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Automation by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Automation
Tuning: E A D G B E
[The main riff that goes through the whole song pretty much:]
E|-----------------------------------------------|
B|--6-----6-----6--6-----9--8--6h8p6h8p6h8-------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----4-----4--------4--------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
repeats multiple times and then you finish it off like this:
E|-----------------------------------------------|
B|--6-----6-----6--6-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------7---6---4-------------|
A|-----4-----4--------4--------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
[after the whole band joins in you play the main riff riff again and one of the guitars plays
the lower octave:]
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-4--------4--------4--4---------7----6---4h6p4h6p4-------------------------|
E|-----2---------2-----------2-----------------------------------------------|
[repeat multiple times and then finish it off the same way as before:]
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------7---6---4----------------------------------|
A|-4--------4--------4--4----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----2---------2-----------2-----------------------------------------------|
[before the band stops playing and its only Stu singing you finish off the main riff with this:]
E|-----------------------------------------------|
B|--6-----6-----6--6-----9--8--6h8p6h8p6h8-------|
G|-----------------------------------------------| (x2)
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----4-----4--------4--------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--6-----6-----6--6-----9--8--6------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----4-----4--------4---------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------- 0s7--7--7--7--0--2h5--5--5--5--2--0--2--|
JOIIIN THE LAST MIGRATION!
[As Stu is singing sometimes the band does just this part on a few spots during the song:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|0s7--7--7--7--0--2h5--5--5--5--2--0--2-------------------------------------|
The AUUUUTOMATIOOON! - part:
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7--6--4|
A|---------------------7--6--4--------------------7--6--4-------------------7--6--4--------------------------|
E|2--2--2--2--2--2--2-----------4--4--4--4--4--4-----------5--5--5--5--5--5---------7--7--7--7--7--7---------|
You repeat this twice and on the second repeat finish it off with this part from earlier:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|0s7--7--7--7--0--2h5--5--5--5--2--0--2-------------------------------------|
The riff before the final chorus differs from all other riffs till now but basically follows the exact
same pattern as the main riff ( this is at 2:40 btw) :
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---6-----6-----6-6----9--8--6----------------------------------------------|
A|------4-----4------4-------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[ repeat multiple times and before chorus starts finish it off like this:]
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---6-----6-----6-6----7--6--4----------------------------------------------|
A|------4-----4------4-------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
final AAAUUTOMATIOOON! - riff again untill end of song
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7--6--4|
A|---------------------7--6--4--------------------7--6--4-------------------7--6--4--------------------------|
E|2--2--2--2--2--2--2-----------4--4--4--4--4--4-----------5--5--5--5--5--5---------7--7--7--7--7--7---------|
Join the last migration
It's fun, fuck the system
Your new best mate is great
King of a bald primate
We are not worthy
Of all this glory
Mental rotation for the overlord
Woo
Superorganism
Caused a schism
Bending light through prisms
Cyber-surgeon
JavaScript person
Digital cleanse
Tell all your friends the neural network's at work
Woo
Automation, automation
Automation, automation
Automation, automation
Automation
Prepare for mutation
Because after all I'm sure
I heard the crack of doom
Death kiss
Everyone should be talkin' 'bout this
Human karma dinosaur inside a simulation
Automation
Woo
Automation, automation
Automation, automation
Automation, automation
Automation, automation
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
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version 2
Tuning: E A D G B E
This is a tab for the fourth single off the album K.G, Automation. As with the other singles, this song is
written to be played on microtonal instruments. I tabbed this out on a microtonal guitar, fretted identically
to the way Gizz fret their guitars (24 TET). This means there will be microtonal notes in this tab which will
be written in brackets e.g. (X.5). For example, the fret halfway between the first and second frets would be
written as (1.5) on the tab.
It's a fairly straight forward song apart from the quarter notes. Some bits might not be perfect as the
guitars are quite buried in the mix in some parts but it's as close as I can get without any live footage.
The tuning is C# F# C# F# B e, this is what they used for the entirety of Flying Microtonal Banana so it seems
resonable to assume that they used the same tuning this time round.
