Lords of Karma Lyrics

As recorded by Joe Satriani
From the 1987 Album SURFING WITH THE ALIEN
Words by none
Music by Joe Satriani
Arranged by Satch
E5 E5open
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Elec. Sitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Elec'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Elec'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Elec'
Gtr V (E A D G B E) - 'Elec'
Gtr VI (E A D G B E) - 'Elec'
Moderately uptempo Q=160
Gtr I sitar
E E E E +H +W E E E E +H +W
||o-------10-(10)----|-(10)--------|-------7-(7)----|-(7)----o||
||o-0----------------|-------------|-0--------------|--------o||
Gtr II
E E E E +H +W
||o------------------|-------------|
||o-0------0--(0)----|--(0)--------|
| Gtr I
| E E E E +H +W
||o-------10-(10)----|-(10)--------|
||o-0----------------|-------------|
E E E E +H +W +Q. E +Q Q
|----------------|------------o||------------------||
|-0-----0-(0)----|-(0)--------o||-(0)--------------||
| E E E E +H +W +W
|-------7-(7)----|-(7)--------o||-(7)--------------||
|-0--------------|------------o||------------------||
||o---------------------|----------------------|
||o---------------------|----------------------|
| E E E E +H +W
||o-------10-(10)-------|-(10)-----------------|
||o-0-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------o||
|-------------------|---------------------o||
| E E E E +H +W
|-------7-(7)-------|-(7)-----------------o||
|-0-----------------|---------------------o||
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Gtr III
H Q E a E Q. E Q. E
||------------------11s9-|---9----11-11--------12---|
||o----------------------|--------------------------|
||o----------------------|--------------------------|
| Gtr II
||o----------------------|--------------------------|
||o----------------------|--------------------------|
| Gtr I
| E E E E +H +W
||o-------10-(10)--------|-(10)---------------------|
||o-0--------------------|--------------------------|
H Q E a E Q Q a Q H
|-------------10s8---|--8----10-10s12--10-----|
| E E E E +H +W
+Q +E E Q E a E Q. E Q. E
|------------------------15s11-|--11------12-12------14-|
| E E E E +H +W
H E E +Q +Q E E +Q. +E
|-----7b8==(7)r==========|=(7)-5---------------------o||
|------------------------|---------------------------o||
|------------------------|---------------------------o||
|------------------------|---------------------------o||
| E E E E +H +W
|-----------7--(7)-------|-(7)-----------------------o||
|-0----------------------|---------------------------o||
To Coda
W W
H E Q. a +Q E E +E +Q +E
|-------------14b15======|=14r(14)---12----------------------||
| E E E E +H +W
Theme
Gtr II
/ o / / o / / / / o / / o / / /
W H a H
|-12-----------------|-11---------11s8---------|
| W W
| W W
/ o / / o / / / / o / / o / / /
Gtr III
\1.5/ \0.5___\4___/ \1
a H +H E E E +E E +E Q
|-8s5-----------(5)s=====|=2--------------h5-(5)------|
/ o / / o / / / / o / / o / / / / o / / o / / /
H +E +E +Q H H H +H
|-h12-----------(12)-----(12)-----(12)-------|-11---------8---------|-5-------(5)------------|
Gtr II
W E e e E e e e e
/ o / / o / / /
/1.5___/ | \3.5/ \0.25/ \0.25/
S S +Q. +E E Q H +E +E +Q
|----------------------------||-h10-------(10)-(10)-----(10)-----------|
| Gtr II
| PM----| PM-------|
| E E E E E E E E W
/ o / / o / / / / o / / o / / /
H H H +Q +Q +Q
|--------h10---------------|-h7-------(7)-(7)----(7)-----------|
| W W
Gtr II
W E e e E e e e e E e e E e e e e
/ o / / o / / / / o / / o / / /
Gtr III
+E +Q E Q Q H +H H H
|--------------------------------------|-/10-----------(10)-------|-h9---------h13---------|
| Gtr II
| PM----|
| E E E E Q Q W W
|------------------5----4s======5------|--------------------------|------------------------|
E e e E e e e e W
/ o / / o / / /
H +E +E +E +E E +Q E Q Q
|-h7---------(7)-(7)----(7)----(7)----|-7---(7)---------------------------|
| Gtr II
| PM--|
| W E E E E Q Q
|-------------------------------------|-------------5----4s======5--------|
Gtr II
E e e E e e q E e e E e e q E e e E e e q
Q. +E +E +E +Q Q. E +Q Q H H
|-h12---------(12)----(12)----(12)----(12)-----|-11s========7-----(7)s==8------|-12s==========5--------|
E e e E e e q E e e E e e q E e e E e e q
Q. E +Q Q H +E +E +Q Q. E +Q Q
|-h11--------------------------------|-h12-----------(12)----(12)----(12)-----|-h11---------------------------------|
|-------------h11-----(11)s==12------|----------------------------------------|-------------h11-----(11)s==12-------|
Gtr III
Q. +E +Q +Q. +E +Q
| Gtr IV
| Q. E +Q Q. E +Q
| Gtr V
| Q. E +Q Q. E +Q
+Q. +E +Q +Q. +E +Q
| Q. E +Q Q. E +Q
| Q. E +Q Q. E +Q
Gtr III
\7______________________________/ /1________
T T T
W +H Q Q +W +W
| Gtr I
| E E E E +H +W E E E E +H +W
| Gtr II
| E E E E +H +W E E E E +H +W
T T T T T
+H +H +H +E +Q.
