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Rattlesnake Tab by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

Rattlesnake tab by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

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KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD - RATTLESNAKE

Worked out by ear on a non-microtonal electric guitar. Not 100% but pretty close.

(For the sake of having to type out loads of 0's, keep the lowest string (F#) constantly droning
in between all lead notes), like so:

INTRO:

Riff 1:

E  :---------------------------------------------------------------------
B  :----------------------------------------------------------------------
G  :----------------------------------------------------------------------
D  :-4--6--7--9--11--9--7--6--4-7--6-9--7-11--9-13--11-14--9-13--7-11--6-9
A  :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
F# :--00-00-00-00-00-00-00--00---00---00----00----00----00-----00---00-----
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Riff 2a: "Rattlesnake, rattlesnake, rattlesnake, rattles me"

E  :-------------------------------
B  :------------------------------
G  :-11--9---11--9---11--9---8-8-6   x2
D  :---11------11------11---------
A  :------------------------------
F# :-----------------------------

Riff 2b:

E  :-------------------------
B  :--------------------------
G  :-4--6---4--6--4--6--8-8-6-
D  :---4-----4-----4----------   Play once, then repeat Riff 2a once more.
A  :--------------------------
F# :--------------------------

Riff 3:

E  :-------------------------------
B  :-------------------------------
G  :-------------------------------
D  :-------------------------------
A  :-4---------------4--------------
F# :--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0

Repeat riff 1: "Isolation, trepidation.."

Repeat riff 2a & 2b: "Rattlesnake, rattlesnake.."

Riff 4:

E  :-----------------------------
B  :------------------------------
G  :--11-14--13-16---14-18--------
D  :-------------------------------    Play x2 - This part is played on keys but it's fun to play anyway.
A  :-------------------------4-------
F# :-0----0-0-----0-0----0-0--0-0-0-0-

Repeat riff 1: "Vegetation, aggravation.."

Repeat riff 2a & 2b: "Rattlesnake, rattlesnake.."

Riff 5:

"Rattle, rattle, rattle.."

E  :-----------------------------------------------------
B  :-----------------------------------------------------
G  :------------------------------------------------------
D  :-------------------------11-11-9-7-6--4-7---6-9---7-11   Play x4
A  :-4---------------4------------------------------------
F# :--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0----0-0---0-0----


Repeat riff 1: "Hibernation, altercation.."

Repeat riff 2a and 2b: "Rattlesnake, rattlesnake.."

Repeat riff 5*: "Rattle, rattle, rattle.."

*End riff 5 like this

E  :------------------------------------------
B  :------------------------------------------
G  :------------------------------------------
D  :--------------------------11-11-9-7-6-4-4~ (let ring)
A  :-4---------------4------------------------
F# :--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-


Bass part: (Just play constant F#)

Riff 6: This is where I like to turn my distortion pedal on for a more gritty rock sound

E  :-----------------------------------------------
B  :------------------------------------------------
G  :------------------------------------------------
D  :-4--------------4----------------4--------------4
A  :-------------------------------------------------
F# :--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0

Riff 7: "I'm the serpent, devil servant.."

E  :----------------------------------
B  :----------------------------------
G  :-----------------------------------
D  :---------------4--4--7---7--9--11--9
A  :-2--4--2--4--6---6-----9------------
F# :------------------------------------

Riff 8a: "Fangs are ready for the strike.."

E  :------------------------------------------------------
B  :------------------------------------------------------
G  :-9-8-9-8-9-8-9---9-8-9-8-9---9-8-9-8-9-8-9---9-8-9-8-9-
D  :-------------------------------------------------------
A  :-------------------------------------------------------
F# :-------------------------------------------------------

Riff 8b: "Screaming like a maniac.."

E  :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
B  :------------------------------------------------------------------------
G  :-11-12-11-12-11-12-11---11-12-11-12-11---11-12-11-12-11-12-11---11-12-11
D  :-------------------------------------------------------------------------
A  :-------------------------------------------------------------------------
F# :-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Riff 8c: "Sweat drips out of every pore as I bite you more and more and more and.."

E  :---------------------------------------------------
B  :---------------------------------------------------
G  :-16-15-16-15-16-16-15-16---15-16-15-16-15-16-16-15-16
D  :-----------------------------------------------------
A  :-----------------------------------------------------
F# :-----------------------------------------------------

Riff 8d: "Take one last look at your captor.."

E  :---------------------------------------
B  :----------------------------------------
G  :-20-18-20-18-20-20-18-20---18-20-18-20-18
D  :-----------------------------------------
A  :-----------------------------------------
F# :-----------------------------------------

Riff 8e: "And hear my tail rattling til you're dead/Rattling til you're dead.."

E  :---------------------
B  :-17-17-17-17-17-19-19
G  :---------------------
D  :---------------------     Play x2
A  :----------------------
F# :----------------------


Weird horn/Wah guitar part (Constant F#)

Repeat Riff 4: "Rattle, rattle, rattle.." x2

Riff 9:

E  :--------------------------------------
B  :---------------------------------------
G  :-6---4----------------6---4------------    x2
D  :---7---4-4-5-7-5-2-4----7---4-4-5-7-5-4
A  :---------------------------------------
F# :----------------------------------------

Repeat riff 6

Riff 10:

E  :------------------------------------------
B  :------------------------------------------
G  :-2-1--2-1-2-1-2-4-2--9-8-6-4-2-1-2-1-2-1--
D  :-----------------------------------------4  x2
A  :------------------------------------------
F# :------------------------------------------

Riff 11:

E  :-----------------------------------------------
B  :------------------------------------------------
G  :---------------------------------------2--0-----   x2
D  :-2--4--5--2--4--2--5--2--4--2--5--2--4------4---
A  :-------------------------------------------------
F# :-----------------------------------------------

Repeat riff 4: "Rattle, rattle, rattle.." x4

Repeat riff 7 and all of 8 a-e: "I'm the serpent, Devil servant.."

Repeat riff 5: "Rattle, rattle, rattle.."

Repeat riff 1: "Isolation, trepidation.."

Repeat riff 2a and 2b: "Rattlesnake, rattlesnake, rattlesnake, rattles me.."

*Fade-out outro*

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