Deadstick chords by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

• Capo on 1st
• Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:

A/G A/F# A/F A
A(x8)

Refrain:
G D G D A  D G D G G# A (x2)

Verse 1:
A
There once flew a pilot, high and free
G               D
Danced with the clouds
G               G#  A
Pirouetted with the breeze
A

   But out of synch to the mechanical beat that
G             D            G     G# A
Pulsed at the heart of the metal machine
D
Thought of their partner and thought of their kids
A
Thought where they’re going and thought where they’d been
        A/G
But a sudden change
    A/F#
The routine shattered
   A/F
Prepare the mind
  E
Arrange the matters


Chorus:
      A
Deadstick
      A/G
Deadstick
         A/F#              A
I’m a bird with a broken wing
A
Deadstick (deadstick)
      A/G
Deadstick (deadstick)
       A/F#                 A
This nightingale can’t sing

Refrain:
G D G D A  D G D G G# A (x2)

Verse 2:
A
I wake with a retch to the smell of ammonia and  My
A/F#       G    A/F G G# A
eyes start watering
A
A shadow?

A body?

“Who are you ” I say when a
A/F#  G             A/F#    G G# A
voice cracks like a fro  -  zen lake
D
“I am your child,
                          A
You are my mother and I’m sitting here dying”
         A/G                A/F#              A/F                E
I say “I got no children, I am but a boy, you are mistaken  ”She sings
A
“Follow me down through the wind and the earth

to the edge of the forgotten seas”

“Save me from the hurt”

“Tell me of my worth”

“A phantom is taking everything”

Refrain:
G D G D A  D G D G G# A (x2)

Verse 3:
N.C.
Deadstick
     //
Death wish
              //
Panic in the cockpit
                //
Praying in the cabin
          G   G#  A
We’re all holding hands
N.C.
Deadstick
     //
Death wish
              /
Lost all propulsive   Pro-
                   //
pellers ain’t spinning  Being
       G  G#  A
forced to-o   land
A
Deadstick

Death wish  We’re

shutting off the engines
                            G G#  A
Blues skies are turning a dar-ker grey

Deadstick

Death wish
                                                  G  G# A
Heading for the smoking hole in the airfield I can’t lo-cate
A/G             A/F#
Mayday! Mayday! Mayday! Save me!
A/F                       A
     I’m in a tight - spot - catastrophe
A/G             A/F#
Mayday! Mayday! Mayday! Save me!
A/F                 A
I’m ‘bout to make a crash landing


Chorus:
N.C.
Deadstick

Deadstick

I’m a bird with a broken wing
A
Deadstick
    A/G
Deadstick
      A/F#              A
This nightingale can’t sing
N.C.
Yeah!


Verse 4:
A
Deadstick
A/G
Death wish
          A/F#     A
I can’t believe we   made it out alive
A
Deadstick
A/G
Death wish
A/F#                          G G# A
    Send me help before I die