EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD (ACOUSTIC) - Tears for Fears
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhQQgU7hfmI

~  I think Roland might be playing in drop D for this song. I'll stick to standard tuning.
~  Sometimes I play the G/D as xx0000.  You can play a normal G in it's place if you want.

A/D   = xx022x
G/D   = xx000x

[Intro]
  1 & a 2 & a 
e|--5---7---5-
B|7---7---7---
G|------------
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------
     (triplets

3 & a 4 & a  1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4
--5---7---5-|--5---7---5---5---7\---|
7---7---7---|7---7---7---7---7-7\---|
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 throughout)

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[Verse 1]
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Welcome to you

  (
r life
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There's no tur

    (
ning back
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 |        (
Even while we 


sleep
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We will find y

ou

[Chorus 1]
            
Acting on your

 
 best behavior
             
Turn your back

    
 on mother nat

ure
        
Everybody want

            |
s to rule the 

     |  |     |  
world

[Verse 2]
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 |        (
It's my own de


sign
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 |        (
It's my own re


morse
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 |       (
Help me to dec

/
ide
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Help me make t

he ...

[Chorus 2]
            
... most of fr

      
eedom and of p

leasure
            
Nothing ever l

#
asts forever
        
Everybody want

     
s to rule the 

...

[Bridge]
             
 There's a roo

             
m where the li

            
ght won't find

 
 you
             
 Holding hands

             
 while the wal

           
ls come tumbli

   (
ng down
             
 When they do 

             
I'll be right 

     
behind you

[Chorus 3]
            
 So glad we've

 
 almost made i

t
            
 So sad they h

#
ad to fade it
        
Everybody want

     
s to rule the 

world

[Interlude]
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[intro riff ov

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er synth solo]

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[synth solo]

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[guitar solo]

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[Chorus 4]
            
I can't stand 

     
this indecisio

n
             
Married with a

 
 lack of visio

n
        
Everybody want

     
s to rule the 

...

[Chorus 5] (variation)
            
 Say that you'

   
ll never never

 never never n

eed it
             
 One headline,

 
 why believe i

t
        
Everybody want

             
s to rule the 

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world

[Chorus 6]
            
All for freedo

  
m and for plea

sure
            
Nothing ever l

#
asts forever
        
Everybody want

             
s to rule the 

(
world

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[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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