Venusian 2 tab by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

• Tuning: C# Tuning (C# F# B E G# 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 to note B
ApB: Pull off from note A to note B
AbBrA: Bend note A to note B and return to note A
A~ : let note ring out

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

Both guitars:
C#||-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
G#||-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
 E||-----------------------------|---------------------3p2-3p2-0-||
 B||-----------------------------|-------------------------------|| x4
F#||-----------------------4b5---|-------------------------------||
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#||-------------------------------||--|-----------------|
G#||-------------------------------||--|-----------------|
 E||-------------------------------||--|-----------------|
 B||-------------------------------||x3|-----------------|
F#||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1p0-1p0---||--|---------------6-|
C#||-----------------------------3-||--|-5--3--5--6--2---|

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

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

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

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

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

C#|-17p13h17p13h17p13-17p13h17p13h17p13-17b19--|
G#|--------------------------------------------|
 E|--------------------------------------------|
 B|--------------------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------------------|
C#|--------------------------------------------|

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

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

C#|--------------------------------------------|
G#|-18p13h18p13h18p13-18p13h18p13h18p13-18b20--|
 E|--------------------------------------------|
 B|--------------------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------------------|
C#|--------------------------------------------|

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

MAIN THEME (1:01)
C#||-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
G#||-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
 E||-----------------------------|---------------------3p2-3p2-0-||
 B||-----------------------------|-------------------------------|| x4
F#||-----------------------4b5---|-------------------------------||
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#||-------------------------------||--|-----------------|
G#||-------------------------------||--|-----------------|
 E||-------------------------------||--|-----------------|
 B||-------------------------------||x3|-----------------|
F#||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1p0-1p0---||--|---------------6-|
C#||-----------------------------3-||--|-5--3--5--6--2---|

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

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

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

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

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

C#|-17p13h17p13h17p13-17p13h17p13h17p13-17b19--|
G#|--------------------------------------------|
 E|--------------------------------------------|
 B|--------------------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------------------|
C#|--------------------------------------------|

C#|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|-17p12h17p12h17p12-17p12h17p12h17p12-17p12h17p12h17p12-17p12h17p12h17p12|
 E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

C#|--------------------------------------------|
G#|-18p13h18p13h18p13-18p13h18p13h18p13-18b20--|
 E|--------------------------------------------|
 B|--------------------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------------------|
C#|--------------------------------------------|

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

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

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

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

C#|---------------------------------------------|
G#|-18p13h18p13h18p13h-18p13h18p13h18p13-18b20--|
 E|---------------------------------------------|
 B|---------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------------------|
C#|---------------------------------------------|

C#|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|-12p9h12p9h12p9h-12p9h12p9h12p9h-12p9h12p9h12p9h-12p9h12p9h12p9h|
 E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
 B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|----------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|----------------------------------------------------------------|

C#|----------------------------------------------|
G#|-13p10h13p10h13p10h-13p10h13p10h13p10h-13b15--|
 E|----------------------------------------------|
 B|----------------------------------------------|
F#|----------------------------------------------|
C#|----------------------------------------------|

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

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

Guitar 3:
C#|---|---|---|---|---|----|---------|---------|---------|-----------|-----|
G#|---|---|---|---|---|----|---------|---------|---------|-----------|-----|
 E|---|---|---|---|---|----|-----6---|---------|---------|-----------|-----|
 B|---|---|---|---|-9-|-10-|-8-5---8-|-5-------|---------|------8-11-|-14~-|
F#|-2-|-2-|-2-|-3-|-7-|-8--|---------|---7-4-1-|---------|-7-10------|-----|
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#||-----------------------||
G#||-----------------------||
 E||-----------------------||
 B||-9---12-14-14b15r14-12-|| x8
F#||-7---10-12-12b13r12-10-||
C#||-----------------------||

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

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

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

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

MAIN THEME (2:20)
C#||-----------------------------|-------------------------------||--|----|-----|
G#||-----------------------------|-------------------------------||--|----|---8-|
 E||-----------------------------|---------------------3p2-3p2-0-||--|----|---7-|
 B||-----------------------------|-------------------------------||x4|----|---6-|
F#||-----------------------4b5---|-------------------------------||--|-2--|---7-|
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 to note B
ApB: Pull off from note A to note B
AbBrA: Bend note A to note B and return to note A
A~ : let note ring out