Artist: King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
Song: God is in the Rhythm
Album: Quarters
Difficulty: Intermediate
Eb Standard Tuning (Half a step down): eb-Bb-Gb-Db-Ab-Eb
Legend:
/ slide
h hammer-on
p pull-off
~ vibrato
+ natural harmonic
x Mute note
This is the basic structure of the song:
G Em C D
Eb||---3--------7-----------||
Bb||---3--------8---5---7---||
Gb||---4--------9---5---7---|| x4
Db||---5--------9---5---7---||
Ab||---5--------7---3---5---||
Eb||---3--2--0--------------||
Em Dm Cm D
Eb||---9-------------------------||
Bb||---8--------6--------4---7---||
Gb||---9--------7--------5---7---||
Db||---9--------7--------5---7---||
Ab||---7--7--6--5--5--4--3---5---||
Eb||-----------------------------||
I've put the chords as relative to the tuning so the actual chord progression throughout is:
F# D#m B C# x4
D#m C#m Bm C#
Here is the actual song:
{0:00 - 0:37]
G Em C D G Em C D
Earth by the moon, darker days come soon
G Em C D G Em C D
Owl sings a tune, surely she knows too
Em Dm
Bird is waiting, expectating
Cm D
God is in the rhythm
[0:37]
Sweet riff:
Eb||--13-12----------------------||
Bb||--------13-12----------------||
Gb||--------------13-12----------||
Db||--------------------13-12-0--||
Ab||-----------------------------||
Eb||-----------------------------||
[0:40] - [1:18]
G Em C D G Em C D
Earth by the sun, brighter days to run
G Em C D G Em C D
Rain knows the sun, knows it's not time to come
Em Dm
Rain is waiting, expectating
Cm D
God is in the rhythm
[1:18]
Eb||--13-12----------------------||
Bb||--------13-12----------------||
Gb||--------------13-12----------||
Db||--------------------13-12-0--||
Ab||-----------------------------||
Eb||-----------------------------||
Solo round 1:
[1:22]
G Em C D G Em
Eb||---------------------------------------------------------------+12+-------||
Bb||--10h12--8--10--8h10------------------------------------------------+12+--||
Gb||----------------------9-----9-9-12-11--11h12p11-9--9-7---12-9-------------||
Db||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
Ab||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
Eb||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
[1:33]
C D G Em C D G Em C D
Eb||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
Bb||------------------------------------------5----------------------------5--------------------3------||
Gb||-9-9-12-11--11h12p11-9--9-7--5-4-5-4--4h5---5-4--------------------------4--------0---------x------||
Db||------------------------------------------------7--4-4-7-5--4h5p4p0h2---------0h2---2-----4--------||
Ab||----------------------------------------------------------------------------3-----------5----------||
Eb||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
[1:50]
Em Dm Cm
Eb||--0----------------------------------------------------------------------||
Bb||---0---------------------------------3--5---3----3h4-4-4-3-1-3h4p3p1--1--||
Gb||----0----------------------------2-4------4------------------------------||
Db||-----2-------------0-2-5--2-1-0------------------------------------------||
Ab||------2--------0-2-------------------------------------------------------||
Eb||-------0---0-3-----------------------------------------------------------||
[2:00]
D
Eb||--13-12----------------------||
Bb||--------13-12----------------||
Gb||--------------13-12----------||
Db||--------------------13-12-12-||
Ab||-----------------------------||
Eb||-----------------------------||
Solo round 2 (we're going low this time):
[2:04]
G Em C D G Em
Eb||---------------------------------------------||
Bb||---------------------------------------------||
Gb||---------------------------------------------||
Db||---------------------------------------------||
Ab||---------------------------------------------||
Eb||--5h7--3--5--3h5--0----0-0-3-2--2-0--7--10-7-||
[2:16]
C D G Em C D G Em
Eb||-------------------------------------------------------------||
