Tenacious D

City Hall(Chords)

Tenacious D

Key: E

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	        E                     B 
all you people up there in city hall, 
E                            B 
you're fuckin' it up for the people that's in the streets. 
E                                       B 
this is a song for the people in the streets, not the people city hall. 
A                             A-Ab         A-Ab       A-Ab     A-Ab     A-Ab       A-Ab    A-Ab 
all you motherfuckers in the streets it's time to rise up, come along children and fuckin' rise! 

A F G A (4x) 

A                  F        G          A 
lots of times when me and kg are watchin'  
                      F          G          A 
all the fuckin' shit that goes down at city hall, 
           F           G               A 
we get the feeling we should fuck shit up, 
         F              G       A 
yeah we should fuckin' start a riot. 
F    G     A 
      ...a riot!  

   F          G                A 
we have 'em screaming in the streets, 
   F         G             A 
we have 'em tippin' over shit and breakin' 
   F                 G          A 
fuckin' windows of small businesses,  
     F       G       A 
and settin' fuckin' fires! 
     F       G       A 
and settin' fuckin' fires! 
     F       G       A 
and settin' fuckin' fires!  


C G A (3x) 


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A and then after the smoke is cleared, and the rubble has been swept away, me and kg will peek out our heads. D4/7 we've been watching the riots on a monitor twenty floors below sea level, E from a bunker. A we did it rage-kage, we beat the bastards of city hall! {laughs} but now what will we do? D4/7 E we must rebuild. but who will lead us in the rebuilding process? A man, it's got to be someone with the know-how and the elbow grease to lead us to a new land. F# G no, not me and kg, we don't have the cognitive capacity to lead... alright, we'll do it! {sung} E we'll lead as two kings, A we'll lead as two kings. ahhhaaa (two kings, we'll lead as two kings) ah-ha ah-how, we'll lead as two kings. {spoken} A the first decree is to legalize marijuana. the tyranny and the bullshit's gone on too long. F# you old fuckin' shrivs who blocked it's legalization, G you're banished from the land! {sung} E we'll lead as two kings, we'll lead as two kings. ahhhaaa (two kings, we'll lead as two kings) ah-ha ah-how, lead as two kings. {spoken} A / A# the second decree: no more pollution, no more car exhaust, F# G or ocean dumpage. from now on, we will travel in tubes! {sung} E we'll lead as two kings, oh, yeah, A we'll fuckin' lead as two kings. {spoken} A / A# get the scientists working on the tube technology, immediately. (tube technology.) chop, chop, let's go. third decree: no more... rich people: and poor people. F# G from now on, we will all be the same... ummm, i dunno, i gotta think about that... {sung} E we'll lead as two kings A ah yeah, ah yeahhhahahaha. ha-ha-ho-hee, ha-ha-ho-hee-ha-ha-ho-ho-ho-ho. {spoken} A {jb:} oh my god. {kg:} ahh... what? {jb:} dude, the red phone is flashing. {kg:} oh, yeah. {jb:} let me scoop that up. hello? two kings. {kg:} who is it? {jb:} what?! no! no fucking way! {kg:} what? F# G {jb:} rage, there's a potato famine in idaho, you gotta go down there! {kg:} oh my god... what? {jb:} dude, i gotta stay here! {kg:} why do i have to go? E {jb:} please! please! {kg:} oh, god, okay. A {jb:} awesome... is he gone? alright, emergency meeting of parliament. all right parliament, i know this is fucked up, but rage, he can't be king anymore. dudes, he's encroaching on my decrees! F# seriously, let's make him 'duke,' a kick ass 'duke.' G or 'leader formerly known as king,' but-- uh-oh he's comin' back... {sung} E we'll lead as two kings, oh yes A we'll really lead as two kings. {spoken} A {kg:} uh, dude? {jb:} rage. {kg:} i went all over idaho... {jb:} yeah? {kg:} uh, plenty of potatoes everywhere. {jb:} what? there was no famine? {kg:} yeah, there was no famine, no. {jb:} dude. {kg:} i don't know what's uh... {jb:} a toast... {kg:} a toast... {jb:} long live the 'd.' {kg:} long live the 'd.' {clinking of glasses} F# {jb:} long live me. i'm sorry, i poisoned your wine. {kg:} what? G {jb:} for the good of the land. E {kg:} you p-- i poisoned yours... huh heh, as well. {jb/kg:} noooooooooo!!!!! A F G ...no! A F G A {jb/kg:} Aaahhhhhhhh!!!!! {sung} A F G A city, city, city, city, city, city, shitty. A F G A shitty, city, shitty, shitty, city, city, shitty. A C G A hall, hall, hall, hall, hall, hall, hall, hall. A F G A people inside me are askin' me to smoke up city hall, C G 'cause no one here is talkin'. A F G A people inside me are askin' me to blow up city hall, C G 'cause no one here is rockin'. A F G A people inside me are askin' me to blow up city hall, C G A 'cause everyone is rock-'em sock-'em robots. F G A everyone is rock-'em sock-'em robots. C G A everyone is rock-'em sock-'em go! oh! {spoken} {jb:} don't, cut that part out. {kg:} we've got it. {jb:} um, do you believe in god? {kg:} i believe, i believe. {jb:} you do? {kg:} i believe in god. i believe in god. {jb: (laughs)} y'do-- {kg:} i believe in god. {jb:} do you? {kg:} i believe in god. malibu nights {kg (spoken):} yeah, but you didn't fuckin' come out with this (one)--! {cuts off on 'one'} {kg starts playing} {jb (spoken):} i got some lyrics. {sung} malibu nights, tangerine dreams, malibu neighs, malibu dreams, malibu, makin' a poo. stinky poo, lookin'd view. because it's time for my breakfast, it's time for some cheese. it's time for the stink, time for the breeze, time for the... hah-or-eeee!

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