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Radiohead - Karma Police guitar tab

From: Robert Bowman [RBOWMAN@pimsl.com]

Subject: r/radiohead/karma_police.tab

Track : Karma Police

Album : OK Computer

Artist: Radiohead

[lyrics removed -- see diet-olga policy]

There is already a chord archive for this, but here is a tab

representation for the keyboardy part. This is just my interpretation, so

when you improve on it, please let me know!!

Add a little chorus and a tiny bit'a delay for the keyboard part, the

rhythm should be played with an electro-accoustic all the way through.

(Those naughty x's are supposed to give an idea of the strummed rhythm!)

Chord shapes:

Play all the chords in their open shape.

Am/F# 2x0210

The tune:

Am Am/F# Em G

x x x x x x x x x x x x x

---------|-2-------|-0-------|-2-------|

-0-------|---------|---------|---------|

-----2---|-----0---|-----2---|---0---0-|

-----2---|-----2---|-----0---|-----0---|

-----1-1-|-----1-1-|-----0-0-|---------|

---------|---------|---------|---------|

Am F Em G

x x x x x x x x x x x x x

---------|---------|-0-------|-2-------|

-0-------|-3-------|---------|---------|

-----2---|-----3---|-----2---|---0---0-|

-----2---|-----2---|-----0---|-----0---|

-----1-1-|-----1-1-|-----0-0-|---------|

---------|---------|---------|---------|

Am D G C

x x x x x x x x x x x x x

---------|---------|-3---2---|---------|

-0-------|---------|---------|-3---2-0-|

-----2---|-0-------|---------|---------|

-----2---|-----2---|---------|---------|

-----1-1-|-----3---|---------|---------|

---------|-----2-2-|---------|---------|

Am Bm D

x x x x x x x x x x x x xxxxxxx

---------|---------|---------|---------|

---------|---------|---------|---------|

---------|---------|---------|---------|

---2---2-|---2---2-|---4---4-|---4---4-|

-1---1---|-1---1---|-3---3---|-3---3---|

---------|---------|---------|---------|

(Softly: rhythm carries on, but is understated!)

C D G F#

x x xxx x x xxx x x xxx x x xxx

---------|---------|-3-------|-2-------|

-3-------|-5-------|---5-----|---4-----|

---5-----|---7-----|-----5---|-----4---|

-----5---|-----7---|-------4-|-------3-|

-------5-|-------7-|---------|---------|

---------|---------|---------|---------|

C D G F#

x x xxx x x xxx x x xxx x x xxx

---------|---------|-3-------|-2-------|

-3-------|-5-------|---5-----|---4-----|

---5-----|---7-----|-----5---|-----4---|

-----5---|-----7---|-------4-|-------3-|

-------5-|-------7-|---------|---------|

---------|---------|---------|---------|

C D G F#

x x xxx x x xxx x x xxx x x xxx

---------|---------|-3-------|-2-------|

-3-------|-5-------|---5-----|---4-----|

---5-----|---7-----|-----5---|-----4---|

-----5---|-----7---|-------4-|-------3-|

-------5-|-------7-|---------|---------|

---------|---------|---------|---------|

C Bm D

x x x x x x x x x x x x x xxxxx

---------|---------|---------|---------|

-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-|---------|

-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-|-5-5-5-5-|-0-00000-|

-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-5-5-|-2-22222-|

-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-|-4-4-4-4-|-3-33333-|

-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-|-2-22222-|

Strum this whole bit:

Bm D G D G D E7

7 for a minute there...

Play a clean Bm for a bar or two, then, keep a phasing high EQ

fuzzy high gain distortion type sound going on a Bm for a

while and end with a fiddle of the volume on guitar while

feeding back. Put down guitar with 3/4 volume next to amp,

walk off and distress your neighbours with the effects still

squealing!!!

(These are what the effects are called on a Zoom 505!)

Note:

We do have the keyboard part worked out for keyboard, but we

play it with guitar.

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