Bb||-------------------------------------------------------------||
Gb||-------------------------------------------------------------||
Db||-------------------------------------------------------------||
Ab||-----------------------------------7-------------------------||
Eb||-0-0-3-2--2-0--7-7-7-7--10-7---7h8---8--7-5--2-2-5-3//////15-||
[2:29]
C D
Eb||-------------------||
Bb||-------------------||
Gb||-------------------||
Db||----2-0-----4-0----||
Ab||--3-----3-5--------||
Eb||-------------------||
[2:33]
Em
Eb||--0----------------------------------||
Bb||---0-------------10--12-10-12-10-12--||
Gb||----0-----9-9-12---------------------||
Db||-----2-------------------------------||
Ab||------2------------------------------||
Eb||-------0-----------------------------||
[2:36]
Dm
Eb||--13-----------------------------------------------------||
Bb||-----15-13-15-15-13h15p13-10-13-13-10h13p10-8-10-10-8----||
Gb||------------------------------------------------------7--||
Db||---------------------------------------------------------||
Ab||---------------------------------------------------------||
Eb||---------------------------------------------------------||
[2:40]
Cm
Eb||---------------------||
Bb||----4-6-4h6p4---4----||
Gb||--5-----------5---5--||
Db||---------------------||
Ab||---------------------||
Eb||---------------------||
[2:43]
D
Eb||--13-12----------------------||
Bb||--------13-12----------------||
Gb||--------------13-12----------||
Db||--------------------13-12-12-||
Ab||-----------------------------||
Eb||-----------------------------||
[2:46 - 3:24]
G Em C D G Em C D
Seasons move, everybody knows it's true
G Em C D G Em C D
Springs brings a dew, hibernates winters tune
Em Dm
Summer's waiting, expectating
Cm D
God is in the seasons
[3:24]
Eb||--13-12----------------------||
Bb||--------13-12----------------||
Gb||--------------13-12----------||
Db||--------------------13-12-12-||
Ab||-----------------------------||
Eb||-----------------------------||
[3:28]
G Em C D G Em C D
Eb||------------------------------------------------------10-7-------------------------||
Bb||-------------------------------------------------8-10---------8--10--8--10--12-10--||
Gb||---------------------------------------------7-9-----------------------------------||
Db||------5-4-2----2-------------------------7-9---------------------------------------||
Ab||----2--------------3---/7-5----5--7--/10-------------------------------------------||
Eb||--3--------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
[3:42]
G Em C D G Em C D
Eb||------------------------------------------------------------------||
Bb||--8-7----------------------------------------8--10--8--10--12-10--||
Gb||------9-7----------------------------7-9--------------------------||
Db||----------9----10-9-7------------7-9------------------------------||
Ab||----------------------10-9----10----------------------------------||
Eb||------------------------------------------------------------------||
[3:55]
Summer's waiting
Em
Eb||--0-------12-15-12h15p12-10-12-10h12p10----10------------------------------||
Bb||---0------------------------------------12----12-10-12-10h12p10-8-10-8-----||
Gb||----0-------------------------------------------------------------------9--||
Db||-----2---------------------------------------------------------------------||
Ab||------2--------------------------------------------------------------------||
Eb||-------0-------------------------------------------------------------------||
[4:00]
expectating
Dm
Eb||----10-13-10h13p10----10-----------------------------||
Bb||-------------------13----13-10h13p10----10-----------||
Gb||-------------------------------------12----12-10-----||
Db||-------------------------------------------------12--||
Ab||-----------------------------------------------------||
Eb||-----------------------------------------------------||
[4:03]
God is in the..
