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Tears for Fears-Everybody Wants To Rule The World - sr - 200

 [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 |
 
 
[Verse 1]
| A/D   G/D | G/D |           (A/D)
              Welcome to your life
| A/D   G/D | G/D |             (A/D)
              There's no turning back
| A/D   G/D | G/D |        (A/D)
              Even while we sleep
| A/D   G/D | G/D |
              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       | A/D   G/D | G/D | A/D   G/D | G/D
Everybody wants to rule the world
 
[Verse 2]
| A/D   G/D | G/D |        (A/D)
              It's my own design
| A/D   G/D | G/D |        (A/D)
              It's my own remorse
| A/D   G/D | G/D |       (A/D)
              Help me to decide
| A/D   G/D | G/D |
              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]
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
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 | G | A  |
[synth solo]
 
| A/D   G/D | G/D | A/D   G/D | G/D |
| A/D   G/D | G/D | A/D   G/D | G/D |
[guitar solo]
 
[Chorus 4]
Em                 F#m
I can't stand this indecision
G              F#m
Married with a lack of vision
Em   F#m  G        A
Everybody wants to rule the ...
 
[Chorus 5] (variation)
Em               F#m
 Say that you'll never never never never need it
G              F#m
 One headline, why believe it
Em   F#m  G        A        | A/D   G/D | G/D | A/D   G/D | G/D |
Everybody wants to rule the world
 
[Chorus 6]
Em              F#m
All for freedom and for pleasure
G            F#m
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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Elton John-Sun Going Down

Don't go for harmonies in the chorus too much                              
Opening figure - use thumb and first finger to play B - 1 3 E - 1 0 B - 1 3
Whilst still holding the C chord as much as possible so it sustains        
Chord for C/Bb - 6x555                                                                                  
Run down - D 0 - A- 3 2 0 then play G - don't pull off play first 
with first finger then rest with thumb                       
Piano intro C - notes - dont try to hold C maj chord - use second 
finger for the 1 so in good position to finger the next chord
B 1 3 E 1 0 B 3 1 (hammer on and pull off) - 11xx1x 01xx1x x10x1x                                                              
Use side of thumb and muting with left hand to 1 &3&4 - staccato on 4                                                          
Losing everything - have snare hit with no chord OR just play bass drum with chords                                                                                                                                 
[Intro]                                                                                                                        
|C        |C/Bb      |F     C     |F        |                                                                                  

[Verse 1]                                       
[G] I can't light [C/G]  [G] no more of your [F] darknes [C] s   
F/C  C  C/E                                            
[F] All my pictures  [Bb/F] [F] seem to fade to black and [G] white   
C/G   G   C/G    G                                      
[G] I'm growing tired [C/G] [G] and time stands still [F] before [C] me  
F/C  C  C/E                                 
[F] Frozen here [Bb/F] [F] on the ladder of my [G] life 
C/G   G   C/G    G                                    
[G] Too late [C/G] [G] to save myself from  [F] falli [C] ng  [F/C] [C] [C/E]    
[F] I took a chance [Bb/F] [F] and changed your way of  [G] life  
C/G   G   C/G    G                              
[G] But you misread [C/G] [G] my meaning when I  [F] met y [C] ou  
F/C  C  C/E                                      
[F] Closed the door [Bb/F] [F] and left me  [C/G] blinded by the  [G] light

[Chorus]              
[C] Don't let the sun go  [C/Bb-6x555x] down on me
[F/A] Although I search myself, it's always s [D7/F#] omeone else I see
[C/G] I'd just allow a fragment of your  [F/G] life [G]  
to wander [C] free [C/Bb]                                         
But  [F/A] losing everything is like the  [Dm] sun (fast chords)
[C/E] go--- [F] ing   [C/G] down  [G] on  [C] me

|C        |C/Bb      |F/A    C/G     |F        |                                          

[Verse 2]                                                
[G] I can't find [C/G] , [G7] oh the right rom [F] antic li [C] ne [F/C] [C] [C/E]    
[F] But see me once [Bb/F] [F] and see the way I  [G] feel  [G7]   
[G] Don't discard me [C/G] [G] just because you  [F] think I mean you [C] harm
F/C  C  C/E     
[F] But these cuts I have [Bb/F] [F] they need love [C/G] to help them heal [G]

[Chorus]                                                 
[C] Don't let the sun go  [C/Bb-6x555x] down on me                             
[F/A] Although I search myself, it's always s [D7/F#] omeone else I see
[C/G] I'd just allow a fragment of your  [F/G] life  [G]    to wander  [C] free     
[C/Bb]                         
But  [F/A] losing everything is like the  [Dm] sun (fast chords)
[C/E] go--- [F] ing   [C/G] down  [G] on  [C] me 
|C        |C/Bb      |F/A          |Ab6    Bb      |                                                    

[C] Don't let the sun go  [C/Bb-6x555x] down on me
[F/A] Although I search myself, it's always s [D7/F#] omeone else I see
[C/G] I'd just allow a fragment of your  [F/G] life  [G]    to wander  [C] free     
[C/Bb]                                              
But  [F/A] losing everything is like the  [Dm] sun (fast chords)
[C/E] go--- [F] ing   [C/G] down  [G] on  [C] me
|C        |C/Bb      |F/A          |Ab6    Bb      |C                                                  

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