_______________________ / 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. ***************** * 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 ***************** * 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 ********** 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5th /September /09 Just mail me at [email protected] with questions, comments and corrections! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ " Maitinin writing here - the author of this tab. The past 11 years, I have generated 10,318,000 views and 815 top-rated tabs for this site. 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