Karma Police Radiohead
Joe and Micah of ViVa
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] x x x [Am/F#] x x x [Em] x x x [G] x x x x
---------|-2-------|-0-------|-2-------| -0-------|---------|---------|---------| -----2---|-----0---|-----2---|---0---0-| -----2---|-----2---|-----0---|-----0---| -----1-1-|-----1-1-|-----0-0-|---------| ---------|---------|---------|---------|
[1]2 [--]Karma Police, arrest this man,
3 Karma Police, arrest this girl,
5 Karma Police, I've given all I can
[Am] x x x [F] x x x [Em] x x x [G] x x x x
---------|---------|-0-------|-2-------| -0-------|-3-------|---------|---------| -----2---|-----3---|-----2---|---0---0-| -----2---|-----2---|-----0---|-----0---| -----1-1-|-----1-1-|-----0-0-|---------| ---------|---------|---------|---------|
[1]2 [--]he talks in maths, buzzes like a fridge,
3 her hitler hairdo is making me feel ill,
5 it's not enough, I've given all I can
[Am] x x x [D] x x x [G] x x x [C] x x x x
---------|---------|-3---2---|---------| -0-------|---------|---------|-3---2-0-| -----2---|-0-------|---------|---------| -----2---|-----2---|---------|---------| -----1-1-|-----3---|---------|---------| ---------|-----2-2-|---------|---------|
[1]2 [--]he's like a detuned ra - dio
3 and we have crashed her par - ty
5 but were still on the pay - roll
[Am] x x x x x x x x [Bm] x x x x [D] xxxxxxx
---------|---------|---------|---------| ---------|---------|---------|---------| ---------|---------|---------|---------| ---2---2-|---2---2-|---4---4-|---4---4-| -1---1---|-1---1---|-3---3---|-3---3---| ---------|---------|---------|---------|
[1] [--]
[2] [--]
[3] [--]
[5] [--]
(Softly: rhythm carries on, but is understated!)
[C] x x xxx [D] x x xxx [G] x x xxx [F#] x x xxx
---------|---------|-3-------|-2-------| -3-------|-5-------|---5-----|---4-----| ---5-----|---7-----|-----5---|-----4---| -----5---|-----7---|-------4-|-------3-| -------5-|-------7-|---------|---------| ---------|---------|---------|---------|
4 This is what you get
6 This is what you get
[C] x x xxx [D] x x xxx [G] x x xxx [F#] x x xxx
---------|---------|-3-------|-2-------| -3-------|-5-------|---5-----|---4-----| ---5-----|---7-----|-----5---|-----4---| -----5---|-----7---|-------4-|-------3-| -------5-|-------7-|---------|---------| ---------|---------|---------|---------|
4 This is what you get
6 This is what you get
[C] x x xxx [D] x x xxx [G] x x xxx [F#] x x xxx
---------|---------|-3-------|-2-------| -3-------|-5-------|---5-----|---4-----| ---5-----|---7-----|-----5---|-----4---| -----5---|-----7---|-------4-|-------3-| -------5-|-------7-|---------|---------| ---------|---------|---------|---------|
4 This is what you get, when you mess with us
6 This is what you get, when you mess with us
[C] x x x x x x x x [Bm] x x x x [D] 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-|
[4] [--]
[6] [--]
Strum this whole bit:
7 [Bm]for a [D]minute [G]there, [D]I lost [G]myself, [D]I lost [E7]myse----lf.
7 phew, for a minute there, I lost myself, I lost myse----lf.
7 for a minute there, I lost myself, I lost myse----lf.
7 ....humming....
7 phew, for a minute there, I lost myself, I lost myse----lf.
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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