Instant Karma Tab

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   / U2                   /
  / Instant Karma!       /
 / (John Lennon cover)  /
/______________________/
 
In this song there are two guitars
Bono playing chords on an acoustic guitar and
The Edge playing some typical Edge-stuff on an electric guitar.
To make this tab more clear I've seperated the two guitars entirely.
 
 
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* Bono's guitar *
********************************************************************************
 All the way through Bono is strumming these standard chords.
 
 Intro                                            A      F#m      F       G
| A | F#m |                                    ---5--- ---2--- ---1--- ---3---|
                                               ---5--- ---2--- ---1--- ---3---|
(Bono + band enters)                           ---6--- ---2--- ---2--- ---4---|
| A | F#m | A | F#m |                          ---7--- ---4--- ---3--- ---5---|
                                               ---7--- ---4--- ---3--- ---5---|
                                               ---5--- ---2--- ---1--- ---3---|
 
 Verse (part 1)
| A | F#m | A | F#m |
 
| A | F#m | F  G | A |
 
 
 Verse (part 2)                   D       Bm      C      G/B      Am      E
| D | Bm | D | Bm |            ---2--- ---2--- ---0--- ---3--- ---0--- ---0---|
                               ---3--- ---3--- ---1--- ---0--- ---1--- ---0---|
| C G/B | Am | D | E |         ---2--- ---4--- ---0--- ---0--- ---2--- ---1---|
                               ---0--- ---4--- ---2--- ---0--- ---2--- ---2---|
                               ------- ---2--- ---3--- ---2--- ---0--- ---2---|
                               ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ---0---|
 Verse (part 1)
 
 Verse (part 2)
 
 Chorus                                   G       Bm      Em      D       E
| G  Bm | Em | G  Bm | Em |            ---3--- ---2--- ---0--- ---2--- ---0---|
                                       ---3--- ---3--- ---0--- ---3--- ---0---|
| G  Bm | Em | D | E |                 ---4--- ---4--- ---0--- ---2--- ---1---|
                                       ---5--- ---4--- ---2--- ---0--- ---2---|
                                       ---5--- ---2--- ---2--- ------- ---2---|
                                       ---3--- ------- ---0--- ------- ---0---|
 Verse (part 1)
 
 Verse (part 2)
 
 3x Chorus
 
 
 Outro
|| A | F#m ||, repeat till fading out
 
 
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* Edge's guitar *
********************************************************************************
 Edge is using a clean electric guitar with bit of overdrive.
 He's using a delay effect set to follow the shuffled rhythm of the song.
 
 
 Intro + Verse (part 1) + Outro
This is a short strum on beat 2 and 4.
 
    A                         F#m
    1   + 2   + 3   + 4   +   1   + 2   + 3   + 4   +  3x
||--------5-----------5-----|-------2-----------2------||
||o-------5-----------5-----|-------2-----------2-----o||
||--------6-----------6-----|-------2-----------2------||
||--------7-----------7-----|--------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
 
  F           G             A
  1   + 2   + 3   + 4   +   1   + 2   + 3   + 4   +
|-------1-----------3-----|-------5-----------------|
|-------1-----------3-----|-------5-----------------|
|-------2-----------4-----|-------6-----------------|
|-------------------------|-------7-----------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 
 Verse (part-2)
 
  D                         Bm
  1   + 2   + 3   + 4   +   1   + 2   + 3   + 4   +
|-----5-------------------|-----7-------------------|
|-7-----------------------|-7-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 
  D                         Bm
  1   + 2   + 3   + 4   +   1   + 2   + 3   + 4   +
|-----5-------------------|-----7-------------------|
|-7-----------------------|-7-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 
  C           G/B           Am
  1   + 2   + 3   + 4   +   1   + 2   + 3   + 4   +
|-----3-------------------|-----5-------------------|
|-5-----------------------|-5-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 
  D                         E
  1   + 2   + 3   + 4   +   1   + 2   + 3   + 4   +
|-----5-------------------|-----7-------------------|
|-7-----------------------|-9-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 
 Chorus
As you can see he's just strumming these high chords on every beat.
 
    G            Bm                  Em
    1   + 2   +  3     +  4     +    1     +  2     +  3     +  4     +  3x
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--||
||o-8-8-8-8-8-8-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-o||
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--||
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
||o-------------------------------|-------------------------------------o||
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
 
  D                         E
  1   + 2   + 3   + 4   +   1   + 2   + 3   + 4   +
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 
 
 LYRICS
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Instant Karma's gonna get you
Gonna knock you right on the head
You better get yourself together
Pretty soon you're gonna be dead
 
What in the world you thinking of
Laughing in the face of love
What on earth you trying to do?
It's up to you, yeah you
 
Instant Karma's gonna get you
Gonna get, get you right in the face
Better get yourself together, darling
Join the human race
 
What in the world you gonna see?
Laughing at fools like me
What on earth you think you are?
A super star? Well, right you are!
 
Well we all shine on
Like the moon and the stars and the sun
We all shine on
On and on and on
 
Instant Karma's gonna get you
Gonna knock you off your feet
Better recognize your brother
Everyone you meet
 
Why in the world are we here
Surely not to live in pain and fear
Why on earth are you there
When you're everywhere
Come get your share 
 
We all shine on
Like the moon and the stars and the sun
Yeah we all shine on
On and on and on and on
 
And we all shine on
Like the moon and the stars and the sun
Yeah we all shine on
Come on and on and on
 
Shine on
Shine on
Shine on
Come on and on and on
 
 
 
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