| E E E E +H +W
| E E E E +H +W
T
+H E E Q Q Q Q Q
| E E E E +H +W
| E E E E +H +Q. E +Q Q
Guitar Solo
Gtr III
|-3-| |----5-----| |----5----| |----------11:8-----------| |----6-----|
E S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S +S S a E
|-----------9-6----6h=8h9p==8p6---6h8h==9p8p|=6---6h==8h9p8p==6---6h==8h9p=8p=6---6h8h9-(9)p8p6s4-|
| Gtr II
S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------7-4h5h7-4h5h7p=5p=4h5h7---7p5p4-----------|
|-----------------------------------------7p5p4h5h==|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---4h5h7p5p4---------4p2p=0----------2-------------|
|-----------------------------------------------3h4s|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S
|----------------6h=9p6h7h8--------|-----6h7h9p6s4-----------------4-----7p6p5p====|
|---4-7-5s6h7h9-------------6------|-6h9-----------7p4h6h=7--4h6h7---(7)-----------|
|-5---------------------------9s10-|-----------------------------------------------|
S S S S S T T T T T T E S E S S S S T T T T
|---------------------------------4h6h7-4h5h6s7-|
|---------7-4h6h7---4h5h=7----------------------|
E T T T T S S S S T T T T E S S S S
|-------------------7--9h=10h12p10p9\------9h11---|
|-5-7h8h10p8-7h8h10-------------------8s12--------|
T T T T T T
S S S E S S S S E T T S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-12p11p9-12p9h11-12p11p9-12p11p=9--11-12p11p9h11-14p12p11s9h11h12-|
T T T T
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-16p12p11p9h11h12-19p12p11p9h11h12-16p=12p11p9h11-14p12p11p9h12p=|
T T T T T T
a S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-9h10-12p10p9s7h9-10p9p7-------------------------------|
|-------------------------10p=7h=8-10p8p7---------------|
|-----------------------------------------9p7p6h7-9p7p6s|
T
S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-----------7p0h5h7-4h5h=7p=5p4------------------|
S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-----9-----4p2p0--4h=5p4p0---------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S
|-5h7p5p0-7h9p7p0-2h4p2p0--4h=5-0-9h11-0-11h==12-0--|
E S S E S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S
|-12h14-0-14h15-0-15h17p15p0-14p=0---15h17p15p0-14h15p14p0-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S T T T T E Q
|-12h14p12p0-10h12p10p0-9h10p9p0--7h=9p7p0-x/---------|
Gtr III
/2___\2_____________/2___\2____________/2___\2________/2___\2______/2___\2_______
Q a +Q +Q E +E +Q E +E +Q Q +E +E S +S +E
| Gtr II
| Gtr I
| E E E E +H +W
/1.5___\1.5_________/1.5___\1.5___| \3 |
+Q E +E +Q E +E +Q Q H.. E
|-(7)---7-----(7)----(7)----7-----(7)----(7)---7p==|==0-----------------------|
|----------------------------------------------7p==|==0-----------------11\---|
| E E E E +H +W
/2___\2________/2___\2______________/2___\2_________/2____\2_______/2___\2_______
E E +E +E S +S +Q. S +S +Q S +S Q S +S +E
|-0-9---(9)--(9)---9---(9)--(9)-----|---9---(9)--(9)h==12---(12)p=9----9---(9)--(9)-|
| E E E E +H +W
/2____\2______/1.5___\1.5_____| /1____\3_______________|
+Q E +E Q S. +S. +S E a E +Q E +Q +E Q E
|-(9)---15---(15)p9----9-----(9)------(9)p7---6-|-(6)------------------------------|
| E E E E +H +W
Q H. Q. E +E +S +S +E E
|-----21b24---------------|--21b24-----21-(21)b23==(21)r(21)-(21)\-x-|