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Karma Police (Edited) Guitar Tablature
Author/Artist: Radiohead
Title: Karma Police
Album: OK Computer (1997)
Transcribed by: Guy Oldaker (edited by SPITS)

Standard tuning


Intro/Verse:
|-------------0-0-----0--------3-------------1-1-----0-0-----3-3------------|
|----1-1------1-1-----0--------0----1-1------1-1-----0-0-----0-0------------|
|----2-2------2-2-----0--------0----2-2------2-2-----0-0-----0-0------------|
|----2-2------0-0-----2--------0----2-2------3-3-----2-2-----0-0------------|
|--0----------x-x-----2--------2--0----------3-3-----2-2-----2-2------------|
|----------2--2-2--0--0---2-3--3----------1--1-1---0-0-0---3-3-3------------|
    Am       Am/F#   EM       G     Am      F        Em      G


|------------0-0---3-3-------------------2-2--2-2---------------------------|
|----1-1-----1-1---0-0--1-1---1-1-1-1----3-3--3-3---------------------------|
|----2-2-----2-2---0-0--0-0---2-2-2-2----4-4--2-2---------------------------|
|----2-2-----0-0---0-2--2-0---2-2-2-2----4-4--------------------------------|
|--0---------x-x---2-2--3-2--------------2-2--------------------------------|
|----------2-2-2---3-3------------------------------------------------------|
     Am     Am/F#   G   C C/B    Am       Bm   D
                                                                              
                                                                              

The Chorus is just C for 2 beats the D for Two beats and G for 2 and F# for 2. The outro is Bm for 2, then D for 2, then G for 2, then G again for 2 and D again for 2 followed by four beats of E.  

Like So:
Bm    D      G      D      G       D      E
for a minute there, I lost myself, I lost myse----lf. 
phew, for a minute there, I lost myself, I lost myse----lf.
for a minute there, I lost myself, I lost myse----lf.
...humming....
phew, for a minute there, I lost myself, I lost myse----lf.
 
The Lyrics and the Chords for anyone who wants them instead:
Verse 1:

Am  Am/F#      Em
Kar--ma      Police
G           Am
arrest this man
   F        Em  
he talks in maths
   G              Am
he buzzes like a fridge
     D       G    C   C/B     Am
he's like a detuned radi--o   
Bm    D


Verse 2 (same chords as verse 1):

Karma Police
arrest this girl 
her Hitler hairdo
is making me feel ill
and we have crashed her party


Bridge 1 (played softly until End):

C       D        G     F#
This is what you get 
C       D        G     F#
this is what you get
C       D        G  
this is what you get 
         F#        C 
when you mess with us
Bm     D 

Verse 3 (same chords as verse 1 and 2):

Karma Police 
I've given all I can 
it's not enough 
I've given all I can 
but we're still on the payroll 


Bm         D       G
And for a minute there
   D     G
I lost myself
   D     E
I lost myself

Then, keep playing Bridge 2 chords until the end of the song.
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