Venusian 2 tab by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

Tabs

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

“Venusian 2”, by King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard

Transcribed by ear and by watching some live videos. One of the easier song on Infest The Rats Nest,
no super fast tempos or time signature changes. Only Stu played guitar on the record for this song,
so I’ll mostly be tabbing two guitar tracks for the double solo’s.

Song Structure
INTRO (0:00)
VERSE (0:20)
1ST SOLO (0:46)
CHORUS (0:53)
MAIN THEME (1:01)
VERSE (1:08)
2ND SOLO (1:33)
CHORUS (2:06)
MAIN THEME (2:20)

🏷Legend:
AhB: Hammer on from note A augmentedA to note BB
ApB: Pull off from note A augmentedA to note BB
AbBrA: Bend note A augmentedA to note BB and return to note A augmentedA
A~ : let note ring out

Whole song is in 4/4
INTRO (0:00)
Guitar 1:
C#C#|----|----|----|------------|
G#G#|----|----|----|------------|
 E MajorE|----|----|----|------------|
 BB|----|----|----|------------|
F#F#|----|----|----|------------|
C#C#|----|----|----|------------|
         Harsh feedback
Guitar 2:
C#C#|----|----|----|------------------|
G#G#|----|----|----|------------------|
 E MajorE|----|----|----|------------------|
 BB|----|----|----|------------------|
F#F#|----|----|----|------------------|
C#C#|----|----|----|------------------| starts two quarter notes later
            Harsh feedback

Both guitars:
C#C#||-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
G#G#||-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
 E MajorE||-----------------------------|---------------------3p2-3p2-0-||
 BB||-----------------------------|-------------------------------|| x4
F#F#||-----------------------4b5---|-------------------------------||
C#C#||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-----3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------||

VERSE (0:20)
Both guitars:
C#C#||-------------------------------||--|-----------------|
G#G#||-------------------------------||--|-----------------|
 E MajorE||-------------------------------||--|-----------------|
 BB||-------------------------------||x3|-----------------|
F#F#||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1p0-1p0---||--|---------------6-|
C#C#||-----------------------------3-||--|-5--3--5--6--2---|

C#C#||-------------------------------||--|-----------------|
G#G#||-------------------------------||--|-----------------|
 E MajorE||-------------------------------||--|-----------------|
 BB||-------------------------------||x3|-----------------|
F#F#||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1p0-1p0---||--|---------------6-|
C#C#||-----------------------------3-||--|-5--3--5--6--2---|

C#C#||--------------------------------|----------------------||
G#G#||--------------------------------|----------------------||
 E MajorE||--------------------------------|----------------------||
 BB||--------------------------------|----------------------|| x2
F#F#||--------------------------------|-------------------13-||
C#C#||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-12--10--12--13--9----||

C#C#|-----|--------|
G#G#|-----|--------|
 E MajorE|-----|--------|
 BB|-----|--------|
F#F#|-9---|-9------|
C#C#|-7---|-7------|
     /w delay

1ST SOLO (0:46)
Guitar 1:
C#C#|-12~-----|--------|
G#G#|-15b17~--|--------|
 E MajorE|---------|--------|
 BB|---------|--------|
F#F#|---------|--------|
C#C#|---------|--------|

  Sixteenth note triplets, so six notes per beat
C#C#|-16p12h16p12h16p12-16p12h16p12h16p12-16p12h16p12h16p12-16p12h16p12h16p12|
G#G#|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 BB|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#F#|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#C#|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

C#C#|-17p13h17p13h17p13-17p13h17p13h17p13-17b19--|
G#G#|--------------------------------------------|
 E MajorE|--------------------------------------------|
 BB|--------------------------------------------|
F#F#|--------------------------------------------|
C#C#|--------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2:
C#C#|-12~-----|--------|
G#G#|-15b17~--|--------|
 E MajorE|---------|--------|
 BB|---------|--------|
F#F#|---------|--------|
C#C#|---------|--------|

  Sixteenth note triplets, so six notes per beat
C#C#|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#G#|-17p12h17p12h17p12-17p12h17p12h17p12-17p12h17p12h17p12-17p12h17p12h17p12|
 E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 BB|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#F#|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#C#|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

C#C#|--------------------------------------------|
G#G#|-18p13h18p13h18p13-18p13h18p13h18p13-18b20--|
 E MajorE|--------------------------------------------|
 BB|--------------------------------------------|
F#F#|--------------------------------------------|
C#C#|--------------------------------------------|

