Crumbling Castle

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

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  • E
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    4
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Continues after the ad
Key: 

[Intro]
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[Intro with vocals]

   B5
   Meet me glassy eyed, blind, and divine. Hold down the fort on the coastline

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  B5
  The castle is a pimple on the face of the world, a humble spot for tracks to drop if you 
listen

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[Main theme 2]
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[Verse 1]

  B5
  I see through the bricks, to the sea, crumbling castle
  Water's rising up, thick and green, crumbling castle
  Inching closer each century, crumbling castle

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  Are we safe in our citadel?
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[Chorus 1]


  F#5              G5          A5               E5
  Look upon our condition,         crumbling castle

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   F#5              G5          A5               E5
  You would not believe where I'm from, crumbling castle

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    B5
E|------------| 
B|------------| 



G|:-7-----:4x-|

D|:-7-----:---|

A|--5---------| 
E|------------| 



G|:-xx--------------------------------------:2|
D|:-14------141414-14-14-14-14-14-14\-------:-|
A|--14----------------------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------------------| 

E|-------------12---12-12-12h13p12--12--12-12--12--|-------------12---12-12-12h13p12--12--12-
B|---------1213------------------------------------|---------1213----------------------------
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D|-1415--------------------------------------------|-1415------------------------------------
A|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------

E|12--12--| 
B|--------| 
G|--------| 
D|--------| 
A|--------| 
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Dual guitar part
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B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|--12--12--12-
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D|-------------------------|--14--14--14-14h15p14----|-------------------------|-------------
A|--14--14--14-14h15p14----|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------
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E|------------| 
B|12h13p12----| 
G|------------| 
D|------------| 
A|------------| 
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                                                       C#m                       Bm/D
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B|---------1213------------|-------------------------|-12----------------------|-15-----------
G|-----1314----------------|-------------------------|-12----------------------|-14-----------
D|-1415--------------------|-------------------------|-14----------------------|-15-----------
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[Verse 3]

  B5
  We pray for the death, that does not come, crumbling castle

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  Dug all of our holes in God's Acre, crumbling castle
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  We have even said our last rites, crumbling castle
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  Are we safe in our holding cell?
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[Chorus 1]

  F#5              G5          A5               E5
  Look upon our condition, crumbling castle

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  F#5              G5          A5               E5
  We head to our extinction, crumbling castle

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    B5
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B|------------| 



G|:-7-----:4x-|

D|:-7-----:---|

A|--5---------| 
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[Synthesizer break 3:11-3:28]

B5

[Verse 4]

 B5
 The sounds of the constant lightning                  would be enough to block out the

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   B5
 Fall of the end of the world if it were               not for the tinnitus from the bomb

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E|--3---5-------| 


[High Guitar break]
   B5
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D|---0-----00------------0----------------00---------------------------| 
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[Build-up]
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B|---------|-1-------|-3-------|-5-------| 
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D|-7-------|-3-------|-5-------|-7-------| 
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E|---------|-1-------|-3-------|-5-------| 


[Verse 5]

   F#m
  In the wind I sway, back and forth
  I'm brittle as an aged human being
  When my walls are safe from wild weather

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D|-7---/14----1214------------------15-14----121414-101212-91010-799-5-| 
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   F#m
  The filth forms into great nastiness

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D|-7---7----5h7--------------------------------355-2-| 
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[Build-up]

   F#5       A5        B5        C#
  Poly-      gon-      dwa-    naland

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D|-2-------|-5-------|-7-------|-9-------| 
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[Synthesizer break 4:49-5:01]

F#m

[Chorus 2]

  F#m
  I don't want to be a crumbling, crumbling, crumbling castle
  I don't want to be a crumbling, crumbling, crumbling castle

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[Dual guitar break. First stion 3x, then second section]
   F#m
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E|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
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G|-5---/12----1012---------------------12----101212-9-1010-7-9-9-577-4-| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
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D|-7---7----5h7--------------------------------355-2-| 
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[Verse 6 (with high guitar break riff]

  F#m
  I don't want to fall into dust
  I don't want nothing but to live on
  The ache inside my keep spurs me on

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F#m
I don't want to be visible

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D|-7---7----5h7--------------------------------355-2-| 
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[Build-up]

   F#5       A5        B5        C#
   Poly-     gon-      dwa-    naland

E|---------|---------|---------|---------| 
B|---------|---------|---------|---------| 
G|-2-------|-5-------|-7-------|-9-------| 
D|-2-------|-5-------|-7-------|-9-------| 
A|-0-------|-3-------|-5-------|-7-------| 
E|---------|---------|---------|---------| 


[Synthesizer break and flute solo 6:16-6:40]

F#m

[Chorus 2]

F#m
I don't want to be a crumbling, crumbling, crumbling castle
I don't want to be a crumbling, crumbling, crumbling castle

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B|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|  
G|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|  
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E|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|  


[Guitar break from intro]
   B5
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D|-10h12--12-12-12-12--12-|---12--12-12-12-12--12---|----12-------| 
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[Verse 7]

   B5
  On this very day, in one thousand                   years the earth will be relative to the

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E|--3---5-------| 



   B5
  Sun and the moon and a new world will be            created, I know because it is written here

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E|--3---5-------| 


[Arpeggiator break 7:38-8:00]

B5

[Verse 2, first half with synthesizer still going]

  B5
  I see through the bricks to the sea, crumbling castle
  Inching closer each century, crumbling castle
  Water rising up, thick and green, crumbling castle

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  B5
  Are we safe in our citadel?

E|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|------------------------15------------------------------------------| 
G|-7---/14----14-15-17-------15-14h15p14----15-14h15p14----10----12---| 
D|---0-----00----------00----------------00-------------00------------| 
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 


[Guitar/harmonica solo]

B      D E

B      D E

B      D E

B      D E

[Chorus 1]

   F#5              G5          A5               E5
  Look upon our condition,         crumbling     castle

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E|-----------------------------------------------------------| 



   F#5              G5            A5              E5
   You would not believe where I'm from, crumbling castle

E|-----------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-9---/14----12-14-10----10-12-9----9-10-9h10p9---2----0----| 
D|-----------------------------------------------------------| 
A|---0-----00----------00---------00-------------0---0-------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------| 


[Guitar/harmonica solo]

B5  D5  B5 D5 B5  D5  B5 D5

B5  D5  B5 D5 B5  D5  B5 D5

B5  D5  B5 D5 B5  D5  B5 D5

B5  D5  B5 D5 B5  D5  B5 D5

B5

[Outro (only play the 'I' the first time)]

   F#5 A5   G#5  C#5  E  C#5     G#5 A5   B5  A5 B5  D5 C#5 B5  G#5 A5 G#5 F#5
   I  don't want to  be   a   crumbling, crumbling, crumbling   ca-  stle
      Don't want to  be   a   crumbling, crumbling, crumbling   ca-  stle
      Don't want to  be   a   crumbling, crumbling, crumbling   ca-  stle
      Don't want to  be   a   crumbling, crumbling, crumbling   ca-  stle

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G|-2-|-5----4----9------------5---4-5-----7---5-7----10--9-7----4---5--4--2---| 
D|-2-|-5----4----9----5---2---5---4-5-----7---5-7----10--9-7----4---5--4--2---| 
A|-0-|-3----2----7----5---2---3---2-3-----5---3-5----8---7-5----2---3--2--0---| 

E|---|----------------3---0---------------------------------------------------|
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Composition: Stu Mackenzie

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