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                             Karate - Tenacious D
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By:Sam Haberman 
[Verse 1]
 With Fkarate I'll kick your Cass
 From GHere to Tienomen SquEare
 FOh Yeah, motherfuCcker
 Im gonna kGick your fucking deriair yEeah-e-yeah
[Chorus]
 FYou broke the ruCles, now I'll pGull out your pubic hEair
     F    CYou MothGerfuckerE  
     F    CYou MothGerfucker E  
[Verse 2]
 FKyle Betrayed me, then he lCied, tried to hide it
 And I dGied deep inside and you know Ethe reason why
 FI'm gonna kick your aCss, from heGre, to right over tEhere
 FOh Yeah, motherfuCcker
 Im gonna kGick your fucking deriair yEeah-e-yeah
[Chorus]
 FYou broke the ruCles, now I'll pGull out your pubic hEair
     F    CYou MothGerfuckerE  
     F    CYou MothGerfucker E  
Chords
e|--F----C----G3---E-0--|
B|--1---1---3----0--|
G|--2---0---0----1--|
D|--3---2---0----2--|
A|--3---3---2----2--|
E|----------3----0--| 

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Karate

by Tenacious D

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Karate - Tenacious D

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By:Sam Haberman

[Verse 1]

F C

With karate I'll kick your ass

G E

From Here to Tienomen Square

F C

Oh Yeah, motherfucker

G E

Im gonna kick your fucking deriair yeah-e-yeah

[Chorus]

F C G E

You broke the rules, now I'll pull out your pubic hair

F C G E

You Motherfucker

F C G E

You Motherfucker

[Verse 2]

F C

Kyle Betrayed me, then he lied, tried to hide it

G E

And I died deep inside and you know the reason why

F C G E

I'm gonna kick your ass, from here, to right over there

F C

Oh Yeah, motherfucker

G E

Im gonna kick your fucking deriair yeah-e-yeah

[Chorus]

F C G E

You broke the rules, now I'll pull out your pubic hair

F C G E

You Motherfucker

F C G E

You Motherfucker

Chords

F C G E

e|----------3----0--|

B|--1---1---3----0--|

G|--2---0---0----1--|

D|--3---2---0----2--|

A|--3---3---2----2--|

E|----------3----0--|

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