• Song:

    Kyle Took A Bullet For Me

  • Artist:

    Tenacious D

  • Album:

    2001-10-07: St. Louis, ...

Tenacious D
"Kyle Took a Bullet for Me"

* Below are the chords (in order of appearance) - followed by the tab w/lyrics
* Obviously it's difficult to perfectly represent the song in tab form, so you'll have to
  watch/listen to figure out the intricacies
* Download all mp3's and episodes from FugitiveAlien.com
* All notes played on E,B,G,and D strings.  Hence, A and E aren't represented in the tab
* All are major chords with an open D for the bass note (the actual names are some
  derivation of the majors listed below)

  chord: D   F   A   C   G   D

         2   5   5   3   3   2
	 3   6   5   5   3   3
	 2   5   6   5   4   2
	 0   0   0   0   0   0

             (D)	       (D)         (F)
E----------2-h-3-p-2------------2---slide---5-------------------------------------------|
B--------3----------------------3---slide---6-------------------------------------------|
G------2------------------------2---slide---5-------------------------------------------|
D----0--------------------------0---slide---0-------------------------------------------|
(Jack)Kyle took a bullet for me                 Now I got to rock for three
(Kyle)

    (A)  (A)    (C)(C)(C)    (G)(G)(G)          (D)
E----5----5------3--3--3------3--3--3-h-5--------0-h 2----------------------------------|
B----5----5------5--5--5------3--3--3------------3--------------------------------------|
G----6----6------5--5--5------4--4--4------------2--------------------------------------|
D----0----0------0--0--0------0--0--0------------0--------------------------------------|
(Jack)        K.G. and me        Don't forget about Tenacious D
(Kyle)

             (D)	       (D)         (F)
E----------2-h-3-p-2------------2---slide---5-h-6-p-5-----------------------------------|
B--------3----------------------3---slide---6-------------------------------------------|
G------2------------------------2---slide---5-------------------------------------------|
D----0--------------------------0---slide---0-------------------------------------------|
(Jack)
(Kyle)I took a bullet for J.B.                 Now I'm in heaven and I can see

    (A)  (A)    (C)(C)(C)               (G)(G)(G)          (D)
E----5----5------3--3--3-----------------3--3--3-h 5--------0-h 2-----------------------|
B----5----5------5--5--5-----------------3--3--3------------3---------------------------|
G----6----6------5--5--5-----------------4--4--4------------2---------------------------|
D----0----0------0--0--0-----------------0--0--0------------0---------------------------|
(Jack)Your decision to rescue me
(Kyle)                                   Was definitely Boops McGee

             (D)	       (D)         (F)
E----2--------------------------2---slide---5-------------------------------------------|
B----3--------------------------3---slide---6-------------------------------------------|
G----2--------------------------2---slide---5-------------------------------------------|
D----0--------------------------0---slide---0-------------------------------------------|
(Jack)Oh wait, no, K.G., I disagree             Your decision to rescue me
(Kyle)                           Why?					Yeah?

    (A)  (A)    (C)(C)(C)               (G)(G)(G)          (D)
E----5----5------3--3--3-----------------3--3--3-h 5--------0-h 2-----------------------|
B----5----5------5--5--5-----------------3--3--3------------3---------------------------|
G----6----6------5--5--5-----------------4--4--4------------2---------------------------|
D----0----0------0--0--0-----------------0--0--0------------0---------------------------|
(Jack)Was a decision that set you free
(Kyle)                                       Was definitely Boops McGee

    (D)	                                (D)         (F)
E----2-----------------------------------2---slide---5----------------------------------|
B----3-----------------------------------3---slide---6----------------------------------|
G----2-----------------------------------2---slide---5----------------------------------|
D----0-----------------------------------0---slide---0----------------------------------|
(Jack)Wait this is fuckin' with my head  I totally-ly thought you was dead
(Kyle)

    (A)  (A)    (C)(C)(C)               (G)(G)(G)          (D)
E----5----5------3--3--3-----------------3--3--3-h 5--------0-h 2-----------------------|
B----5----5------5--5--5-----------------3--3--3------------3---------------------------|
G----6----6------5--5--5-----------------4--4--4------------2---------------------------|
D----0----0------0--0--0-----------------0--0--0------------0---------------------------|
(Jack)										Whoa!
(Kyle) Just remember what you said       My medallion's made of bulletproof lead

    (D)	                                   (D)         (F)
E----2-h-3-p-2------------------------------2---slide---5-------------------------------|
B----3--------------------------------------3---slide---6-------------------------------|
G----2--------------------------------------2---slide---5-------------------------------|
D----0--------------------------------------0---slide---0-------------------------------|
(Jack)Kyle took a bullet for me             Now I got to rock for three
(Kyle)I took a bullet for J.B.              Now I'm in heaven and I can see

    (A)  (A)    (C)(C)(C)       (G)(G)(G)          (D)
E----5----5------3--3--3---------3--3--3-h 5--------0-h 2-------------------------------|
B----5----5------5--5--5---------3--3--3------------3-----------------------------------|
G----6----6------5--5--5---------4--4--4------------2-----------------------------------|
D----0----0------0--0--0---------0--0--0------------0-----------------------------------|
(Jack)K.G. and me		 Don't forget about Tenacious D (hold for next 2 measures)
(Kyle)Oh no, Oh no       	 Don't forget about Tenacious D (hold for next 2 measures)

     (D)      (D)       (D)       (D)
E----0-h-2-----0-h-2-----0-h-2-----0-h-2------------------------------------------------|
B----3---------3---------3---------3----------------------------------------------------|
G----0-h-2-----0-h-2-----0-h-2-----0-h-2------------------------------------------------|
D----0---------0---------0---------0----------------------------------------------------|
(Jack) *** continue singing "D" until end ***
(Kyle) *** continue singing "D" until end ***

    (D)       (D)       (D)       (C) (G) (D)
E----0-h-2-----0-h-2-----0-h-2-----3---3---2--------------------------------------------|
B----3---------3---------3---------5---3---3--------------------------------------------|
G----0-h-2-----0-h-2-----0-h-2-----5---4---2--------------------------------------------|
D----0---------0---------0---------0---0---0--------------------------------------------|
(Jack) *** continue singing "D" until end ***
(Kyle) *** continue singing "D" until end ***

Tenacious D...what can I say...they're awesome!
Show more