[Intro]
e |---|
B |-2-|
F#|---|
C#|---|
F#|---|
C#|---|
e |----------------0----------------------------0------------| \
B |-2--2--2-2-2--2---(3.5)-2tr3--2--2--2-2-2--2---(3.5)-2tr3-| |
F#|----------------------------------------------------------| |
C#|----------------------------------------------------------| |
F#|----------------------------------------------------------| |
C#|----------------------------------------------------------| |
| x2
e |-------------0-------------------------------------------------| |
B |2--2--2-2--2---2---(3.5)-2tr3--2--2--2-2-2---------------------| |
F#|--------------------------------------------3-(1.5)-0tr(1.5)-0-| |
C#|---------------------------------------------------------------| |
F#|---------------------------------------------------------------| |
C#|---------------------------------------------------------------| /
Then the same riff kicks in with a heavy fuzz but the ending changes the second time through.
e |----------------0----------------------------0------------|
B |-2--2--2-2-2--2---(3.5)-2tr3--2--2--2-2-2--2---(3.5)-2tr3-|
F#|----------------------------------------------------------|
C#|----------------------------------------------------------|
F#|----------------------------------------------------------|
C#|----------------------------------------------------------|
e |---------------0--------------------------------------------|
B |2--2--2-2-2--2---(3.5)-2tr3--2--2--2-2-2--------------------|
F#|-----------------------------------------3-(1.5)-0tr(1.5)-0-|
C#|------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|------------------------------------------------------------|
e |----------------0----------------------------0------------|
B |-2--2--2-2-2--2---(3.5)-2tr3--2--2--2-2-2--2---(3.5)-2tr3-|
F#|----------------------------------------------------------|
C#|----------------------------------------------------------|
F#|----------------------------------------------------------|
C#|----------------------------------------------------------|
e |---------------------------------------------------|
B |2--2--2-2-2--2-------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------------------------|
C#|---------------------------------------------------|
F#|------------------3h5-5-5-5--(1.5)h3-3-3p(1.5)---0-|
C#|-----------------------------------------------3---|
[Verse 1]
Typical crazy gizz delay on the verse, just slide up and down the neck with the delay and you'll get close. I
think the riff is just played on the bass whilst the guitars just make a load of noise but I've tabbed it out
anyway.
e |-x\-----/-\-------------------------------------------|
B |-x\-----/-\-------------------------------------------|
F#|-x\-----/-\---------0---------0-----------------------|
C#|-x\-----/-\-------------------------------------------|
F#|-x\-----/-\-----------3h5-5-5---(1.5)h3-3-3p(1.5)---0-|
C#|-x\-----/-\---------------------------------------3---|
e |------------------------------------------------------|
B |------------------------------------------------------|
F#|--------------------0---------0-----------------------|
C#|------------------------------------------------------|
F#|----------------------3h5-5-5---(1.5)h3-3-3p(1.5)---0-|
C#|--------------------------------------------------3---|
[Instrumental Break]
e |----------------0----------------------------0------------|
B |-2--2--2-2-2--2---(3.5)-2tr3--2--2--2-2-2--2---(3.5)-2tr3-|
F#|----------------------------------------------------------|
C#|----------------------------------------------------------|
F#|----------------------------------------------------------|
C#|----------------------------------------------------------|
e |---------------0--------------------------------------------|
B |2--2--2-2-2--2---(3.5)-2tr3--2--2--2-2-2--------------------|
F#|-----------------------------------------3-(1.5)-0tr(1.5)-0-|
C#|------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|------------------------------------------------------------|
e |----------------0----------------------------0------------|
B |-2--2--2-2-2--2---(3.5)-2tr3--2--2--2-2-2--2---(3.5)-2tr3-|
F#|----------------------------------------------------------|
C#|----------------------------------------------------------|
F#|----------------------------------------------------------|
C#|----------------------------------------------------------|
e |---------------------------------------------------|
B |2--2--2-2-2--2-------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------------------------|
C#|---------------------------------------------------|
F#|------------------3h5-5-5-5--(1.5)h3-3-3p(1.5)---0-|
C#|-----------------------------------------------3---|
[Verse 2]
Same deal as before, lots of delay.
