Intro:

  1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a  1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4
e|--5---7---5---5---7---5-|--5---7---5---5---7\---|
B|7---7---7---7---7---7---|7---7---7---7---7-7\---|
G|------------------------|-----------------------|
D|------------------------|-----------------------|
A|------------------------|-----------------------|
E|------------------------|-----------------------|
     (triplets throughout)
 

| A/D   G/D | G/D | A/D   G/D | G/D |

 
| A/D   G/D | G/D |           (A/D)
              Welcome to your life
              There's no turning back
              Even while we sleep
              We will find you
 

Em                      F#m                    G                          F#m
Acting on your best behavior    Turn your back on mother nature
Em     F#m  G              A       
Everybody wants to rule the world

| A/D   G/D | G/D | A/D   G/D | G/D |

 
| A/D   G/D | G/D |        (A/D)
              It's my own design
              It's my own remorse
              Help me to decide
              Help me make the ...
 

    Em                        F#m                        G                        F#m
... most of freedom and of pleasure    Nothing ever lasts forever
Em    F#m   G              A
Everybody wants to rule the ...
 

G                                           D      D       A      A
 There's a room where the light won't find you
G                                          D        D       A     A     (G)
 Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down
G                                  D      D   A    A
 When they do I'll be right behind you
 

Em                     F#m                     G                             F#m
 So glad we've almost made it     So sad they had to fade it
Em    F#m   G             A
Everybody wants to rule the world
 

Interlude:
| A/D   G/D | G/D | A/D   G/D | G/D | (intro riff over synth solo) 
 
| Bm | C | Bm | C | Bm | C |.  (Synth solo)

 
| A/D   G/D | G/D | A/D   G/D | G/D | (guitar solo)
| A/D   G/D | G/D | A/D   G/D | G/D |
 

Em                         F#m             G                     F#m
I can't stand this indecision    Married with a lack of vision
Em              F#m        G        A
Everybody wants to rule the ...
 

Em                      F#m                                                  G                     F#m
 Say that you'll never never never never need it     One headline, why believe it
Em   F#m    G              A       
Everybody wants to rule the world

 | A/D   G/D | G/D | A/D   G/D | G/D |
 

Em                      F#m                        G                             F#m
All for freedom and for pleasure    Nothing ever lasts forever
Em    F#m  G               A        (A/D)
Everybody wants to rule the world

 
| A/D   G/D | G/D | A/D   G/D | G/D |
| A/D   G/D | G/D | A/D   G/D | G/D |
 
Coda:  (let ring)

  1    2 & a
e|2----0---3--------|
B|2--------0--------|
G|2--------0--------|
D|0--------0--------|
A|------------------|
E|------------------|
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