#||--------------------|------------7--7---||--|-3--3--5--5--|
C#C#||--------------------|-------------------||--|-------------|

C#C#||----------------------||--|-xs17---|
G#G#||----------------------||--|--------|
 E MajorE||----------------------||--|--------|
 BB||----------------------||x7|--------|
F#F#||-0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0||--|--------|
C#C#||----------------------||--|--------|
                Slide up with heavy delay

VERSE (0:32)
The verse is also in 4/4, the pattern is eighth note triplets (3 notes per beat)
Guitar 1:
C#C#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
G#G#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
 E MajorE|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
 BB|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
F#F#|-7-------------------|------------------------|-7-------------------|---------------------------|
C#C#|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-3-6-0-6-9-0-9-12-0-12-15|

C#C#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|---------------|
G#G#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|---------------|
 E MajorE|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|-------14--14--|
 BB|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|-------13--13--|
F#F#|-7-------------------|------------------------|-7--7--10--10--|-9--9--12--12--|
C#C#|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0--0--8---8---|-7--7--11--11--|

C#C#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
G#G#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
 E MajorE|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|-0-3-6-0-6-9-0-9-12-0-12-15|
 BB|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
F#F#|-7-------------------|------------------------|-7-------------------|---------------------------|
C#C#|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|---------------------------|

C#C#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|---------------|
G#G#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|---------------|
 E MajorE|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|-------14--14--|
 BB|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|-------13--13--|
F#F#|-7-------------------|------------------------|-7--7--10--10--|-9--9--12--12--|
C#C#|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0--0--8---8---|-7--7--11--11--|

Guitar 2:
C#C#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
G#G#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
 E MajorE|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
 BB|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
F#F#|-5-------------------|------------------------|-5-------------------|---------------------------|
C#C#|-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-3-6-0-6-9-0-9-12-0-12-15|

C#C#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|---------------|
G#G#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|---------------|
 E MajorE|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|-------14--14--|
 BB|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|-------13--13--|
F#F#|-5-------------------|------------------------|-7--7--10--10--|-9--9--12--12--|
C#C#|-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0--0--8---8---|-7--7--11--11--|

C#C#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|-0-3-6-0-6-9-0-9-12-0-12-15|
G#G#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
 E MajorE|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
 BB|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
F#F#|-5-------------------|------------------------|-5-------------------|---------------------------|
C#C#|-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|---------------------------|

C#C#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|---------------|
G#G#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|---------------|
 E MajorE|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|-------14--14--|
 BB|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|-------13--13--|
F#F#|-5-------------------|------------------------|-7--7--10--10--|-9--9--12--12--|
C#C#|-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0--0--8---8---|-7--7--11--11--|

Guitar 3: (is really only heard on the diminished scale run up every fourth bar)
C#C#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
G#G#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
 E MajorE|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
 BB|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
F#F#|-5-------------------|------------------------|-5-------------------|---------------------------|
C#C#|-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-3-6-0-6-9-0-9-12-0-12-15|

C#C#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|---------------|
G#G#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|---------------|
 E MajorE|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|-------14--14--|
 BB|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|-------13--13--|
F#F#|-5-------------------|------------------------|-7--7--10--10--|-9--9--12--12--|
C#C#|-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0--0--8---8---|-7--7--11--11--|

C#C#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
G#G#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
 E MajorE|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
 BB|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
F#F#|-5-------------------|------------------------|-5-------------------|---------------------------|
C#C#|-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-3-6-0-6-9-0-9-12-0-12-15|

C#C#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|---------------|
G#G#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|---------------|
 E MajorE|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|-------14--14--|
 BB|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|-------13--13--|
F#F#|-5-------------------|------------------------|-7--7--10--10--|-9--9--12--12--|
C#C#|-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0--0--8---8---|-7--7--11--11--|

CHORUS (1:02)
Guitar 1:
C#C#|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------|
G#G#|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-5-----|
 E MajorE|-5--5-7--5-5-7--7--5|5--5-7--5-5-------5|5--5-7--5-5-7--7--5|-7b9---|
 BB|-5--5-7--5-5-7--7--5|5--5-7--5-5-7--7--5|5--5-7--5-5-7--7--5|-------|
F#F#|--------------------|------------7--7---|-------------------|-------|
C#C#|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------|
                                /w delay

Guitar 2:
C#C#|----|----|----|------|
G#G#|----|----|----|-5----|
 E MajorE|----|----|----|-7b9--|
 BB|----|----|----|------|
F#F#|----|----|----|------|
C#C#|----|----|----|------|
         /w delay

