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\---|

(triplets throughout)

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C#/F# B/F# B/F# C#/F# Welcome to your life

C#/F# B/F# B/F# C#/F# There's no turning back

C#/F# B/F# B/F# C#/F# Even while we sleep

C#/F# B/F# B/F# We will find you

G#m A#mActing on your best behavior

B A#mTurn your back on mother nature

G#m A#m B C# C#/F# B/F# B/F# C#/F# B/F# B/F#Everybody wants to rule the world

C#/F# B/F# B/F# C#/F# It's my own design

C#/F# B/F# B/F# C#/F# It's my own remorse

C#/F# B/F# B/F# C#/F# Help me to decide

C#/F# B/F# B/F# Help me make the ...

G#m A#m... most of freedom and of pleasure

B A#mNothing ever lasts forever

G#m A#m B C#Everybody wants to rule the ...

B F# F# C# C# There's a room where the light won't find you

B F# F# C# C# B Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down

B F# F# C# C# When they do I'll be right behind you

G#m A#m So glad we've almost made it

B A#m So sad they had to fade it

G#m A#m B C#Everybody wants to rule the world

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D#m | E | D#m | E | B | C# |

synth solo

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guitar solo

G#m A#mI can't stand this indecision

B A#mMarried with a lack of vision

G#m A#m B C#Everybody wants to rule the ...

(variation)

G#m A#m Say that you'll never never never never need it

B A#m One headline, why believe it

G#m A#m B C# C#/F# B/F# B/F# C#/F# B/F# B/F#Everybody wants to rule the world

G#m A#mAll for freedom and for pleasure

B A#mNothing ever lasts forever

G#m A#m B C# C#/F#Everybody wants to rule the world

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(let ring)

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