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Superbug by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

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Tuning: Standard (E A D G)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro (once bass and drums come in at 0:16):

G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--4-----------------4---4---4---4-----------------4---4---4---|
A|-----6-4-6-6--6-4-6---6---6---6----6-4-6-6--6-4-6---6---6-----|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

G|--------------------------------------------------------6-----|
D|--4-----------------4---4---4---4-----------------4-6-8---8-6-|
A|-----6-4-6-6--6-4-6---6---6---6----6-4-6-6--6-4-6-------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|


Verse 1:

G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------4--6--------|
A|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--------------|*just thrash away on 6th fret and listen
E|--------------------------------------------------------------| for when to do the 4th to 6th part*

Bridge:

G|----------------------------------8-8----------------11-8-------------------|
D|-----------6-8-6-------------8-11-----11-8---------8------11-8--------------|
A|-6--6--6-9-------9-8--8-9-11---------------9--9-11-------------11-9-9—-9—-8-|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------—--|


Chorus (in 6/4! Except for the parts that go down to fourth fret those are in 2/4):

G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------SUUUPPPEER BUUUUG---|
A|-8p6--6--6-8p6--6--6-8p6--6--6-8p6--6--6-8p6--6--6-8p6--6--6--|
E|------------------------------*drum fill*---------------------|

G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-INN MY BLOOOOOOOOD---SUUPPPPPER BUUUUG--MADE OF THAT DISTRUBING STUUFF---|
A|-8p6--6--6-8p6--6--6-8p6--6--6-8p6--6--6-8p6--6--6-8p6--6--6--4-4-4-4-4-4-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------—--|

Intro:

[Verse 2( the exact same as verse 1)

Bridge:

Chorus: 

Intro (but now the drums are playing along to the rhythm of the riff):

G|-------------------------6-----------------------------6-----|
D|-4--------4--------4-6-8---8-6-4--------4--------4-6-8---8-6-|
A|----6-4-6----6-4-6----------------6-4-6----4-6-4-------------|*just repeat this part for the whole section*
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

Intro again( But more stripped back and bluesy this time):

G|-------------------------6-----|
D|-4--------4--------4-6-8---8-6-|
A|----6-4-6----6-4-6-------------|*once again, repeat for whole section*
E|-------------------------------|

[Chorus( if you want you could tune your bass down to drop Eb in this last chorus make it
extra heavy ,Since the E string is never used in the song, but it’s not nessecary)]

G|--------------------------------------——---|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|--SUUUUUPPPERR BUUUUUG--IN MY BLOOOOOOOOD--|
Eb|-2p0--0--0-2p0--0--0-2p0--0--0-2p0--0--0--|

G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|---SUUUUPPER BUUUUUUG--MAADE OF THAT DISTURBING STUUUFF|
A|-------------------------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-|
Eb|-2p0--0--0-2p0--0--0-2p0--0--0-2p0--0--0--------------|


Outro:

G|--------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--6------*let ring for a long time*---------|
E|--------------------------------------------|

And that’s all, I hope it isn’t too wrong and I also hope you enjoyed



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| p  Pull-off
| b  Bend

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Superbug Bass Tab Info

Last Updated: March 6, 2026