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Oddlife by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Oddlife
Tuning: E A D G B E
Off the brand new microtonal album K.G., 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.
I used the Flying Microtonal Banana tuning as I assume they used it again. It is: C#, F#, C#, F#, B, e.
A lot of the song doesn't have any guitar in it so for those parts I tabbed out other instruments or the vocal
melody.
[Intro]
This is played on a keyboard or synth of some description and so it's not really meant to be played on
guitar. To my ear, the guitar doesn't come in to much later in the song but I tabbed out the keyboard part so
you have something to play during this. I also tabbed out the synth fill that plays just before the verse.
Keyboard Part:
e |-0-2-(3.5)-(3.5)-2h(3.5)/5-----2h(3.5)/5---7-----------9-------9-------9-------(10.5)-------12-------12-|
B |-------------------------------------------------10h12---10h12---10h12---10h12--------10h12----10h12----|
F#|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e |-------14-----12h14-(15.5)-12h14-(15.5)-----12h14-17-12h14-17-----19-----19-----19-|
B |-10h12-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Synth Fill:
Use a fuzz to get that square wave kinda sound. Or just lots of distortion.
e |-12-----(10.5)h13-9h12-(10.5)h13-----------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------14-12-10-(8.5)--12-10-(8.5)-7-|
F#|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
As with the intro, there isn't really a guitar part. The keyboard part is played at an octave above what
accessable on a guitar so I didn't tab that out. So here's the vocal melody instead.
e |------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-7------------------------------------------0-0-0-0-0---0-2-|
F#|---7-(8.5)-10-(8.5)-7-5-7--0--0-----0h(1.5)-----------------| x2
C#|------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|------------------------------------------------------------|
[Pre-Chorus]
Much the same story here, no guitar, all melodies played on other instruments. So again, I tabbed out the
vocal melody to play along to what Stu is singing.
"Sugar Plum Fairy dances now..."
e |---------------------------------------|
B |-0-0-0---------------------------------|
F#|---------3-3-3---(1.5)-(1.5)-(1.5)---0-| x8
C#|---------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------------|
C#|---------------------------------------|
[Chorus]
Finally an actual guitar part! This just follows the vocal melody so its nice and easy.
"So deranged"
e |-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-------------------------------0---------------------------------|
C#|-3---(1.5)---0-----3---(1.5)---------3---(1.5)-------------------|
F#|-------------------------------------------------5-----3---(1.5)-|
C#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
[Instrumental Break]
The classic Gizz style microtonal guitar returns in this solo. The open notes are often picked multiple times.
The number of 0s is not exact so just listen to it a few times and figure how long to hold each note for. I've
broken it up into the individual riffs that repeat just to make it easier to follow.
e |-0h2p0-------0--------------------------------------------------|
B |-------(3.5)---2---2-2-0---0------------------------------------|
F#|-------------------------3---3-(1.5)tr2-0-0-0-0-(1.5)p0---0-0-0-| x3
C#|--------------------------------------------------------3-------|
F#|----------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|----------------------------------------------------------------|
e |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---0-0-(1.5)-0-0-0--------------0---0-0-(1.5)-0-0-0--------------0-(1.5)-0-|
C#|-3-----------------3-(1.5)tr2-3---3-----------------3-(1.5)tr2-3-----------|
F#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e |---------------------------|
B |---7-7-7--7-5--(3.5)tr5--2-|
F#|-0-------------------------| x2
C#|---------------------------|
F#|---------------------------|
C#|---------------------------|
e |-2-(3.5)-0-2-------0---------------------------|
B |-------------(3.5)---2-(3.5)-0-2---0-----------|
F#|---------------------------------3---(1.5)-3-0-| x4
C#|-----------------------------------------------|
F#|-----------------------------------------------|
C#|-----------------------------------------------|
e |-----------|
B |-----------|
F#|-(1.5)-3-0-| x4
C#|-----------|
F#|-----------|
C#|-----------|
e |-------|
B |-------|
F#|-3-5-0-| x4
C#|-------|
F#|-------|
C#|-------|
e |-----------|
B |-----------|
F#|-7-(8.5)-0-| x4
C#|-----------|
F#|-----------|
C#|-----------|
e |------------|
B |------------|
F#|-(8.5)-10-0-| x2
C#|------------|
F#|------------|
C#|------------|
e |-------|
B |-------|
F#|-10h12-| x4
C#|-------|
F#|-------|
C#|-------|
e |--------------------------| \
B |--------------------------| |
F#|-12---12-12-(13.5)-(13.5)-| x3 |
C#|--------------------------| |
F#|--------------------------| |
C#|--------------------------| | x3
|
e |-------------------| |
B |-------------------| |
F#|-15---15-12-(13.5)-| |
C#|-------------------| |
F#|-------------------| |
C#|-------------------| /
e |----|
B |----|
F#|-12-|
C#|----|
F#|----|
C#|----|
[Verse 2]
e |------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-7------------------------------------------0-0-0-0-0---0-2-|
F#|---7-(8.5)-10-(8.5)-7-5-7--0--0-----0h(1.5)-----------------| x2
C#|------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|------------------------------------------------------------|
[Pre-Chorus]
e |---------------------------------------|
B |-0-0-0---------------------------------|
F#|---------3-3-3---(1.5)-(1.5)-(1.5)---0-| x8
C#|---------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------------|
C#|---------------------------------------|
[Chorus]
e |-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-------------------------------0---------------------------------|
C#|-3---(1.5)---0-----3---(1.5)---------3---(1.5)-------------------|
F#|-------------------------------------------------5-----3---(1.5)-|
C#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
[Bridge]
e |--------------------------------------|
B |--------------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------------| x?
