Learn how to play Karma Police by Radiohead. "Karma Police" is a song by the English alternative rock band Radiohead, released as the second single from their third studio album OK Computer (1997).

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Karma Police

Songs/by Radiohead
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A Minor Chord

Notes

  • A,
  • E,
  • C

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Songs / How to play

Karma Police

by Radiohead
Intermediate

Chords

  • A, E, C
  • D, A, E, F
  • E, B, G
  • G, B, D
  • F, C, A
  • D, A, F#
  • C, E, G
  • G, C, E, B
  • B, F#, D
  • F#, C#, E, A#
  • E, B, D, G#

Song structure

Intro

Am  Dm/F#  Em  G
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Am  F  Em  G
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Am  D  G D/F# C Em/B
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Am     Bm  D
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Verse

Am      D/F# Em    G           Am
    Karma police, arrest this man
    F        Em        G             Am
He talks in maths, he buzzes like a fridge
      D      G D/F#  C Em/B Am     Bm  D
He's like a detuned ra--di--o

Verse

Am      D/F# Em    G           Am
    Karma police, arrest this girl
     F      Em       G               Am
Her Hitler hairdo is making me feel ill
     D        G     D/F#  C Em/B Am     Bm  D
And we have crashed her  party--y--y

Chorus

C           D           G    F#7
  This is what you'll get
C           D           G    F#7
  This is what you'll get
C           D           G
  This is what you'll get
         Bm        C    Bm D
When you mess with us_______

Bridge

Bm         D       G
    For a minute there
   D    G        D      E7
I lost myself, I lost myself_____
Bm             D      G
  Phew, for a minute there
   D    G        D      E7
I lost myself, I lost myself_____

Instrumental

Bm   D   G   D
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G   D   E7   E7
—

Bridge

Repeat Bridge

Outro

Repeat 3x

Bm   D   G   D
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G   D   E7   E7
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