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Tenacious D
City Hall
Tabbed by Dan Stanislaw
Intro (clean electric guitar)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---5---------5---------5---------------------------------------------------|
G|---4----4----4----4----4----4----------------------------------------------|
D|---2----4----2----4----2----4----------------------------------------------|
A|--------2---------2---------2----------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Pre-Verse (slight distortion, palm-muted)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--6-7-6-7-6-7-6-7-6-7-6-7-6------------------------------|
A|---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--6-7-6-7-6-7-6-7-6-7-6-7-6------------------------------|
E|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--4-5-4-5-4-5-4-5-4-5-4-5-4------------------------------|
Verse (clean electric or just acoustic, REALLY ***ING FAST!)
Note: once jb starts singing just play the same stuff w/ just the lower strings.
(lower strings as in lower pitch)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---5-5-X-X-X-X-5-5---1-1-X-X-X-X-3-3---------------------------------------|
G|---6-6-X-X-X-X-6-6---2-2-X-X-X-X-4-4---------------------------------------|
D|---7-7-X-X-X-X-7-7---3-3-X-X-X-X-5-5---------------------------------------|
A|---7-7-X-X-X-X-7-7---3-3-X-X-X-X-5-5---------------------------------------|
E|---5-5-X-X-X-X-5-5---1-1-X-X-X-X-3-3---------------------------------------|
PART after "and set ***ing fires..."
()=muted
e|---------------------1-(1)-------------------------------------------------|
B|---5-5-X-X-X-X-5-5---1-(1)-X-X-X-X-3-3-------------------------------------|
G|---6-6-X-X-X-X-6-6---2-(2)-X-X-X-X-4-4-------------------------------------|
D|---7-7-X-X-X-X-7-7---3-(3)-X-X-X-X-5-5-------------------------------------|
A|---7-7-X-X-X-X-7-7---------X-X-X-X-5-5-------------------------------------|
E|---5-5-X-X-X-X-5-5---------X-X-X-X-3-3-------------------------------------|
Part after "***ty city, ho ho ho HO ho ho ho ho..."
~=add the little bendy thing! hehe
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------5-6-5---------------|
G|---------6/76---------------------------------6/76-----------7-~5--------|
D|-------7---------7-8-7-8-8/108--------------7---------------7-------------|
A|-----7--------------------------8----------7-------------------------------|
E|---5------------------------------8------5---------------------------------|
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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phoen Average |
#1 by phoen bay at Jul 26, 1979 at 11:32 AM EST |
| hey maddox, did you just discover the word "fuck" or something? | |
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Athena-beana-fo Average |
#2 by Athena-beana-fo-feena -katrina-gina-go-zeena-fe-fi-fo...ATHENA at Nov 16, 1979 at 11:16 PM EST |
| Y'all are wrong... all of their songs mean... NOTHING! | |
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Dakota Average |
#3 by Dakota Keyes at Dec 16, 1989 at 1:39 PM EST |
| As far as I know there are at least two versions to this. The other version is great too, but instead of the second and 3rd decrees he just goes on more about legalizing drugs and then torturing the lead singer of the goo goo dolls. It's a real toss up to decide which one is better... | |
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The Mexican Who Average |
#4 by The Mexican Who's Living Under Satan's Wing at Jul 10, 1995 at 10:54 PM EST |
| This song's meaning is pretty obvious, but I love how Jack Black and Kyle Gass act like total morons in this, it's one of my favorite skit/songs of theirs...lol 'the cognitive capacity to lead'. My favorite parts, the ones that makes me crack up no matter what are 'me and KG will peek out our heads...' and 'Ah yeah, ah yeahhhahahaha. Ha-ha-ho-hee, ha-ha-ho-hee-ha-ha-ho-ho-ho-ho.' Just hilarious! | |
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alex Rhythm Player |
#5 by alex Smith at Sep 8, 1996 at 5:20 PM EST |
| You fuckers don't get it. Yeah, the song is great, the album is classic. You don't see what I see. On each track, there have been strategically placed words and phrases. Hints to when the adult contemporary pop artists will take back the earth. They are definitely done being fucked with, i can tell you that. City Hall was encrypted, and the cipher is as follows: A=Ü B=£ J=₧ P=╗ and so on. It's right under your nose, anyway, continue leading meaningless, banal existences. Perspicacity is the burden of the intelligent. Quote me on that shit. | |
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David Average |
#6 by David Tims at Jul 3, 1999 at 1:36 PM EST |
| when he says i believe in god is saying something else backwards?.........malibu nights is the best | |
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Marcus19 Rhythm Player |
#7 by Marcus19 Doug at Dec 2, 2004 at 7:41 AM EST |
| This song's meaning is pretty obvious, but I love how Jack Black and Kyle Gass act like total morons in this, it's one of my favorite skit/songs of theirs...lol 'the cognitive capacity to lead'. My favorite parts, the ones that makes me crack up no matter what are 'me and KG will peek out our heads...' and 'Ah yeah, ah yeahhhahahaha. Ha-ha-ho-hee, ha-ha-ho-hee-ha-ha-ho-ho-ho-ho.' Just hilarious! | |
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$~Andrew~$ Average |
#8 by $~Andrew~$ at Aug 26, 2005 at 1:48 AM EST |
| this song is soo hilarious, i could just listen to it forever, i love the beginnining, the "all you muthafuckas in the streets its time to rise..." thats soo funny. and the voice he does when he says "will peek out our heads..." | |
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bobby Rhythm Player |
#9 by bobby volm at Feb 12, 2006 at 6:24 AM EST |
| hey maddox, did you just discover the word "fuck" or something? | |
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Gabba Gabba Hey Average |
#10 by Gabba Gabba Hey at Mar 12, 2006 at 3:35 AM EST |
| To answer Bite Me's question: to find Malibu Nights, fast forward past all of that "Do you believe in God?" stuff to about 8:15. Then, you'll hear KG and then it'll start. Hope that helps some. | |
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Punk Rock Princ Wanna Be |
#11 by Punk Rock Princess at Sep 7, 2006 at 5:29 PM EST |
| I know I'm probably reading waaaaay to far into this song, but I think it's about a communist takeover. "Third decree: no more... rich people… and poor people. From now on, we will all be the same... ummm, I dunno, I gotta think about that..." It's hilarious that they would write a song about something like that. Silly, silly D. | |
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dimebag 66' Average |
#12 by dimebag 66' at May 28, 2007 at 5:38 PM EST |
| "pinky and the brain"? "the jetsons"? what the hell age are you all? you shouldn't be listening to the D.... so anyway, the song: yeah, it's ok I guess. at the end of the song jack black teaches us the age old lesson that power corrupts "I poisoned your wine". ok, so it's profound, but it was also profound when shakespeare did it centuries ago. | |
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Mark Wanna Be |
#13 by Mark masta at Jun 5, 2007 at 9:33 PM EST |
| This song rocks. I listen to it every day and each time it cracks me up. I think it's a funny take-over-the world-scheme like Pinky and the Brain. I love that they don't have "the cognitive capacity" to lead. Tenacious D rules. What's "TUBE TECHNOLOGY"? | |
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Lucas Average |
#14 by Lucas Lawrey at Aug 21, 2007 at 5:15 AM EST |
| yeah man. jack black is really trying to take over the world with adult cotemporary pop artists. so true. but wait, what in god's name are you babbling about? | |
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Eric Rhythm Player |
#15 by Eric at Sep 30, 2007 at 8:49 PM EST |
| this is the funniest fuckin song! i love it | |
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