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Government Totally Sucks

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Tenacious D (often referred to as "The D" and sometimes introduced as "The Greatest Band in the world. Period.") is an American satirical rock duo formed by musicians and actors Kyle Gass and Jack Black in Los Angeles, California in 1994. Their music fuses vulgar absurdist comedy with rock music in a style that critics have described as "mock rock". The band first gained reputation in 1999, starring in a self-titled HBO TV series. The drumming on

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

Verse 1:

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

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

(with Verse Riff):

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

Verse 2:

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

Verse 3:

E
Now let me tell you something about the government, (uh huh),
A(add11) G F# G F# E
They're fucking up the en-viron-ment, (say what?)
E
They're taking all the fucking beautiful animals, (yeah?)
A(add11) G F# G F# E
And making them fucking ex-tinct. (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 A(add11) B(add11)
'Cos the land of love and freedom, is just a baby's breath a-way.
E G#m A(add11) B(add11)
And if we hold hands to-gether, we can bring back the US-A...

Coda:

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

Outro:

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

(with Above Riff):

E
Government totally sucks!

CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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E A(add11) G F# G(add11) G#m B(add11) Am

EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 ([email protected])