“Mars For The Rich”, by King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard
Transcribed by ear and by watching various live videos.
Most of the song features two guitar tracks (Stu and Cook are listed in the album liner notes)
which I’ll tab out with a third guitar track that I'll mention where appropriate.
There are also some ambient noises going on at times, which is Ambrose on harmonica and not guitars.
All of the song is in 4/4. They do have some 3 against 2 vibes going on in the drum parts,
but that is not very important for the guitar parts. I’ll explain the chorus riff works rhythmically.
Song Structure
INTRO (0:00)
VERSE (0:32)
CHORUS (1:02)
VERSE (1:37)
CHORUS (2:09)
SOLO (2:32)
BASS SOLO (2:47)
CHORUS (3:29)
Legend:
AbB: Bend note A to note B
AsB: slide from note A to note B
A~ : let note ring out
xs~: slide up string, not to or from a particular note
INTRO (0:00)
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We’ll mostly be using eighth note triplets in 4/4, i.e. 3 evenly spaced notes per quarter note beat.
The riff works like this.
1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a| 1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a|
C#|------------------------|------------------------|
G#|-5-----7-----5-7---7----|-5-----7-----5----------|
E|-5---5-7---7-5-7---7---7|-5---5-7---7-5----------|
B|-5---5-7---7-5-7---7---7|-5---5-7---7-5-7---7---7|
F#|------------------------|---------------0---0---0|
C#|------------------------|------------------------|
The chords on the ‘a’s aren’t played super clearly, it’s somewhere between the chord and
playing muted strings. The accents fall on the beat, play those more prominently.
I’ll be writing it a bit more compact to save space and make the tab more readable.
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Guitar 1:
C#|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------|
G#|-5----7----5-7--7---|5----7----5--------|5----7----5-7--7---|-5-----|
E|-5--5-7--7-5-7--7--7|5--5-7--7-5--------|5--5-7--7-5-7--7---|-7b9---|
B|-5--5-7--7-5-7--7--7|5--5-7--7-5-7--7--7|5--5-7--7-5-7--7---|-------|
F#|--------------------|------------0--0--0|-------------------|-------|
C#|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------|
/w delay
Guitar 2:
C#|----|----|----|------|
G#|----|----|----|-5----|
E|----|----|----|-7b9--|
B|----|----|----|------|
F#|----|----|----|------|
C#|----|----|----|------|
/w delay
Both guitars:
C#||--------------------|-------------------||--|-------------|
G#||-5----7----5-7--7---|5----7----5--------||--|-------------|
E||-5--5-7--7-5-7--7--7|5--5-7--7-5--------||--|-------------|
B||-5--5-7--7-5-7--7--7|5--5-7--7-5-7--7--7||x3|-5--5--7--7--|
F#||--------------------|------------0--0--0||--|-3--3--5--5--|
C#||--------------------|-------------------||--|-------------|
C#||----------------------||--|-xs17---|
G#||----------------------||--|--------|
E||----------------------||--|--------|
B||----------------------||x7|--------|
F#||-0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0||--|--------|
C#||----------------------||--|--------|
Slide up with heavy delay
VERSE (0:32)
The verse is also in 4/4, the pattern is eighth note triplets (3 notes per beat)
Guitar 1:
C#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
G#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
E|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
B|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
F#|-7-------------------|------------------------|-7-------------------|---------------------------|
C#|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-3-6-0-6-9-0-9-12-0-12-15|
C#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|---------------|
G#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|---------------|
E|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|-------14--14--|
B|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|-------13--13--|
F#|-7-------------------|------------------------|-7--7--10--10--|-9--9--12--12--|
C#|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0--0--8---8---|-7--7--11--11--|
C#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
G#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
E|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|-0-3-6-0-6-9-0-9-12-0-12-15|
B|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
F#|-7-------------------|------------------------|-7-------------------|---------------------------|
C#|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|---------------------------|
C#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|---------------|
G#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|---------------|
E|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|-------14--14--|
B|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|-------13--13--|
F#|-7-------------------|------------------------|-7--7--10--10--|-9--9--12--12--|
C#|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0--0--8---8---|-7--7--11--11--|
Guitar 2:
C#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
G#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
E|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
B|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
F#|-5-------------------|------------------------|-5-------------------|---------------------------|
C#|-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-3-6-0-6-9-0-9-12-0-12-15|
C#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|---------------|
G#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|---------------|
E|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|-------14--14--|
B|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|-------13--13--|
F#|-5-------------------|------------------------|-7--7--10--10--|-9--9--12--12--|
C#|-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0--0--8---8---|-7--7--11--11--|
C#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|-0-3-6-0-6-9-0-9-12-0-12-15|
G#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
E|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
B|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
F#|-5-------------------|------------------------|-5-------------------|---------------------------|
C#|-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|---------------------------|
C#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|---------------|
G#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|---------------|
E|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|-------14--14--|
B|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|-------13--13--|
