Karma police by radiohead
This is not my own tab, I got this from the April 1998 issue of Guitar World magazine. This is not a cheap attempt to pass this off as my own tab or rip off Guitar World. The reason I am posting this is the fact that this issue is no longer available for sale and it is nearly impossible to track down a copy. This is for all those people who want to play as accurate to the song as possible so please don’t complain that I ripped this off from a magazine.
update: august 29 2003
this is a little incomplete. expect me to finish it soon.
update: January 24, 2004
still slightly incomplete but it's almost done, the ending has been added along with the electronic noise heard at the end of the song.
A.Intro
Gtr. 1
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1. Karma Police
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Arrest this man
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He talks in maths
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He buzzes like a fridge
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He’s like a detuned
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radio
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2. Karma Police
3. Karma Police
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Arrest this girl
I’ve given all I can
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Her Hitler hairdo
It’s not enough
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is making me feel ill
I’ve given all I can
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And we have crashed
But we’re still on
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Her party
The payroll
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D. Chorus
This is what you’ll get
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This is what you’ll get
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This is what you’ll get when you mess with us
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Roll on this chord
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This is the electronic sample at the end of the song, just keep repeating over and over and at the end use a pitch shifter to imitate the effect heard at the very end.
electric w/distortion
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