Everybody Wants To Rule The World Uke tab by Tears For Fears

7 Chords used in the song: Dmaj7, G6, Em, F#m, G, A, D

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Artist: Tears For Fears

Album: Songs From The Big Chair

Year: 1985

Difficulty:

3.79

(Intermediate)

Key: D, BmChords

[VERSE]

                Dmaj7   G6
Welcome to your life
                   Dmaj7   G6
There's no turning back
                Dmaj7   G6
Even while we sleep
(G6)
We will find you


[CHORUS 1]

Em             F#m
Acting on your best behavior
G                 F#m
Turn your back on mother nature
Em    F#m   G      A           Dmaj7   G6   Dmaj7   G6   Dmaj7   G6
Everybody wants to rule the world


[VERSE]

              Dmaj7   G6
It's my own design
              Dmaj7   G6
It's my own remorse
              Dmaj7   G6
Help me to decide
(G6)
Help me make the...


[CHORUS 2]

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


[BRIDGE]

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


[CHORUS 3/BRIDGE 2]

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


[CHORUS 4]

Em               F#m
All for freedom and for pleasure
G              F#m
Nothing ever lasts forever
Em    F#m   G      A           Dmaj7   G6
Everybody wants to rule the world


[OUTRO]

Dmaj7   G6   
Dmaj7   G6   
Dmaj7   G6   
Dmaj7   G6

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ellasyn

shouldn’t the A be an Am?

05 Mar 2021

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About this song: Everybody Wants To Rule The World

"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" is a song by the English New Wave band Tears for Fears.It was the band's ninth single release in the United Kingdom (the third from their second LP: Songs from the Big Chair) and seventh UK Top 40 chart hit, peaking at number two in April 1985. In the U.S., it was the lead single from the album and gave the band their first Billboard Hot 100 number-one hit on 8 June 1985, remaining there for two weeks. It also Read more on Last.fm.

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