Both guitars:
C#C#||--------------------|-------------------||--|-------------|-----------------|
G#G#||--------------------|-------------------||--|-------------|-----------------|
 E MajorE||-5--5-7--5-5-7--7--5|5--5-7--5-5-------5||--|-------------|---------13--13--|
 BB||-5--5-7--5-5-7--7--5|5--5-7--5-5-7--7--5||x3|-5--5--7--7--|-10--10--12--12--|
F#F#||--------------------|------------7--7---||--|-3--3--5--5--|-8---8---11--11--|
C#C#||--------------------|-------------------||--|-------------|-----------------|

Guitar 1:
C#C#||----------------------||--|-xs17---|
G#G#||----------------------||--|--------|
 E MajorE||----------------------||--|--------|
 BB||----------------------||x7|--------|
F#F#||-0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0||--|--------|
C#C#||----------------------||--|--------|
                Slide up with heavy delay

Guitar 2:
C#C#||----------------------||--|--------------------|
G#G#||----------------------||--|--------------------|
 E MajorE||----------------------||--|--------5-----7-5-8-|
 BB||----------------------||x7|-5--8-7----8--------|
F#F#||-0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0||--|--------------------|
C#C#||----------------------||--|--------------------|

VERSE (1:37)
Guitar 1:
C#C#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
G#G#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
 E MajorE|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
 BB|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
F#F#|-7-------------------|------------------------|-7-------------------|---------------------------|
C#C#|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-3-6-0-6-9-0-9-12-0-12-15|

C#C#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|---------------|
G#G#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|---------------|
 E MajorE|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|-------14--14--|
 BB|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|-------13--13--|
F#F#|-7-------------------|------------------------|-7--7--10--10--|-9--9--12--12--|
C#C#|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0--0--8---8---|-7--7--11--11--|

C#C#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
G#G#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
 E MajorE|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|-0-3-6-0-6-9-0-9-12-0-12-15|
 BB|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
F#F#|-7-------------------|------------------------|-7-------------------|---------------------------|
C#C#|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|---------------------------|

C#C#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|---------------|-----|----|
G#G#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|---------------|-----|----|
 E MajorE|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|-------13--13--|-----|----|
 BB|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|-------12--12--|-7---|----|
F#F#|-7-------------------|------------------------|-7--7--10--10--|-9--9--11--11--|-0---|----|
C#C#|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0--0--8---8---|-7--7----------|-----|----|

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Picking pattern for guitar 2 and 3 is as follows, still eighth note triplets in 4/4:
  1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a| 1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a
C#C#|-0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0--|-0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0--|
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Guitar 2:
C#C#|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
G#G#|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
 E MajorE|-9~-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
 BB|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
F#F#|----------------------|---------------------|-5-------------------|---------------------------|
C#C#|-----0-0-0--0--0-0-0--|-0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--|-3--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--|-0-3-6-0-6-9-0-9-12-0-12-15|

C#C#|---------------------|---------------------|---------------|---------------|
G#G#|---------------------|---------------------|---------------|---------------|
 E MajorE|---------------------|---------------------|---------------|-------14--14--|
 BB|---------------------|---------------------|---------------|-------13--13--|
F#F#|-5-------------------|---------------------|-7--7--10--10--|-9--9--12--12--|
C#C#|-3--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--|-0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--|-0--0--8---8---|-7--7--11--11--|

C#C#|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-0-3-6-0-6-9-0-9-12-0-12-15|
G#G#|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
 E MajorE|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
 BB|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
F#F#|-5-------------------|---------------------|-5-------------------|---------------------------|
C#C#|-3--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--|-0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--|-3--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--|---------------------------|

C#C#|---------------------|---------------------|---------------|-------------|-----|----|
G#G#|---------------------|---------------------|---------------|-------------|-----|----|
 E MajorE|---------------------|---------------------|---------------|-------7--7--|-----|----|
 BB|---------------------|---------------------|---------------|-------6--6--|-7---|----|
F#F#|-5-------------------|---------------------|-7--7--10--10--|-9--9--5--5--|-0---|----|
C#C#|-3--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--|-0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--|-0--0--8---8---|-7--7--4--4--|-----|----|

Guitar 3: (is really only heard on the diminished scale run up every fourth bar)
C#C#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
G#G#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
 E MajorE|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
 BB|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
F#F#|-5-------------------|------------------------|-5-------------------|---------------------------|
C#C#|-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-3-6-0-6-9-0-9-12-0-12-15|

