...CITY HALL... by Tenacious D
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*from 'Tenacious D' (2001)*
Verse 1:
E B
All you people up there, in City Hall;
E
You're fuckin' it up for the,
B
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 Ab A Ab A Ab A Ab
All you mot-her-fuck-ers, in the streets;
A Ab A Ab A Ab A Ab
It's time to rise up, up, up, up,
Ab A Ab A Ab
Come along children and fuckin' rise!
Interlude:
(Faster Tempo):
A F G (x4)
Chorus 1:
A F G
Lots of times, when me and K-G are watchin';
A F G A
All the fuckin' shit that's going down at City Hall.
F G A
We get the feeling we should fuck shit up,
F G
Yeah, we should fuckin' start a riot.
A F G A F G
A riot!
Chorus 2:
A
We have 'em screaming in the streets,
F G A
We have 'em tippin' over shit,
F G A
And breakin' fuckin' windows of small busines-ses,
F G
And settin' fuckin' fires!
A F G
And settin' fuckin' fires!
A F G
And settin' fuckin' fires!
Interlude:
A F G (x4)
Middle 8:
(Slower Tempo):
A Amaj7
And then after the smoke is cleared,
A7
And the rubble has been swept away,
D Dm
Me and KG will peek out our heads.
A
We've been watching the riots on a monitor,
Dm E7
Twenty floors below sea level...from a bunker.
A
We did it Rage-Kage;
Amaj7 A7
We beat the bastards of City Hall!
D Dm
Hahaha! But now what will we do?
A
We must rebuild.
Dm E7
But who will lead us in the rebuilding process?
A Amaj7
Man, it's got to be someone with the know-how,
A7
And the elbow grease to lead us to a new land.
D
No, not me and KG, we don't have,
F#m G
The cognitive capacity to lead... alright, we'll do it!
E7 (n.C) Amaj7
We'll lead as two kings... we'll lead as two kings.
Dmaj7 Amaj7
Ahh-haa...(two kings, we'll lead as two kings).
Dmaj7 Amaj7
Ah-ha ah-how, we'll lead as two kings.
Amaj7 Dmaj7
The first decree is to legalize Marijuana.
Amaj7 Dmaj7
The tyranny and the bullshit's gone on too long.
F#m
You old fuckin' shrivs who blocked it's legalization;
G
You're banished, from the land!
E7 (n.C) Amaj7
We'll lead as two kings... we'll lead as two kings.
Dmaj7 Amaj7
Ahh-haa...(two kings, we'll lead as two kings).
Dmaj7 Amaj7
Ah-ha ah-how, we'll lead as two kings.
Amaj7 Dmaj7 Amaj7
The second decree; no more pollution,
Dmaj7
No more car exhaust, or ocean dumpage.
F#m G
From now on, we will travel in tubes!
E7
We'll lead as two kings...
(n.C) Amaj7
We'll fuckin' lead as two kings.
Dmaj7
Get the scientists working on,
Amaj7
The tube tech-nology, immediately.
Dmaj7
(Tube tech-nology). Chop, chop, let's go.
Amaj7
Third decree;
Dmaj7
No more...
Dmaj7 Amaj7
Rich people and poor people.
F#m
G
Umm, I dunno, I gotta think about that...
E7 (n.C) Amaj7
We'll lead as two kings... we'll lead as two kings.
Dmaj7 Amaj7
Ha-ha-ho-hee, ha-ha-ho-hee, ha-ha-ho-ho-ho-ho.
Dmaj7
(JB): Oh my God.
(KG): Ahh...What?
Amaj7
(JB): Dude, the red phone is flashing.
(KG): Oh, yeah.
Dmaj7
(JB): Let me scoop that up. Hel-lo? Two Kings.
(KG): Who is it?
Amaj7 Dmaj7
(JB): What?! No! 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 Dmaj7
Al-right, emergency meeting of Parliament.
Amaj7
All right Parliament, I know this is fucked up,
Dmaj7 Amaj7
But Rage, he can't be king anymore.
Dmaj7 Amaj7
Dudes, he's encroaching on my de-crees!
Dmaj7
Seriously, let's make him Duke, a kick ass Duke.
F#m G
Or leader formerly known as king.
But...uh-oh, he's comin' back...
E7
We'll lead as two kings,
(n.C) Amaj7
Oh yes, we'll really lead as two kings.
(KG): Uh, dude?
(JB): Rage.
Dmaj7
(KG): I went all over Idaho...
(JB): Yeah?
Amaj7
(KG): Uh, plenty of potatoes everywhere.
(JB): What? There was no famine?
Dmaj7
(KG): Yeah, there was 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.
F#m
I'm sorry; I poisoned your wine.
(KG): What?
G
[JB:] For the good of the land.
(KG): You p...
E7 (n.C)
I poisoned yours...huh heh, as well.
(JB/KG): Noooooooooo!!!
Interlude:
A F G (x2)
No!
Coda:
(Faster Tempo):
A F G
City, city, city, city, city, city, shitty.
A F G
Shitty, city, shitty, shitty, city, city, shitty.
A F G A (n.C)
Hall, hall, hall, hall, hall, hall, hall, hall.
Interlude:
A F G, A C G (x2)
A F G A
People inside me, are askin' me to smoke up City Hall,
C G
'Cos no one here is talkin'.
A F G A
People inside me, are askin' me to smoke up City Hall,
C G
'Cos no one here is rockin'.
A F G A
People inside me, are askin' me to smoke up City Hall,
C G A
'Cos everyone is Rock-'em Sock-'em Robots,
F G A
Everyone is Rock-'em Sock-'em Robots,
F G A
Everyone is Rock-'em Sock-'em, go! oh!
Outro:
F G A
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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E B Ab A* A
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
022100 x24442 466544 577655 x02220
F G Amaj7 A7 D
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
133211 244322 x02120 x02223 xx0232
Dm E7 F#m Dmaj7 C
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
xx0231 020100 244222 xx0222 x32010
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