e |-x\-----/-\-------------------------------------------|
B |-x\-----/-\-------------------------------------------|
F#|-x\-----/-\---------0---------0-----------------------|
C#|-x\-----/-\-------------------------------------------|
F#|-x\-----/-\-----------3h5-5-5---(1.5)h3-3-3p(1.5)---0-|
C#|-x\-----/-\---------------------------------------3---|
e |------------------------------------------------------|
B |------------------------------------------------------|
F#|--------------------0---------0-----------------------|
C#|------------------------------------------------------|
F#|----------------------3h5-5-5---(1.5)h3-3-3p(1.5)---0-|
C#|--------------------------------------------------3---|
[Chorus]
e |----------------0----------------------------0------------|
B |-2--2--2-2-2--2---(3.5)-2tr3--2--2--2-2-2--2---(3.5)-2tr3-|
F#|----------------------------------------------------------|
C#|----------------------------------------------------------|
F#|----------------------------------------------------------|
C#|----------------------------------------------------------|
e |---------------0--------------------------------------------|
B |2--2--2-2-2--2---(3.5)-2tr3--2--2--2-2-2--------------------|
F#|-----------------------------------------3-(1.5)-0tr(1.5)-0-|
C#|------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|------------------------------------------------------------|
e |----------------0----------------------------0------------|
B |-2--2--2-2-2--2---(3.5)-2tr3--2--2--2-2-2--2---(3.5)-2tr3-|
F#|----------------------------------------------------------|
C#|----------------------------------------------------------|
F#|----------------------------------------------------------|
C#|----------------------------------------------------------|
e |---------------------------------------------------|
B |2--2--2-2-2--2-------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------------------------|
C#|---------------------------------------------------|
F#|------------------3h5-5-5-5--(1.5)h3-3-3p(1.5)---0-|
C#|-----------------------------------------------3---|
[Verse 3]
e |------------------------------------------------------|
B |------------------------------------------------------|
F#|--------------------0---------0-----------------------|
C#|------------------------------------------------------|
F#|----------------------3h5-5-5---(1.5)h3-3-3p(1.5)---0-|
C#|--------------------------------------------------3---|
e |-x\-----/-\-------------------------------------------|
B |-x\-----/-\-------------------------------------------|
F#|-x\-----/-\---------0---------0-----------------------|
C#|-x\-----/-\-------------------------------------------|
F#|-x\-----/-\-----------3h5-5-5---(1.5)h3-3-3p(1.5)---0-|
C#|-x\-----/-\---------------------------------------3---|
[Instrumental]
e |------------------------------|
B |-----------------0------------|
F#|-2--2--2--2-2--2---(3.5)-2tr3-| x7
C#|------------------------------|
F#|------------------------------|
C#|------------------------------|
e |---------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------|
F#|-2--2--2--2-2--2--3-2-0tr(1.5)-0-|
C#|---------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------|
C#|---------------------------------|
[Chorus]
e |----------------0----------------------------0------------| \
B |-2--2--2-2-2--2---(3.5)-2tr3--2--2--2-2-2--2---(3.5)-2tr3-| |
F#|----------------------------------------------------------| |
C#|----------------------------------------------------------| |
F#|----------------------------------------------------------| |
C#|----------------------------------------------------------| |
| x2
e |-------------0-------------------------------------------------| |
B |2--2--2-2--2---2---(3.5)-2tr3--2--2--2-2-2---------------------| |
F#|--------------------------------------------3-(1.5)-0tr(1.5)-0-| |
C#|---------------------------------------------------------------| |
F#|---------------------------------------------------------------| |
C#|---------------------------------------------------------------| /
[Outro]
Ends with more delayed slides and some harmonics.
e |-x/---12+--12+---------7+-------------0-|
B |-x/------------12+---------0----------0-|
F#|-x/----------------12+---------12+----0-|
C#|-x/-------------------------------------|
F#|-x/-------------------------------------|
C#|-x/-------------------------------------|
Join the last migration
It's fun, fuck the system
Your new best mate is great
King of a bald primate
We are not worthy
Of all this glory
Mental rotation for the overlord
Woo
Superorganism
Caused a schism
Bending light through prisms
Cyber-surgeon
JavaScript person
Digital cleanse
Tell all your friends the neural network's at work
Woo
Automation, automation
Automation, automation
Automation, automation
Automation
Prepare for mutation
Because after all I'm sure
I heard the crack of doom
Death kiss
Everyone should be talkin' 'bout this
Human karma dinosaur inside a simulation
Automation
Woo
Automation, automation
Automation, automation
Automation, automation
Automation, automation
| x Dead note
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| / Slide up
| \ Slide down
| TR Trill
| + Harmonic
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