City Hall by Tenacious D ...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: --------------- 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) www.TAB6.com