Float Along - Fill Your Lungs by King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Float Along - Fill Your Lungs
from their 2013 album Float Along - Fill Your Lungs
This song is in 5/4, which is a fairly weird time signature to get the hang of,
but just count 1-2-3-1-2 to get the rhythm down.
Intro:
Synth bass thing:
e|----------|
B|----------|
G|----------|
D|----------|
A|---5~~~~~-|
E|-3--------|
Then lead guitar:
e|-5h7p5---5----------------------------------------|
B|-------8---7-8-5-7---5---------------5------------|
G|-------------------7---7-6-7-6-4---7---7----------|
D|---------------------------------7-----7----------|
A|---------------------------------------5----------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
Then hit this chord and slightly arpeggiate it:
e|-0---------|
B|-3---------|
G|-2---------|
D|-0---------|
A|-----------|
E|-----------|
Then this sliding riff. You lightly hit the open D string and use it as a droning note:
e|-------------------|
B|-------5--------7--|
G|---2-4------2/4----| x4
D|-0--------0--------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
Into this:
e|-3h5-3-2--5h7-5-0--|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------| x4
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
Back to this:
e|-------------------|
B|-------5--------7--|
G|---2-4------2/4----| x4
D|-0--------0--------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
And then the awesome explosion:
e|-0---------------------------------------------------|
B|-3--3------------------------------------------------|
G|-2----2----------------------------------------------|
D|-0------0-----------------0--2/4-4/2p0---------------|
A|------------0-2-3---2---0--------------0-2-3---2---0-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
e|----10-10-10-9-7/9-----------------2-2-2-3-0-2--------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------7---------------------------2------------|
D|-0------------------------------0---------------------------|
A|----------------------3---2---0-------------------3---2---0-|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
A high synth plays this throughout:
e|----------|
B|-20p19----|
G|-------19-| x26
D|----------|
A|----------|
E|----------|
And there's this little synth thing at the end. This plays at various point in the
song (usually at the end of chord progressions), but I won't tab it out every single
time, otherwise it will clutter and overcomplicate the tab:
e|-3--2--0--------------|
B|----------3--0--------|
G|----------------2-----|
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|
Verse:
"I saw you in the carpet shades,
Then I felt you like a baby's face"
It's a bit hard to hear exactly what the guitar is playing here,
but I think it's something like this:
e|---------0-------------------|
B|-----3-----3-------5---------|
G|---2---2-----2-------5-----5-| x4
D|-0---------------5-------5---|
A|---------------3-------2-----|
E|-----------------------------|
Basically, just arpeggiate these chords:
e|-0------------|
B|-3-----5---5--|
G|-2-----5---5--|
D|-0-----5---5--|
A|-------3---2--|
E|--------------|
Chorus:
"Just float along and fill your lungs"
e|---------0---------------------------0-----------------|
B|-----3-----3-------5-------------3-----3---------------|
G|---2---2-----2-------5-----5---2---2-------------------|
D|-0---------------5-------5---0-------------------------|
A|---------------3-------2-----------------0-2-3---2---0-|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
"Float along and breathe a deep breath"
e|---------0-------------------|
B|-----3-----3-------5---------|
G|---2---2-----2-------5-----5-| x2
D|-0---------------5-------5---|
A|---------------3-------2-----|
E|-----------------------------|
Back to the riff section:
e|-------------------|
B|-------5--------7--|
G|---2-4------2/4----| x4
D|-0--------0--------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
Then:
e|-3h5-3-2--5h7-5-0--|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------| x4
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
Second awesome explosion:
e|-0-------------------------------------------------|
B|-3--3----3-----------------------------------------|
G|-2--2--2-2-----------------------------------------|
D|-0-----0-----------------0---2/4--4-2-0------------|
A|-----------0-2-3---2--0------------------3---2---0-|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
e|----14-14-14-12-10-------------------10-9-7-----------------|
B|--------------------------------------------10--------------|
G|------------------------------------------------7-----------|
D|-0------------------0------------0--------------------------|
A|-----------------------3---2--0--------------------3---2--0-|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
The high synth is even more pronounced this time:
e|----------|
B|-20p19----|
G|-------19-| x26
D|----------|
A|----------|
E|----------|
Verse:
"I saw you in the paper folds,
Then I saw you in my coffee mug,
Just float along and fill your lungs,
Just float along and breathe a deep breath"
The second time around the guitar copies what the sitar is playing:
e|-------10------10-|
B|---------10-------|
G|------------------| x16
D|------------------|
A|-----12-----------|
E|-10---------10----|
Solo section:
Note the slightly D major chord used this time (rather than the Dsus2 chord from before).
