• Song:

    Kyle Took A Bullet For Me

  • Artist:

    Tenacious D

  • Album:

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

"Kyle Took a Bullet"
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 f**kin' 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 ***
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