Slow Karate by Locale Am Locale am is a punk band from Oakland, California. The band featured daveed, eric, isa, jimi (rene), and yoshii until they broke up sometime around 2003. A video recording of this song can be found at, www.imusicast.com under archives-punk-localeam. Their website www.localeam.com is down. 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For Interlude play: e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--4-------------2-----------------------------------------------4-----------------------------| D|--4------2------2------2-------------x6-------------------------4-----------------------------| A|--2------2------0------2----------------------------------------2-----------------------------| E|---------0-------------0----------------------------------------------------------------------| Go That fast e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--7--6--2-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--7--6--2-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--5--4--0-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Bring Your tai-quan-do... e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--4-------------2-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--4------2------2------2-------------x5-------------------------------------------------------| A|--2------2------0------2----------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------0-------------0----------------------------------------------------------------------| Rap Part: e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---6----4----4----6---------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---6----4----2----6---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---4----2----2----4---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Synthesizer during rap for guitar: e|----------7-------------------| B|--9--7--9---9-7--9--7---------| G|------------------------9--6--| D|------------------------------| A|------------------------------| E|------------------------------| e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--8---9---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--8---9-----7--6--2---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--6---7-----7--6--2---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------5--4--0---------------------------------------------------------------------------| Slow karate doesn't... e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--4-------------2-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--4------2------2------2-------------x6-------------------------------------------------------| A|--2------2------0------2----------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------0-------------0----------------------------------------------------------------------| 3:54: Second Guitar e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------12-(tremelo)---------------------------------------------------------------| G|---9-8---8------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------9--9-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| This band broke up awhile ago, but this song is totally awesome. Hopefully some Locale AM fans will stumble upon this. Corrections and comments: e-mail kadence@gmail.com www.TAB6.com