Tenacious D

Tenacious D - City Hall guitar chord

...CITY HALL... by Tenacious D

---------------...............

*from 'Tenacious D' (2001)*

Verse 1:

E

All you people,

B

Up there,

In City Hall,

E

You're fuckin' it up,

B

For the people that's,

In the streets.

E

This is a song,

For the people,

B

In the streets;

Not the people,

City Hall.

Bridge 1:

Ab A

All you,

Ab A Ab A

Mot-her-fuck-ers,

Ab A Ab

In the streets,

A Ab

It's time,

A Ab A

To rise up,

Ab A Ab

Up up up,

Ab A

Come along children,

Ab A Ab

And fuckin' rise!

Interlude:

(Faster Tempo):

A F G (x4)

Chorus 1:

A

Lots of times,

F G

When me and K-G,

Are watchin';

A

All the fuckin' shit,

F G

That's going down,

A

At City Hall,

F G

We get the feeling,

A

We should fuck shit up,

Yeah we should,

F G

Fuckin' start a riot.

A F G A F G

A Riot!

Chorus 2:

We have 'em screaming,

A

In the streets,

F G

We have 'em tippin',

A

Over shit,

And breakin'fuckin',

F

Windows of,

G A

Small busines-ses,

And settin',

F G

Fuckin' fires!

A

And settin',

F G

Fuckin' fires!

A

And settin',

F G

Fuckin' fires!

Interlude:

A F G (x4)

Middle 8:

(Slower Tempo):

A

And then after,

Amaj7

The smoke is cleared,

A7

And the rubble,

Has been swept away,

D

Me and KG will,

Dm

Peek out our heads.

A

We've been watching,

The riots on a monitor,

Dm

Twenty floors,

Below sea level,

E7

From a bunker.

A

We did it Rage-Kage,

Amaj7

We beat the bastards,

A7

Of City Hall!

D

Hahaha!

But now what,

Dm

Will we do?

A

We must rebuild.

Dm

But who will lead us,

In the rebuilding,

E7

Process?

A

Man, it's got to be,

Someone with,

Amaj7

The know-how,

And the elbow grease,

A7

To lead us,

To a new land.

D

No, not me and KG,

We don't have the,

F#m

Cognitive capacity,

To lead...

G

Alright, we'll do it!

E7

We'll lead as,

Two kings,

(n.c)

We'll lead as,

Amaj7

Two kings.

Dmaj7

Ahh-haaa.

(Two kings,

We'll lead as,

Amaj7

Two kings).

Dmaj7

Ah-ha ah-how,

We'll lead as,

Amaj7

Two kings.

Amaj7

The first decree;

Dmaj7

Is to legalize,

Marijuana.

Amaj7

The tyranny and,

The bullshit's,

Dmaj7

Gone on too long.

You old fuckin' shrivs,

F#m

Who blocked,

It's legalization;

G

You're banished,

From the land!

E7

We'll lead as,

Two kings,

(n.c)

We'll lead as,

Amaj7

Two kings.

Dmaj7

Ahh-haaa.

(Two kings,

We'll lead as,

Amaj7

Two kings).

Dmaj7

Ah-ha ah-how,

We'll lead as,

Amaj7

Two kings.

Ama7

The second decree;

Dmaj7 Amaj7

No more pollution,

No more car exhaust,

Dmaj7

Or ocean dumpage.

F#m

From now on,

G

We will travel in tubes!

E7

We'll lead as,

Two kings,

(n.c)

We'll fucking,

Amaj7

Lead as Two Kings.

Dmaj7

Get the scientists,

Working,

Amaj7

On the tube tech-nology,

Immediately.

Dmaj7

(Tube tech-nology).

Chop, chop, let's go.

Amaj7

Third decree;

Dmaj7

No more...

Dmaj7

Rich people,

Amaj7

And poor people.

From now on,

F#m

We will all be the same...

G

Ummm,

I dunno,

I gotta think about that...

E7

We'll lead as,

Two kings,

(n.c)

We'll lead as,

Two kings.

Amaj7 Dmaj7

Ha-ha-ho-hee,

Ha-ha-ho-hee,

Amaj7

Ha-ha-ho-ho-ho-ho.

Dmaj7

(JB): Oh my God.

(KG): Ahh...What?

(JB): Dude, the red phone,

Amaj7

Is flashing.

(KG): Oh, yeah.

(JB): Let me scoop that up.

Dmaj7

Hel-lo? Two Kings.

(KG): Who is it?

Amaj7

(JB): What?! No!

Dmaj7

No fucking way!

(KG): What?

F#m

(JB): Rage, there's a,

Potato famine in Idaho,

You gotta go down there!

G

(JB): Dude,

I gotta stay here!

(KG): Why do I have to go?

E7

(JB): Please! Please!

(KG): Oh, God, okay.

(n.c)

(JB): Awesome...is he gone?

Amaj7

Al-right,

Emergency meeting,

Dmaj7

Of Parliament.

Amaj7

All right Parliament,

I know this is fucked up,

Dmaj7

But Rage, he can't,

Amaj7

Be king anymore.

Dmaj7

Dudes, he's encroaching,

Amaj7

On my de-crees!

Seriously, let's,

Dmaj7

Make him Duke,

A kick ass Duke.

F#m

Or leader formerly,

G

Known as King, but...

Uh-oh he's comin' back...

E7

We'll lead as Two Kings,

(n.c)

Oh yes, we'll really,

Amaj7

Lead as two kings.

(KG): Uh, dude?

(JB): Rage.

Dmaj7

(KG): I went all over Idaho...

(JB): Yeah?

(KG): Uh, plenty of,

Amaj7

Potatoes everywhere.

(JB): What? There was,

No famine?

(KG): Yeah, there was,

Dmaj7

No famine, no.

(JB): Dude.

(KG): I don't know what's uh...

(JB): A toast...

Amaj7

(KG): A toast...

Dmaj7

(JB): Long live the D.

(KG): Long live the D.

Amaj7 Dmaj7

(JB): Long live me.

I'm sorry;

F#m

I poisoned your wine.

(KG): What?

[JB:] For the good,

G

Of the land.

(KG): You p...

E7

I poisoned yours...

(n.c)

Huh heh, as well.

(JB/KG): Noooooooooo!!!

Interlude:

A F G (x2)

No!

Coda:

(Faster Tempo):

A

City, city, city,

F

City, city,

G

City, shitty.

A

Shitty, city, shitty,

F

Shitty, city,

G

City, shitty.

A

Hall, hall, hall,

F G

Hall, hall, hall,

A (n.c)

Hall, hall.

Interlude:

A F G, A c G (x2)

A

People inside me,

F

Are askin' me to,

G A

Smoke up City Hall,

c

'Cos no one here,

G

Is talkin'.

A

People inside me,

F

Are askin' me to,

G A

Smoke up City Hall,

c

'Cos no one here,

G

Is rockin'.

A

People inside me,

F

Are askin' me to,

G A

Smoke up City Hall,

c

'Cause everyone is,

G

Rock-'em Sock-'em,

A

Robots,

F

Everyone is,

G

Rock-'em Sock-'em,

A

Robots,

F

Everyone is,

G

Rock-'em Sock-'em,

A

Go! Oh!

Outro:

F G A

CHORD DIAGRAMS:

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E B Ab A* A F G Amaj7

EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE

022100 x24442 466544 577655 x02220 133211 244322 x02120

A7 D Dm E7 F#m Dmaj7 c

EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE

x02223 xx0232 xx0231 020100 244222 xx0222 x32010

Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005

(clumsyband@hotmail.com)

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