God Is In The Rhythm Tab

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.
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