Cm
Eb||-------------------------------------||
Bb||----4-6-4h6p4---4--------------------||
Gb||--/5----------5---5-3-5-3h5p3---3----||
Db||------------------------------5---5--||
Ab||-------------------------------------||
Eb||-------------------------------------||
[4:05]
Seaaaaasons
D
Eb||--13-12----------------------||
Bb||--------13-12----------------||
Gb||--------------13-12----------||
Db||--------------------13-12-12-||
Ab||-----------------------------||
Eb||-----------------------------||
[4:09]
G Em
Eb||------------------------+12+-------||
Bb||--+12+-----------------------+12+--||
Gb||-------+12+---+12+-+12+------------||
Db||-----------------------------------||
Ab||-----------------------------------||
Eb||-----------------------------------||
[4:12]
C D
Eb||------------------------+12+-------||
Bb||--+12+-----------------------+12+--||
Gb||-------+12+---+12+-+12+------------||
Db||-----------------------------------||
Ab||-----------------------------------||
Eb||-----------------------------------||
[4:16]
G Em
Eb||------------------------+12+-------||
Bb||--+12+-----------------------+12+--||
Gb||-------+12+---+12+-+12+------------||
Db||-----------------------------------||
Ab||-----------------------------------||
Eb||-----------------------------------||
[4:19]
C D
Eb||------------------------+7+--------||
Bb||--+7+-----------------------+7+----||
Gb||-------+7+---+7+-+7+---------------||
Db||-----------------------------------||
Ab||-----------------------------------||
Eb||-----------------------------------||
[4:22]
G Em
Eb||------------------------+12+-------||
Bb||--+12+-----------------------+12+--||
Gb||-------+12+---+12+-+12+------------||
Db||-----------------------------------||
Ab||-----------------------------------||
Eb||-----------------------------------||
[4:26]
C D
Eb||------------------------+7+--------||
Bb||--+7+-----------------------+7+----||
Gb||-------+7+---+7+-+7+---------------||
Db||-----------------------------------||
Ab||-----------------------------------||
Eb||-----------------------------------||
[4:30]
G Em
Eb||------------------------+12+-------||
Bb||--+12+-----------------------+12+--||
Gb||-------+12+---+12+-+12+------------||
Db||-----------------------------------||
Ab||-----------------------------------||
Eb||-----------------------------------||
[4:33]
C D
Eb||-------------------+7+---------||
Bb||--+12+-------------+7+---------||
Gb||-------+12+--+12+--------------||
Db||-------------------------------||
Ab||-------------------------------||
Eb||-------------------------------||
[4:36]
Em
Eb||-------------------7-10-12-15-12h15p12-10-12-12--||
Bb||--------------8-10-------------------------------||
Gb||----------7-9------------------------------------||
Db||------7-9----------------------------------------||
Ab||--/10--------------------------------------------||
Eb||-------------------------------------------------||
[4:39]
Dm
Eb||--13-10-8-10-10-8h10p8--------------------------------||
Bb||-----------------------10-13-13-10h13p10-8-10-8-------||
Gb||------------------------------------------------10-7--||
Db||------------------------------------------------------||
Ab||------------------------------------------------------||
Eb||------------------------------------------------------||
{4:43]
Cm
Eb||-----------------------------||
Bb||-------------4--4h6p4---4----||
Gb||---------3-5----------5---5--||
Db||-----3-5---------------------||
Ab||--/6-------------------------||
Eb||-----------------------------||
[4:47]
D
Eb||--13-12----------------------||
Bb||--------13-12----------------||
Gb||--------------13-12----------||
Db||--------------------13-12-12-||
Ab||-----------------------------||
Eb||-----------------------------||
[4:50]
G Em C D G Em
Eb||--17h19--15-17-15h17-12----12-12-15-14-14h15p14p12--12-10--15--12----||
Bb||-----------------------------------------------------------------12--||
Gb||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
Db||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
Ab||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
Eb||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
[5:00]
C D G Em C D G Em
Eb||--12-12-15-14-14h15p14p12------- -------------------12--------------------+12+------||
Bb||--------------------------15--13p12-13p12----12h13----13--12-10---------------+12+--||
Gb||------------------------------12-12-12-12----12------------------11--12-------------||
Db||------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
Ab||------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
Eb||------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
[5:15 - 5:28]
C D
Em Dm Cm
[5:28]
D
Eb||--13-12----------------------||
Bb||--------13-12----------------||
Gb||--------------13-12----------||
Db||--------------------13-12-12-||
Ab||-----------------------------||
Eb||-----------------------------||
That's all the main parts of the song. The rest has the harmonica being more prominent
than the guitar, and repeats parts already tabbed here on guitar.
If you want to improvise during the Em, Dm, Cm, D progression you should play an E minor pentatonic
during the E minor, D minor pentatonic during the Dm, Cm pentatonic during Cm (I mean this is all
obvious really), and then that funky riff during the D. Have fun with it.