I hope you can play fast, because it's pretty damn difficult to keep up the pace:
e|-2---10-10-10---9-10-10-----7-9-5-5-7---3-5---2--|
B|-3------------------------------------------3----|
G|-2----------------------7-------------7----------|
D|-0------------0-----------0----------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|-2---10-10-10-12-9-10-10-----7--9--9---5-7-2-----|
B|-3--------------------------------------------3--|
G|-2-----------------------7-7---------7-----------|
D|-0-----------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|-2---14-14-14-12---10-12-----9-10---7-7-9---5-7----|
B|-3----------------------------------------------3--|
G|-2---------------7-------7-7------7-------7--------|
D|-0-------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
e|-2---12-12----9-10------7-9------------------------9-|
B|-3-------------------10-----------------------8-10---|
G|-2-----------------7--------7--7-7--7--7--7----------|
D|-0---------0----------------0--0-0--0--0--0----------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
e|-------9-|
B|--8-10---|
G|---------| x4
D|-0-------|
A|---------|
E|---------|
e|-------7-------7-----|
B|---7-8-----7-8-------|
G|-----------------7---|
D|-7-------7---------0-|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|
e|-15-15-15-14-----12---10-12-9b10r9---7-9-5b6r5-|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-------------7------7--------------7-----------|
D|---------------0-------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
e|-------9-7------7-------------------------------|
B|-------------10-----8-10---7-8---5-7------------|
G|-7-7-7-----7------7------7-----7-----7----7-----|
D|-0-0-0----------------------------------0----0--|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
End of solo/pre-verse:
e|--------------|
B|-0h2-3--------|
G|---------2----| x8
D|------------0-|
A|--------------|
E|--------------|
Bridge:
"Just float along and fill your lungs,
Just float along and fill your lungs,
Just float along and breathe a deep breath,
Just float along and fill your lungs"
e|-------------|
B|----3-----3--|
G|------2------| x16
D|-0------0----|
A|-------------|
E|-------------|
Riff section once again:
e|-------------------|
B|-------5--------7--|
G|---2-4------2/4----| x4
D|-0--------0--------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
Then:
e|-3h5-3-2--5h7-5-0--|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------| x4
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
Back to:
e|-------------------|
B|-------5--------7--|
G|---2-4------2/4----| x4
D|-0--------0--------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
Descending riff:
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-11-9-7---119-7---12-11-9---1211-9---14-12-11---1412-11---|
D|------0---0----0---------0----0----0----------0----0-----0---|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Little lead:
e|-7-5---5-------------------------|
B|-----8---7-8-5-7---5-------------|
G|-----------------7---7-6-7-6-4---|
D|-------------------------------7-|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
Riff section but quieter this time:
e|-------------------|
B|-------5--------7--|
G|---2-4------2/4----| x4
D|-0--------0--------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
Then:
e|-3h5-3-2--5h7-5-0--|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------| x4
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
Descending riff:
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-11-9-7---119-7---12-11-9---1211-9---14-12-11---1412-11---|
D|------0---0----0---------0----0----0----------0----0-----0---|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Little lead:
e|-7-5---5-------------------------|
B|-----8---7-8-5-7---5-------------|
G|-----------------7---7-6-7-6-4---|
D|-------------------------------7-|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
Once more:
e|-------------------|
B|-------5--------7--|
G|---2-4------2/4----| x4
D|-0--------0--------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
e|-3h5-3-2--5h7-5-0--|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------| x4
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
Descending riff:
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-11-9-7---119-7---12-11-9---1211-9---14-12-11---1412-11---|
D|------0---0----0---------0----0----0----------0----0-----0---|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Different end to the descending riff:
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|-16-14-12---1614-12---17-16-14---1716-14---19p18-19---|
D|--------0----0-----0----------0----0-----0----0-----0---|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
Then the outro is just the D major chord,
until 6:21, which turns into:
e|-2-----3------|
B|-3-----5---5--|
G|-2-----5---5--| x4
D|-0-----5---5--|
A|-------3---2--|
E|--------------|
And then finish on:
e|-2----------|
B|-3----------|
G|-2----------|
D|-0----------|
A|------------|
E|------------|
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| / slide up
| slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| . staccato
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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