Tenacious D - Government Totally Sucks Chords & Tabs

 

Government Totally Sucks Chords & Tabs

Tenacious D Chords & Tabs

Version: 2 Type: Tab

Government Totally Sucks Tab

   
Song: The Government Totally Sucks
Artist: Tenacious D
Album: The Pick of Destiny
Tabbed by: _Jacco

My first tab, hope you like it ;) I tried to be very precisely with the rythm. 
one single beat is

represented by 4 dashes or, of course, fret numbers.


Ok, the first part, chords:

E   - (022100)
A   - (577600)
G   - (355400)
F#  - (244300)

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

You can repeat this riff (4x), but Kyle is playing some small variations:


(Variations)

e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|1---1---1-1---1-|--1---1---1-1-1-|6---6---6-6-6-6-|4---4-3---4-3-1-|
D|2---2---0-2---2-|--2---0h2-2-2-2-|7---7---7-7-7-7-|5---5-4---5-4-2-|
A|2---2---0-2---2-|--2---0h2-2-2-2-|7---7---7-7-7-7-|5---5-4---5-4-2-|
E|0---0---0-0---0-|--0---0---2-2-2-|5---5---5-5-5-5-|3---3-2---3-2-0-|

e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|1---1---1-1-----|1-1---1---1-1---|6---6---6-6-6-6-|4---4-3---4-3-1-|
D|2---2---0-2-----|0-2---2---2-2---|7---7---7-7-7-7-|5---5-4---5-4-2-|
A|2---2---0-2-----|0-2---2---2-2---|7---7---7-7-7-7-|5---5-4---5-4-2-|
E|0---0---0-0-----|0-0---0---0-0---|5---5---5-5-5-5-|3---3-2---3-2-0-|

e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|1---1---1-1-1-1-|--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|6---6---6---6---|4-----3---4-3-1-|
D|2---2---0-2-0-2-|--2-0-0-2-2-0-0-|7---7---7---7---|5-----4---5-4-2-|
A|2---2---0-2-0-2-|--2-0-0-2-2-0-0-|7---7---7---7---|5-----4---5-4-2-|
E|0---0---0-0-0-0-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|5---5---5---5---|3-----2---3-2-0-|

e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|1---1---1-1-----|1-1---1---1-1---|6---6---6-6-6-6-|4-4-4---3-4-3-1-|
D|2---2---0-2-----|0-2---2---2-2---|7---7---7-7-7-7-|5-5-5---4-5-4-2-|
A|2---2---0-2-----|0-2---2---2-2---|7---7---7-7-7-7-|5-5-5---4-5-4-2-|
E|0---0---0-0-----|0-0---0---0-0---|5---5---5-5-5-5-|3-3-3---3-3-2-0-|

(End of variations)


e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|1---1---1-1-1-1-|--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|6---6---6-6-6-4-|----------------|
D|2---2---0-2-0-2-|--2-0-0-2-2-0-0-|7---7---7-7-7-5-|----------------|
A|2---2---0-2-0-2-|--2-0-0-2-2-0-0-|7---7---7-7-7-5-|----------------|
E|0---0---0-0-0-0-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|5---5---5-5-5---|----------------|

e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|7---7---7-7-7-5-|
A|7---7---7-7-7-5-|
E|5---5---5-5-5---|

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The next part is a little bit slower, again including some small variations. Chords:

E   - (022100)
G#m - (466444)
A   - (577655)
B   - (799600)
Am  - (577555)

                                    E                G#m
e|----------------|----------------|--------0-------|--------4-------|
B|----------------|----------------|--------0-------|--------4-------|
G|----------------|----------------|1---1---1---1-1-|4-4-4---4---4-4-|
D|----------------|----------------|2---2---2---2-2-|6-6-6---6---6-6-|
A|----------------|----------------|2---2-------2-2-|6-6-6-------6-6-|
E|----------------|----------------|0---0-------0-0-|4-4-4-------4-4-|

  A           B                     E                G#m
e|--------0---0-0-|--0-0---0---0-0-|--------0-------|--------4-------|
B|--------0---0-0-|--0-0---0---0-0-|--------0-------|--------4-------|
G|6---6---6---8-8-|--8-8---8---8-8-|1---1---1---1-1-|4-4-4---4---4-4-|
D|7---7---7---9-9-|--9-9---9---9-9-|2---2---2---2-2-|6-6-6---6---6-6-|
A|7---7-----------|----------------|2---2-------2-2-|6-6-6-------6-6-|
E|5---5-----------|----------------|0---0-------0-0-|4-4-4-------4-4-|

  A                B                E                G#m
e|--------0---0-0-|0-----0-0-0-0-0-|--------0-------|--------4-------|
B|--------0---0-0-|0-----0-0-0-0-0-|--------0-------|--------4-------|
G|6---6---6---6-6-|8-----8-8-8-8-8-|1---1---1---1-1-|4-4-4---4---4-4-|
D|7---7---7---7-7-|9-----9-9-9-9-9-|2---2---2---2-2-|6-6-6---6---6-6-|
A|7---7-----------|----------------|2---2-------2-2-|6-6-6-------6-6-|
E|5---5-----------|----------------|0---0-------0-0-|4-4-4-------4-4-|

  A                B                E                G#m
e|--------0---0-0-|0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|--------0-------|--------4-------|
B|--------0---0-0-|0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|--------0-------|--------4-------|
G|6---6---6---6-6-|8---8-8-8-8-8-8-|1---1---1---1-1-|4-4-4---4---4-4-|
D|7---7---7---7-7-|9---9-9-9-9-9-9-|2---2---2---2-2-|6-6-6---6---6-6-|
A|7---7-----------|----------------|2---2-------2-2-|6-6-6-------6-6-|
E|5---5-----------|----------------|0---0-------0-0-|4-4-4-------4-4-|

  A                B                E                G#m
e|--------0---0-0-|--0-0---0---0-0-|--------0-------|--------4-------|
B|--------0---0-0-|--0-0---0---0-0-|--------0-------|--------4-------|
G|6---6---6---6-6-|--8-8---8---8-8-|1---1---1---1-1-|4-4-4---4---4-4-|
D|7---7---7---7-7-|--9-9---9---9-9-|2---2---2---2-2-|6-6-6---6---6-6-|
A|7---7-----------|----------------|2---2-------2-2-|6-6-6-------6-6-|
E|5---5-----------|----------------|0---0-------0-0-|4-4-4-------4-4-|

  A                       Am
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|6---------------|--------5-------|----------------|
D|7---------------|--------7-------|----------------|
A|7---------------|--------7-------|----------------|
E|5---------------|--------5-------|----------------|

  E
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|1---1---1-1-1-1-|
D|2---2---0-2-0-2-|
A|2---2---0-2-0-2-|
E|0---0---0-0-0-0-|

Good luck,
Jacco