• Song:

    City Hall

  • Artist:

    Tenacious D

  • Album:

    Live in Philly

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,
             A7M
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,
   A7M
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,
              A7M
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,
    A7M
Two kings.
    D7M
Ahh-haaa.

(Two kings,

We'll lead as,
    A7M
Two kings).
         D7M
Ah-ha ah-how,

We'll lead as,
    A7M
Two kings.
    A7M
The first decree;
      D7M
Is to legalize,

Marijuana.
    A7M
The tyranny and,

The bullshit's,
            D7M
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,
    A7M
Two kings.
    D7M
Ahh-haaa.

(Two kings,

We'll lead as,
    A7M
Two kings).
         D7M
Ah-ha ah-how,

We'll lead as,
    A7M
Two kings.


A7M
 The second decree;
D7M              A7M
 No more pollution,

No more car exhaust,
D7M
 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,
            A7M
Lead as Two Kings.


        D7M
Get the scientists,

Working,
                 A7M
On the tube tech-nology,

Immediately.
           D7M
(Tube tech-nology).

Chop, chop, let's go.
              A7M
Third decree;
         D7M
No more...
D7M
 Rich people,
    A7M
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.
A7M  D7M
 Ha-ha-ho-hee,

Ha-ha-ho-hee,
               A7M
Ha-ha-ho-ho-ho-ho.
            D7M
(JB): Oh my God.

(KG): Ahh...What?

(JB): Dude, the red phone,
   A7M
Is flashing.

(KG): Oh, yeah.

(JB): Let me scoop that up.
    D7M
Hel-lo? Two Kings.

(KG): Who is it?
      A7M
(JB): What?! No!
D7M
 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?
   A7M
Al-right,

Emergency meeting,
   D7M
Of Parliament.
          A7M
All right Parliament,

I know this is fucked up,
D7M
 But Rage, he can't,
   A7M
Be king anymore.
       D7M
Dudes, he's encroaching,
         A7M
On my de-crees!

Seriously, let's,
         D7M
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,
            A7M
Lead as two kings.

(KG): Uh, dude?

(JB): Rage.
             D7M
(KG): I went all over Idaho...

(JB): Yeah?

(KG): Uh, plenty of,
         A7M
Potatoes everywhere.

(JB): What? There was,

No famine?

(KG): Yeah, there was,
           D7M
No famine, no.

(JB): Dude.

(KG): I don't know what's uh...

(JB): A toast...
        A7M
(KG): A toast...
                      D7M
(JB): Long live the D.

(KG): Long live the D.
      A7M         D7M
(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
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