CHORUS (0:53)
Both guitars:
C#C#||-----------------------||
G#G#||-----------------------||
 E MajorE||-----------------------||
 BB||-9---12-14-14b15r14-12-|| x4
F#F#||-7---10-12-12b13r12-10-||
C#C#||-----------------------||

MAIN THEME (1:01)
C#C#||-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
G#G#||-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
 E MajorE||-----------------------------|---------------------3p2-3p2-0-||
 BB||-----------------------------|-------------------------------|| x4
F#F#||-----------------------4b5---|-------------------------------||
C#C#||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-----3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------||

VERSE (1:08)
Both guitars:
C#C#||-------------------------------||--|-----------------|
G#G#||-------------------------------||--|-----------------|
 E MajorE||-------------------------------||--|-----------------|
 BB||-------------------------------||x3|-----------------|
F#F#||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1p0-1p0---||--|---------------6-|
C#C#||-----------------------------3-||--|-5--3--5--6--2---|

C#C#||-------------------------------||--|-----------------|
G#G#||-------------------------------||--|-----------------|
 E MajorE||-------------------------------||--|-----------------|
 BB||-------------------------------||x3|-----------------|
F#F#||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1p0-1p0---||--|---------------6-|
C#C#||-----------------------------3-||--|-5--3--5--6--2---|

C#C#||--------------------------------|----------------------||
G#G#||--------------------------------|----------------------||
 E MajorE||--------------------------------|----------------------||
 BB||--------------------------------|----------------------|| x2
F#F#||--------------------------------|-------------------13-||
C#C#||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-12--10--12--13--9----||

C#C#|-----|--------|
G#G#|-----|--------|
 E MajorE|-----|--------|
 BB|-----|--------|
F#F#|-9---|-9------|
C#C#|-7---|-7------|
     /w delay

2ND SOLO (1:33) /w third guitar (extra melody)
Guitar 1:
C#C#|-12~-----|--------|
G#G#|-15b17~--|--------|
 E MajorE|---------|--------|
 BB|---------|--------|
F#F#|---------|--------|
C#C#|---------|--------|

  Sixteenth note triplets, so six notes per beat
C#C#|-16p12h16p12h16p12-16p12h16p12h16p12-16p12h16p12h16p12-16p12h16p12h16p12|
G#G#|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 BB|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#F#|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#C#|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

C#C#|-17p13h17p13h17p13-17p13h17p13h17p13-17b19--|
G#G#|--------------------------------------------|
 E MajorE|--------------------------------------------|
 BB|--------------------------------------------|
F#F#|--------------------------------------------|
C#C#|--------------------------------------------|

C#C#|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#G#|-17p12h17p12h17p12-17p12h17p12h17p12-17p12h17p12h17p12-17p12h17p12h17p12|
 E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 BB|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#F#|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#C#|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

C#C#|--------------------------------------------|
G#G#|-18p13h18p13h18p13-18p13h18p13h18p13-18b20--|
 E MajorE|--------------------------------------------|
 BB|--------------------------------------------|
F#F#|--------------------------------------------|
C#C#|--------------------------------------------|

C#C#|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
G#G#|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
 E MajorE|-3p0h3p0h3p0-3p0h3p0h3p0-6p0h6p0h6p0-6p0h6p0h6p0|-9p0h9p0h9p0-9p0h9p0h9p0-12p0h12p0h12p0-12p0h12p0h12p0|
 BB|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
F#F#|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
C#C#|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|

C#C#|------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
G#G#|------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
 E MajorE|-15p0h15p0h15p0-15p0h15p0h15p0-18p0h18p0h18p0-18p0h18p0h18p0|-21p0h21p0h21p0-21p0h21p0h21p0-21b24~--|
 BB|------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
F#F#|------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
C#C#|------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

Guitar 2:
C#C#|-12~-----|--------|
G#G#|-15b17~--|--------|
 E MajorE|---------|--------|
 BB|---------|--------|
F#F#|---------|--------|
C#C#|---------|--------|

  Sixteenth note triplets, so six notes per beat
C#C#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#G#|-17p12h17p12h17p12h-17p12h17p12h17p12h-17p12h17p12h17p12h-17p12h17p12h17p12h|
 E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 BB|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#F#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#C#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

C#C#|---------------------------------------------|
G#G#|-18p13h18p13h18p13h-18p13h18p13h18p13-18b20--|
 E MajorE|---------------------------------------------|
 BB|---------------------------------------------|
F#F#|---------------------------------------------|
C#C#|---------------------------------------------|

