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Shanghai by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Shanghai
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 2nd fret
After tabbing out one of the other songs on the album, I think they are using the 'Flying Microtonal Banana'
tuning on the guitars on this album. You could easily play this in standard but it feels nicer in this tuning
with a capo. The tab doesn't use the lowest three strings so you don't have to retune them.
The tuning is C#, F#, C#, F#, B, e.
I use a capo on the second fret.
There is only one guitar part that repeats for the whole song, its played in the verse and the outro but can
literally be play continuously through the song.
e |-------------------------4-2-4/6-2-4--------------------------|
B |---------2-4-4---2-----2-------------(4)-----2---4-4-2--------|
F#|-0-2-4-------------4-2-------------------2-4------------4-2-0-|
C#|--------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|--------------------------------------------------------------|
Bye bye Shanghai, I've become a butterfly
Born again overnight
Bye bye Shanghai, bye bye my life
Born again overnight
Bright lights up high, dark thoughts in my mind
Born again overnight
Bright lights up high, grey smog all the time
Born again overnight
Bye bye Shanghai, I've become a butterfly
Born again overnight
Ok, let me my trace my steps
Pour a drink, let's recap the sequence
One minute, you're swigging on a green tea
Next minute, floating on a pillow in a den
From there it gets a little hazy
Like a camera out of focus, shaking
Slow motion in the club free-falling through my seat
Hit the floor transforming
Undergoing complete metamorphous
From a moth caterpillar to a chrysalis
Spinning in a silken house like a spider spins a web
I'm a well known insect
Bye bye Shanghai, I've become a butterfly
Born again overnight
Bye bye Shanghai, bye bye my life
Born again overnight
Bright lights up high, dark thoughts in my mind
Born again overnight
Bright lights up high, grey smog all the time
Born again overnight
Bye bye Shanghai, I've become a butterfly
Born again overnight
Flying through the You Garden to the People's Square
That's where you find your happiness
With a little too much Szechuan in the pot
Sending sensational content
Neck stuck from looking up at the high rise buildings trying to caress
Enlightenment through an out of body experience
You're thriving in this environment
Come find me on almost every continent
Cold-blooded but I can't stand the Antarctic
Guess I've been born again overnight
Bye bye Shanghai, I've become a butterfly
Born again overnight
Bye bye Shanghai, I've become a butterfly
Born again overnight
Bye bye Shanghai, I've become a butterfly
Born again overnight
Bye bye Shanghai, I've become a butterfly
Born again overnight
Bye bye Shanghai, I've become a butterfly
Born again overnight
| (n) Ghost note
| / Slide up
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version 2
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: Ab
Recommended to play with delay,
because the intro synth has a bit of delay.
Although the song has 0 electric guitars,
the synth is still just as fun to play.
I hope this helps you :)
[Intro]
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|--------------8--10--10----8-------------|
D|--6--8--10--------------------10--8------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|--11--9--13--13--9--11--9----------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------10------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----10--10--8---------------------------|
D|--8---------------10--8--6---------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4-----------------|
Bye bye Shanghai, I've become a butterfly
Born again overnight
Bye bye Shanghai, bye bye my life
Born again overnight
Bright lights up high, dark thoughts in my mind
Born again overnight
Bright lights up high, grey smog all the time
Born again overnight
Bye bye Shanghai, I've become a butterfly
Born again overnight
Ok, let me my trace my steps
Pour a drink, let's recap the sequence
One minute, you're swigging on a green tea
Next minute, floating on a pillow in a den
From there it gets a little hazy
Like a camera out of focus, shaking
Slow motion in the club free-falling through my seat
Hit the floor transforming
Undergoing complete metamorphous
From a moth caterpillar to a chrysalis
Spinning in a silken house like a spider spins a web
I'm a well known insect
Bye bye Shanghai, I've become a butterfly
Born again overnight
Bye bye Shanghai, bye bye my life
Born again overnight
Bright lights up high, dark thoughts in my mind
Born again overnight
Bright lights up high, grey smog all the time
Born again overnight
Bye bye Shanghai, I've become a butterfly
Born again overnight
Flying through the You Garden to the People's Square
That's where you find your happiness
With a little too much Szechuan in the pot
Sending sensational content
Neck stuck from looking up at the high rise buildings trying to caress
Enlightenment through an out of body experience
You're thriving in this environment
Come find me on almost every continent
Cold-blooded but I can't stand the Antarctic
Guess I've been born again overnight
Bye bye Shanghai, I've become a butterfly
Born again overnight
Bye bye Shanghai, I've become a butterfly
Born again overnight
Bye bye Shanghai, I've become a butterfly
Born again overnight
Bye bye Shanghai, I've become a butterfly
Born again overnight
Bye bye Shanghai, I've become a butterfly
Born again overnight
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