...CITY HALL... by Tenacious D ---------------............... *from 'Tenacious D' (2001)* Verse 1:

^E All you people up ^Bthere, in City Hall; ^E You're fuckin' it up for the ^Bpeople that's in the streets. ^E This is a song for the people, In the ^Bstreets; not the people, City Hall.

Bridge 1:

^G# All ^Ayou ^G#mot-^Aher-^G#fuck-^Aers, ^G#in ^Athe ^G#streets; ^A It's ^G#time ^Ato ^G#rise ^Aup, ^G#up, ^Aup, ^G#up, Come ^G#along ^Achildren ^G#and ^Afuckin' ^G#rise!

Interlude: (Faster Tempo) A, F G (x4) Chorus 1:

^A Lots of times, when ^Fme and K-^GG are watchin'; ^A All the fuckin' shit ^Fthat's going ^Gdown at City ^AHall. ^F We get the ^Gfeeling we should ^Afuck shit up, Yeah, we should ^Ffuckin' start a ^Griot.

A F G A F G A riot! Chorus 2:

We have 'em screaming in the ^Astreets, ^F We have 'em ^Gtippin' over ^Ashit, And breakin' fuckin' ^Fwindows of ^Gsmall busines-^Ases, And settin' fuckin' ^Ffires!^G ^A And settin' fuckin' ^Ffires!^G ^A And settin' fuckin' ^Ffires!^G

Interlude: A, F G (x4) Middle 8: (Slower Tempo)

^A And then after the smoke is ^Amaj7cleared, And the ^A7rubble has been swept away, ^D Me and KG will peek out our ^Dmheads. We've been ^Awatching the riots on a monitor, ^Dm Twenty floors below sea level... ^E7from a bunker.

^A We did it Rage-Kage; we ^Amaj7beat the bastards of City Hall!^A7 ^D Hahaha! But now what will we ^Dmdo' ^A We must rebuild. But ^Dmwho will lead us in the rebuilding process'^E7

^A Man, it's got to be someone with the know-how,^Amaj7 And the elbow grease to ^A7lead us to a new land. ^D No, not me and KG, we don't have, The ^F#mcognitive capacity to lead...^G alright, we'll do it!

E7 (n.C) Amaj7 We'll lead as two kings... we'll lead as two kings.

Aah-^Dmaj7haa... (two kings, we'll lead as two ^Amaj7kings). Ah-ha ah-^Dmaj7how, we'll lead as two ^Amaj7kings.

The ^Amaj7first decree is to ^Dmaj7legalize Marijuana. The ^Amaj7tyranny and the bullshit's gone on too ^Dmaj7long. You old fuckin' shrivs who ^F#mblocked it's legalization; You're ^Gbanished, from the land!

E7 (n.C) Amaj7 We'll lead as two kings... we'll lead as two kings.

Aah-^Dmaj7haa... (two kings, we'll lead as two ^Amaj7kings). Ah-ha ah-^Dmaj7how, we'll lead as two ^Amaj7kings.

^Amaj7 The second decree;^Dmaj7 no more pollution,^Amaj7 No more car exhaust, or ^Dmaj7ocean dumpage. ^F#m From now on, we will travel in ^Gtubes!

E7 (n.C) Amaj7 We'll lead as two kings... we'll fuckin' lead as two kings.

Get the ^Dmaj7scientists working on the tube tech-^Amaj7nology, immediately. (Tube tech-^Dmaj7nology). Chop, chop, let's go.

Third decree;^Amaj7 no more..^Dmaj7. rich people and ^Amaj7poor people. From now on, we will all be the ^F#msame... ^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.

Ha-ha-^Dmaj7ho-hee, ha-ha-ho-hee, ha-ha-ho-ho-ho-^Amaj7ho. (JB): Oh my ^Dmaj7God. (KG): Aah... what' (JB): Dude, the red phone is ^Amaj7flashing. (KG): Oh, yeah. (JB): Let me scoop that up. Hel-^Dmaj7lo' Two Kings. (KG): Who is it' (JB): ^Amaj7What'! ^Dmaj7 No! No fucking way! (KG): What' (JB): ^F#mRage, 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'

Al-^Amaj7right, emergency meeting of ^Dmaj7Parliament. All right ^Amaj7Parliament, I know this is fucked up, ^Dmaj7 But Rage, he can't be ^Amaj7king any more. Dudes, ^Dmaj7he's encroaching on my de-^Amaj7crees! Seriously, let's make him ^Dmaj7Duke, a kick ass Duke. ^F#m Or leader formerly known as ^Gking, but... uh-oh, he's comin' back...

E7 (n.C) Amaj7 We'll lead as two kings, oh yes, we'll really lead as two kings. (KG): Uh, dude' (JB): Rage.

(KG): I went ^Dmaj7all over Idaho... (JB): Yeah' (KG): Uh, plenty of potatoes ^Amaj7everywhere. (JB): What' There was no famine' (KG): Yeah, there was no famine, ^Dmaj7no. (JB): Dude. (KG): I don't know what's uh... (JB): A toast... (KG): A ^Amaj7toast... (JB): Long live the D.^Dmaj7 (KG): Long live the D. (JB): ^Amaj7Long live me.^Dmaj7 I'm sorry; I poisoned your ^F#mwine. (KG): What' [JB:] For the good of the ^Gland. E7 (n.C) (KG): You p... I poisoned yours...huh heh, as well.

(JB/KG): No!... Interlude: A F G (x2) No! Coda: (Faster Tempo)

^A City, city, city, ^Fcity, city, ^Gcity, shitty. ^A Shitty, city, shitty, ^Fshitty, city, ^Gcity, shitty. A F G A (n.C) Hall, hall, hall, hall, hall, hall, hall, hall.

Interlude: A F G, A C G (x2)

^A People inside me, are ^Faskin' me to ^Gsmoke up City ^AHall, 'Cos no ^Cone here is ^Gtalkin'. ^A People inside me, are ^Faskin' me to ^Gsmoke up City ^AHall, 'Cos no ^Cone here is ^Grockin'.

^A People inside me, are ^Faskin' me to ^Gsmoke up City ^AHall, 'Cos ^Ceveryone is ^GRock-'em Sock-'em ^ARobots, ^F Everyone is ^GRock-'em Sock-'em ^ARobots, ^F Everyone is ^GRock-'em Sock-'em, ^Ago! oh!

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Tenacious D - City hall