C#|--------------------------------------|
F#|-0--0--0-0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0--(1.5)-|
C#|--------------------------------------|
[Instrumental Break]
e |---|--------------------------|
B |---|--------------------------|
F#|-0-|-(1.5)-0---0------------0-| x4
C#|---|---------3---3-(1.5)tr2---|
F#|---|--------------------------|
C#|---|--------------------------|
e |-9----------------|
B |---7-10-7-(8.5)-7-|
F#|------------------|
C#|------------------|
F#|------------------|
C#|------------------|
e |---------------------------------------------------------7-|
B |-7-10-7-(8.5)-7-7-7-10-(8.5)-7-7-7-10-7-(8.5)-7-7-7-10-7---|
F#|-----------------------------------------------------------| x4
C#|-----------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-----------------------------------------------------------|
C#|-----------------------------------------------------------|
e |-12p(10.5)-12p(10.5)-12p(10.5)--(10.5)--(10.5)p9-(10.5)p9--(10.5)--(10.5)p9-(10.5)p9-|
B |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| x4
C#|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Outro]
Vocals come back in and the sections before repeat.
e |---------------------------------------------------------7-|
B |-7-10-7-(8.5)-7-7-7-10-(8.5)-7-7-7-10-7-(8.5)-7-7-7-10-7---|
F#|-----------------------------------------------------------| x4
C#|-----------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-----------------------------------------------------------|
C#|-----------------------------------------------------------|
e |-12p(10.5)-12p(10.5)-12p(10.5)--(10.5)--(10.5)p9-(10.5)p9--(10.5)--(10.5)p9-(10.5)p9-|
B |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| x4
C#|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
After this, the song keeps going for a minute but as far as I can tell there's no more guitar so I won't tab
out any of the other instrument parts.
All this rock 'n roll is bad for my ears
Lemme tell you one thing about my life
It's weird
All this headbanging is bad for my brain
Lemme tell you one thing about my life
It's strange
Sugarplum fairy dances now
Echoed feet on the hallowed ground
Energy peaks on the voyagers crown
Back to the bus for another round
Managing feats by managing feet
Head of the hydra tastes the breeze
Conduit sees from the living room suite
Boredom is what boredom breeds you see
So deranged
Life is strange
It's human odd life, woo
All this indecision in anthropoids
Lemme tell you one thing about our life
It's odd
All this wire walking upon the knife
Lemme tell you one thing about human odd life
Sugarplum fairy dances now
Echoed feet on the hallowed ground
Energy peaks on the voyagers crown
Back to the bus for another round
Managing feats by managing feet
Head of the hydra tastes the breeze
Conduit sees from the living room suite
Boredom is what boredom breeds you see
Bitumen
Crossroad knife
It's human odd life, woo
No concept of geography
I wake up and I'm s'til fatigued
I'm drinking 'til I'm dead asleep
Riding high 'til I'm back home in one piece
Another carpark in the middle of nowhere
Another promoter hanging in your hair
Another backstage green room to prepare
It's an odd life gotta be aware
It's an odd life 'til you get it right
It's an odd life 'til you get it right
It's an odd life 'til you get it right
It's an odd life 'til you get it right
It's an odd life 'til you get it right
It's an odd life 'til you get it right
It's an odd life 'til you get it right
It's an odd life 'til you get in the stride
It's an ood life, 'til you get it right
It's an odd life, 'til you get it right
It's an odd life, 'til you get it right
It's an odd life, 'til you get it right
Odd life
Odd life
Odd life
Odd life
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| / Slide up
| \ Slide down
| tr Trill
| (x.5) Quarter Note
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