C#C#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|---------------|
G#G#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|---------------|
 E MajorE|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|-------14--14--|
 BB|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|-------13--13--|
F#F#|-5-------------------|------------------------|-7--7--10--10--|-9--9--12--12--|
C#C#|-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0--0--8---8---|-7--7--11--11--|

C#C#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
G#G#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
 E MajorE|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
 BB|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
F#F#|-5-------------------|------------------------|-5-------------------|---------------------------|
C#C#|-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-3-6-0-6-9-0-9-12-0-12-15|

C#C#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|-------------|-----|----|
G#G#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|-------------|-----|----|
 E MajorE|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|-------7--7--|-----|----|
 BB|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|-------6--6--|-7---|----|
F#F#|-5-------------------|------------------------|-7--7--10--10--|-9--9--5--5--|-0---|----|
C#C#|-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0--0--8---8---|-7--7--4--4--|-----|----|

CHORUS (2:09)
Both guitars:
C#C#||--------------------|-------------------||--|-------------|-----------------|
G#G#||--------------------|-------------------||--|-------------|-----------------|
 E MajorE||-5--5-7--5-5-7--7--5|5--5-7--5-5-------5||--|-------------|---------13--13--|
 BB||-5--5-7--5-5-7--7--5|5--5-7--5-5-7--7--5||x3|-5--5--7--7--|-10--10--12--12--|
F#F#||--------------------|------------7--7---||--|-3--3--5--5--|-8---8---11--11--|
C#C#||--------------------|-------------------||--|-------------|-----------------|

C#C#|-----------------|-----|----|----|----|
G#G#|-----------------|-----|----|----|----|
 E MajorE|---------13--13--|-----|----|----|----|
 BB|-10--10--12--12--|-----|----|----|----|
F#F#|-8---8---11--11--|-0---|----|----|----|
C#C#|-----------------|-----|----|----|----|

SOLO (2:32)
Both guitars play the same bends, but their sliding in between sounds different. Add a heavy delay
with short repeats.
C#C#|-----------|-xs~---|--------|-xs~---|--------|-xs~--|--------|-xs~--|
G#G#|-5---5-----|-------|--------|-------|-8b10---|------|-20b22--|------|
 E MajorE|-7b9-7b9---|-------|-19b21--|-------|--------|------|--------|------|
 BB|-----------|-------|--------|-------|--------|------|--------|------|
F#F#|-----------|-------|--------|-------|--------|------|--------|------|
C#C#|-----------|-------|--------|-------|--------|------|--------|------|

BASS SOLO (2:47)
24 bars of 4/4. Come back in with feedback.

CHORUS (3:29)
Guitar 1:
C#C#|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------|
G#G#|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-5-----|
 E MajorE|-5--5-7--5-5-7--7--5|5--5-7--5-5-------5|5--5-7--5-5-7--7--5|-7b9---|
 BB|-5--5-7--5-5-7--7--5|5--5-7--5-5-7--7--5|5--5-7--5-5-7--7--5|-------|
F#F#|--------------------|------------7--7---|-------------------|-------|
C#C#|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------|
                                /w delay
Guitar 2:
C#C#|----|----|----|------|
G#G#|----|----|----|-5----|
 E MajorE|----|----|----|-7b9--|
 BB|----|----|----|------|
F#F#|----|----|----|------|
C#C#|----|----|----|------|
         /w delay

Both guitars:
C#C#||--------------------|-------------------||--|-------------|-----------------|
G#G#||--------------------|-------------------||--|-------------|-----------------|
 E MajorE||-5--5-7--5-5-7--7--5|5--5-7--5-5-------5||--|-------------|---------13--13--|
 BB||-5--5-7--5-5-7--7--5|5--5-7--5-5-7--7--5||x3|-5--5--7--7--|-10--10--12--12--|
F#F#||--------------------|------------7--7---||--|-3--3--5--5--|-8---8---11--11--|
C#C#||--------------------|-------------------||--|-------------|-----------------|

C#C#|-----------------|-------------|----|
G#G#|-----------------|-------------|----|
 E MajorE|---------13--13--|-------------|----|
 BB|-10--10--12--12--|-5--5--7--7--|----|
F#F#|-8---8---11--11--|-3--3--5--5--|-0--|
C#C#|-----------------|-------------|----|

🏷Legend:
AbB: Bend note A augmentedA to note BB
AsB: slide from note A augmentedA to note BB
A~ : let note ring out
xs~: slide up string, not to or from a particular note