F#|-5-------------------|------------------------|-7--7--10--10--|-9--9--12--12--|
C#|-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0--0--8---8---|-7--7--11--11--|
Guitar 3: (is really only heard on the diminished scale run up every fourth bar)
C#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
G#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
E|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
B|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
F#|-5-------------------|------------------------|-5-------------------|---------------------------|
C#|-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-3-6-0-6-9-0-9-12-0-12-15|
C#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|---------------|
G#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|---------------|
E|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|-------14--14--|
B|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|-------13--13--|
F#|-5-------------------|------------------------|-7--7--10--10--|-9--9--12--12--|
C#|-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0--0--8---8---|-7--7--11--11--|
C#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
G#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
E|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
B|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
F#|-5-------------------|------------------------|-5-------------------|---------------------------|
C#|-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-3-6-0-6-9-0-9-12-0-12-15|
C#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|---------------|
G#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|---------------|
E|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|-------14--14--|
B|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|-------13--13--|
F#|-5-------------------|------------------------|-7--7--10--10--|-9--9--12--12--|
C#|-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0--0--8---8---|-7--7--11--11--|
CHORUS (1:02)
Guitar 1:
C#|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------|
G#|-5----7----5-7--7---|5----7----5--------|5----7----5-7--7---|-5-----|
E|-5--5-7--7-5-7--7--7|5--5-7--7-5--------|5--5-7--7-5-7--7---|-7b9---|
B|-5--5-7--7-5-7--7--7|5--5-7--7-5-7--7--7|5--5-7--7-5-7--7---|-------|
F#|--------------------|------------0--0--0|-------------------|-------|
C#|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------|
/w delay
Guitar 2:
C#|----|----|----|------|
G#|----|----|----|-5----|
E|----|----|----|-7b9--|
B|----|----|----|------|
F#|----|----|----|------|
C#|----|----|----|------|
/w delay
Both guitars:
C#||--------------------|-------------------||--|-------------|-----------------|
G#||-5----7----5-7--7---|5----7----5--------||--|-------------|-----------------|
E||-5--5-7--7-5-7--7--7|5--5-7--7-5--------||--|-------------|---------13--13--|
B||-5--5-7--7-5-7--7--7|5--5-7--7-5-7--7--7||x3|-5--5--7--7--|-10--10--12--12--|
F#||--------------------|------------0--0--0||--|-3--3--5--5--|-8---8---11--11--|
C#||--------------------|-------------------||--|-------------|-----------------|
Guitar 1:
C#||----------------------||--|-xs17---|
G#||----------------------||--|--------|
E||----------------------||--|--------|
B||----------------------||x7|--------|
F#||-0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0||--|--------|
C#||----------------------||--|--------|
Slide up with heavy delay
Guitar 2:
C#||----------------------||--|--------------------|
G#||----------------------||--|--------------------|
E||----------------------||--|--------5-----7-5-8-|
B||----------------------||x7|-5--8-7----8--------|
F#||-0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0||--|--------------------|
C#||----------------------||--|--------------------|
VERSE (1:37)
Guitar 1:
C#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
G#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
E|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
B|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
F#|-7-------------------|------------------------|-7-------------------|---------------------------|
C#|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-3-6-0-6-9-0-9-12-0-12-15|
C#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|---------------|
G#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|---------------|
E|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|-------14--14--|
B|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|-------13--13--|
F#|-7-------------------|------------------------|-7--7--10--10--|-9--9--12--12--|
C#|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0--0--8---8---|-7--7--11--11--|
C#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
G#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
E|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|-0-3-6-0-6-9-0-9-12-0-12-15|
B|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
F#|-7-------------------|------------------------|-7-------------------|---------------------------|
C#|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|---------------------------|
C#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|---------------|-----|----|
G#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|---------------|-----|----|
E|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|-------13--13--|-----|----|
B|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|-------12--12--|-7---|----|
F#|-7-------------------|------------------------|-7--7--10--10--|-9--9--11--11--|-0---|----|
C#|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0--0--8---8---|-7--7----------|-----|----|
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Picking pattern for guitar 2 and 3 is as follows, still eighth note triplets in 4/4:
1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a| 1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a
C#|-0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0--|-0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0--|
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Guitar 2:
C#|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
G#|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
E|-9~-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
B|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
F#|----------------------|---------------------|-5-------------------|---------------------------|
C#|-----0-0-0--0--0-0-0--|-0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--|-3--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--|-0-3-6-0-6-9-0-9-12-0-12-15|
