Tenacious D - Government Totally Sucks Chords & Tabs

...THE GOVERNMENT TOTALLY SUCKS... by Tenacious D
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*from 'The Pick of Destiny' (2006)*


Verse 1:

    E                        A(add11)     G    F# G  F#
e|--0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0--|--0-0--0-0-0---3-3--2--3--2--|
B|--0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0--|--0-0--0-0-0---3-3--2--3--2--|
G|--1--1-1-1--1-1--1-1-1--|--6-6--6-6-6---4-4--3--4--3--|
D|--2--2-0-2--2-2--2-0-2--|--7-7--7-7-7---5-5--4--5--4--|
A|--2--2-0-2--2-2--2-0-2--|--7-7--7-7-7---5-5--4--5--4--|
E|--0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0--|--5-5--5-5-5---3-3--2--3--2--|

(with Verse Riff):

    E
The government totally sucks,
You motherfucker,
    A(add11)           G      F# G  F#
The government totally sucks.

Verse 2:

E
 Ben Franklin was a rebel indeed,
   A(add11)
He liked to get naked,
         G             F#   G  F#
While he smoked on the weed.
         E
He was a genius but,
If he was here today,
    A(add11)
The government would fuck him,
       G         F#  G  F#
Up his righteous A!

Verse 3:
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    E
Now let me tell you something,
About the government, (uh huh),
        A(add11)
They're fucking up,
       G     F#     G   F#
The en-viron-ment, (say what?)
        E
They're taking all the fucking,
Beautiful animals, (yeah?)
    A(add11)               G
And making them fucking ex-tinct.
    F#   G  F#
(Oh no!)

Verse 4:

    E
The government totally sucks,
You motherfucker,
    A(add11)           G(add11)
The government totally sucks,
    A(add11)           G(add11)
The government totally sucks.

Bridge 1:

         E                G#m
'Cos the land of love and freedom,
   A(add11)               B(add11)
Is just a baby's breath a-way.
          E             G#m
And if we hold hands to-gether,
       A(add11)          B(add11)
We can bring back the US-A...

Coda:

       E   G#m  A(add11)
The US-AAA-AAA, yeah!
B(add11)
 Bring back,
       E   G#m  A(add11)
The US-AAA-AAA, yeah!
B(add11)
 The fucking,
   E   G#m  A(add11)
US-AAA-AAA, yeah!
Am
 Bring back the US!

Outro:

(with Verse Riff):

E
 Government totally sucks!


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   E    A(add11)   G       F#

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 022100  577600  355433  244322

 G(add11)  G#m   B(add11)  Am

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 355400  466444  799800  x02210


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)