Tenacious D
"Kyle Took a Bullet for Me"
* Below are the chords (in order of appearance) - followed by the tab w/lyrics
* Obviously it's difficult to perfectly represent the song in tab form, so you'll have to
watch/listen to figure out the intricacies
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* 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 fuckin' 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 ***
Tenacious D...what can I say...they're awesome!
Artist: Tenacious D
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