C#|---------------------|---------------------|---------------|---------------|
G#|---------------------|---------------------|---------------|---------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------|-------14--14--|
B|---------------------|---------------------|---------------|-------13--13--|
F#|-5-------------------|---------------------|-7--7--10--10--|-9--9--12--12--|
C#|-3--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--|-0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--|-0--0--8---8---|-7--7--11--11--|
C#|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-0-3-6-0-6-9-0-9-12-0-12-15|
G#|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
B|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
F#|-5-------------------|---------------------|-5-------------------|---------------------------|
C#|-3--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--|-0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--|-3--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--|---------------------------|
C#|---------------------|---------------------|---------------|-------------|-----|----|
G#|---------------------|---------------------|---------------|-------------|-----|----|
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------|-------7--7--|-----|----|
B|---------------------|---------------------|---------------|-------6--6--|-7---|----|
F#|-5-------------------|---------------------|-7--7--10--10--|-9--9--5--5--|-0---|----|
C#|-3--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--|-0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--|-0--0--8---8---|-7--7--4--4--|-----|----|
Guitar 3: (is really only heard on the diminished scale run up every fourth bar)
C#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
G#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
E|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
B|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
F#|-5-------------------|------------------------|-5-------------------|---------------------------|
C#|-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-3-6-0-6-9-0-9-12-0-12-15|
C#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|---------------|
G#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|---------------|
E|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|-------14--14--|
B|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|-------13--13--|
F#|-5-------------------|------------------------|-7--7--10--10--|-9--9--12--12--|
C#|-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0--0--8---8---|-7--7--11--11--|
C#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
G#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
E|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
B|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
F#|-5-------------------|------------------------|-5-------------------|---------------------------|
C#|-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-3-6-0-6-9-0-9-12-0-12-15|
C#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|-------------|-----|----|
G#|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|-------------|-----|----|
E|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|-------7--7--|-----|----|
B|---------------------|------------------------|---------------|-------6--6--|-7---|----|
F#|-5-------------------|------------------------|-7--7--10--10--|-9--9--5--5--|-0---|----|
C#|-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0--0--8---8---|-7--7--4--4--|-----|----|
CHORUS (2:09)
Both guitars:
C#||--------------------|-------------------||--|-------------|-----------------|
G#||-5----7----5-7--7---|5----7----5--------||--|-------------|-----------------|
E||-5--5-7--7-5-7--7--7|5--5-7--7-5--------||--|-------------|---------13--13--|
B||-5--5-7--7-5-7--7--7|5--5-7--7-5-7--7--7||x3|-5--5--7--7--|-10--10--12--12--|
F#||--------------------|------------0--0--0||--|-3--3--5--5--|-8---8---11--11--|
C#||--------------------|-------------------||--|-------------|-----------------|
C#|-----------------|-----|----|----|----|
G#|-----------------|-----|----|----|----|
E|---------13--13--|-----|----|----|----|
B|-10--10--12--12--|-----|----|----|----|
F#|-8---8---11--11--|-0---|----|----|----|
C#|-----------------|-----|----|----|----|
SOLO (2:32)
Both guitars play the same bends, but their sliding in between sounds different. Add a heavy delay
with short repeats.
C#|-----------|-xs~---|--------|-xs~---|--------|-xs~--|--------|-xs~--|
G#|-5---5-----|-------|--------|-------|-8b10---|------|-20b22--|------|
E|-7b9-7b9---|-------|-19b21--|-------|--------|------|--------|------|
B|-----------|-------|--------|-------|--------|------|--------|------|
F#|-----------|-------|--------|-------|--------|------|--------|------|
C#|-----------|-------|--------|-------|--------|------|--------|------|
BASS SOLO (2:47)
24 bars of 4/4 without guitar. Come back in with swelling feedback.
CHORUS (3:29)
Guitar 1:
C#|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------|
G#|-5----7----5-7--7---|5----7----5--------|5----7----5-7--7---|-5-----|
E|-5--5-7--7-5-7--7--7|5--5-7--7-5--------|5--5-7--7-5-7--7---|-7b9---|
B|-5--5-7--7-5-7--7--7|5--5-7--7-5-7--7--7|5--5-7--7-5-7--7---|-------|
F#|--------------------|------------0--0--0|-------------------|-------|
C#|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------|
/w delay
Guitar 2:
C#|----|----|----|------|
G#|----|----|----|-5----|
E|----|----|----|-7b9--|
B|----|----|----|------|
F#|----|----|----|------|
C#|----|----|----|------|
/w delay
Both guitars:
C#||--------------------|-------------------||--|-------------|-----------------|
G#||-5----7----5-7--7---|5----7----5--------||--|-------------|-----------------|
E||-5--5-7--7-5-7--7--7|5--5-7--7-5--------||--|-------------|---------13--13--|
B||-5--5-7--7-5-7--7--7|5--5-7--7-5-7--7--7||x3|-5--5--7--7--|-10--10--12--12--|
F#||--------------------|------------0--0--0||--|-3--3--5--5--|-8---8---11--11--|
C#||--------------------|-------------------||--|-------------|-----------------|
C#|-----------------|-------------|----|
G#|-----------------|-------------|----|
E|---------13--13--|-------------|----|
B|-10--10--12--12--|-5--5--7--7--|----|
F#|-8---8---11--11--|-3--3--5--5--|-0--|
C#|-----------------|-------------|----|
Legend:
AbB: Bend note A to note B
AsB: slide from note A to note B
A~ : let note ring out
xs~: slide up string, not to or from a particular note
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Mars for the Rich
Type: Guitar