C#C#|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G#G#|-12p9h12p9h12p9h-12p9h12p9h12p9h-12p9h12p9h12p9h-12p9h12p9h12p9h|
 E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------|
 BB|----------------------------------------------------------------|
F#F#|----------------------------------------------------------------|
C#C#|----------------------------------------------------------------|

C#C#|----------------------------------------------|
G#G#|-13p10h13p10h13p10h-13p10h13p10h13p10h-13b15--|
 E MajorE|----------------------------------------------|
 BB|----------------------------------------------|
F#F#|----------------------------------------------|
C#C#|----------------------------------------------|

C#C#|-3p0h3p0h3p0-3p0h3p0h3p0-6p0h6p0h6p0-6p0h6p0h6p0|-9p0h9p0h9p0-9p0h9p0h9p0-12p0h12p0h12p0-12p0h12p0h12p0|
G#G#|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
 E MajorE|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
 BB|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
F#F#|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
C#C#|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|

C#C#|-15p0h15p0h15p0-15p0h15p0h15p0-18p0h18p0h18p0-18p0h18p0h18p0|-21p0h21p0h21p0-21p0h21p0h21p0-21b24~--|
G#G#|------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
 E-------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
 BB|------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
F#F#|------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
C#C#|------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

Guitar 3:
C#C#|---|---|---|---|---|----|---------|---------|---------|-----------|-----|
G#G#|---|---|---|---|---|----|---------|---------|---------|-----------|-----|
 E MajorE|---|---|---|---|---|----|-----6---|---------|---------|-----------|-----|
 BB|---|---|---|---|-9-|-10-|-8-5---8-|-5-------|---------|------8-11-|-14~-|
F#F#|-2-|-2-|-2-|-3-|-7-|-8--|---------|---7-4-1-|---------|-7-10------|-----|
C#C#|-0-|-0-|-0-|-1-|---|----|---------|---------|-0-3-6-9-|-----------|-----|
 |-not-on-the-record------|

BASS AND DRUM BREAK (1:52)
8 bars of 4/4, guitars come back in with harsh feedback

CHORUS (2:06)
Guitar 1:
C#C#||-----------------------||
G#G#||-----------------------||
 E MajorE||-----------------------||
 BB||-9---12-14-14b15r14-12-|| x8
F#F#||-7---10-12-12b13r12-10-||
C#C#||-----------------------||

Guitar 2:
C#C#||-----------------------||
G#G#||-----------------------||
 E MajorE||-----------------------||
 BB||-9---12-14-14b15r14-12-|| x4
F#F#||-7---10-12-12b13r12-10-||
C#C#||-----------------------||

  Sixteenth note triplets, so six notes per beat
C#C#||-16p12h16p12h16p12-16p12h16p12h16p12-17p13h17p13h17p13-17p13h17p13h17p13||
G#G#||------------------------------------------------------------------------||
 E MajorE||------------------------------------------------------------------------||
 BB||------------------------------------------------------------------------|| x3
F#F#||------------------------------------------------------------------------||
C#C#||------------------------------------------------------------------------||

C#C#|-16p12h16p12h16p12-16p12h16p12h16p12-17b19~-|
G#G#|--------------------------------------------|
 E MajorE|--------------------------------------------|
 BB|--------------------------------------------|
F#F#|--------------------------------------------|
C#C#|--------------------------------------------|

Extra harmony:
C#C#|-16p12h16p12h16p12-16p12h16p12h16p12-20b22~-|
G#G#|--------------------------------------------|
 E MajorE|--------------------------------------------|
 BB|--------------------------------------------|
F#F#|--------------------------------------------|
C#C#|--------------------------------------------|

MAIN THEME (2:20)
C#C#||-----------------------------|-------------------------------||--|----|-----|
G#G#||-----------------------------|-------------------------------||--|----|---8-|
 E MajorE||-----------------------------|---------------------3p2-3p2-0-||--|----|---7-|
 BB||-----------------------------|-------------------------------||x4|----|---6-|
F#F#||-----------------------4b5---|-------------------------------||--|-2--|---7-|
C#C#||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-----3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------||--|-0--|---0-|

🏷Legend:
AhB: Hammer on from note A augmentedA to note BB
ApB: Pull off from note A augmentedA to note BB
AbBrA: Bend note A augmentedA to note BB and return to note A augmentedA
A~ : let note ring out