Phantom Island chords by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

• Difficulty: Advanced 🤯

Key: Bb

Intro:

Eb5 Ebm
F
Fm Ebm
Ab Ebm Abm
Ebm Fm Ebm
Fm Ebm Fm Ebm
Fm Ebm Fm Ebm
Fm Ebm Fm7 Ebm
Ab

Verse:
Bbm                  Ab    Eb
I just woke up from a dream
Bb                   Ab                  Eb
I was in a place I'd never been or never seen
Bb                       Ab                Eb
So I packed up my horse, everything seemed sweet
Bb7                         Ab                  Eb
Found the closest speakeasy and ordered a stiff drink
Gm                                Eb
Fuck, I never thought I'd lose my mind
          Gm                         Eb       Bb
I suppose sanity is easy to lose and hard to find
Gm                         Eb
Hey, and can you hear that tintinnabulation?
Cm          Cdim        B      Bb
Are all the bats in the belfry again?

Break:
Ebm Fm Ebm
Fm7 Ebm Fm7 Ebm
Fm Ebm Fm Ebm
Fm7 Ebm Fm Ebm
Fm

Verse:
Bb                    Ab
A land-borne illusion breaks the ocean surface
Eb Bb                            Ab                        Eb
Is this mental confusion or have I finally found my purpose?
Bb                                      Ab
Coconut congas playing in time with the waltz of a tortoise
  Bb                         Ab
A symphony of delusion as my thoughts finally realize their purpose
Bb                                    Eb
I hope this place is here in the morning
   Bb                                         Ab            Eb
Or I'll be floating back to the land with the water bloated corpses
      Bb                                             Ab          Eb
Their palm trees looking at me funny with a sideways belligerence
 Bb                                                 Eb
A symphony of delusion as my thoughts realize their ignorance

Verse:
Gm                Eb
Paranoia's on the growth
Gm                    Eb
Is that laughter or a crow?
 Gm                 Eb
Every rustle in the trees, a potential snare
Cm
Close my eyes and block my ears
Eb     B         Ebm
Cut the cord and let me hear

Refrain:
Ebm      Fm
Phantom (phantom)
Eb      Ab
Island (island)
Bbm      Fm
Phantom (phantom)
Bbm     Eb      Bb
Island (island) (woo)

Verse:
Ebm           Bbm
Am I chasing shadows?
Ebm     Bbm   Bb
Reality superimposed
Ebm                         Fm
There are footprints in the sand
Ebm                     Fm
Hear the crackle of dry leaves
Ebm                        Fm
Every wave that breaks too close
Ebm                  Fm
Every whisper on the breeze
Ebm                  Fm
Every shape inside a cloud
      Ebm                F
Every star that's out of place
Ebm                  F
Everything that I believe
Ebm                                  Bb
Throw it all into the sea and be free


Verse:
Bb
Sixteen horses galloping
                     Bbm
Twelve long years of grabbing
Bb
Grappling the bull by its horns
Bb
I can feel it in my loins
Bb
The crippling moon watch cycle
Bb
The lappin' rip, the risin' flood
Bb
The flip of the coin
              Bbm
It's another turning point

Chorus:
Bb
Phantom island, insane asylum
Bb              Abm
Phantom island, insane asylum
Bb
I'm the doe, the cat, the dog
Bb
The layman like our one true god

Verse:
Bb
Let your bygones be bygones
Bb                  Bbm
Bow down to Set and Typhon
    Bb
The long lagoon of rhythmic grooves
Bb
Bound and stampede running through the

Chorus:
Bb
Phantom island, insane asylum
Bb              Bbm
Phantom island, insane asylum
Bb
Phantom island, insane asylum
Bb
Chantin' sirens ringing clear

Verse:
Bb
The palm trees' heads are bangin'
Bb
Stuck inside, a mental seize
Bb
God, it's me, the sharp cliff hanging
Bb
We must retreat back to sea

Outro:
B
Ebm Bb
Gb Abm Ab Bb