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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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Bee Gees-Staying Alive

 [LICK]
  Em(7) - try to ring top 3 open strings as well to make riff as full as possible
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|---0------------|---0------------|---0------------|---0------------|
B|---0------------|---0------------|---0------------|---0------------|
G|---0------------|---0------------|---0------------|---0------------|
D|---5------------|---x---------5--|---5------------|---x---------5--|
A|5h7---5--------5|---5------5-7---|5h7---5--------5|---5------5-7---|
E|----------7-5h7-|5h7---5h7-------|----------7-5h7-|5h7---5h7-------|
 
[Intro]
[Em] [Em] [A] [A]
[Em]
 
[Verse 1]
Well, you can  [Em] tell by the way I use my walk
I'm a  [D] woman's man, no  [Em] time to talk
[Em] Music loud and women warm
I've been  [D] kicked around since  [Em] I was born
 
[Pre-Chorus]
But now it's  [A] all right, that's okay
[A] You may look the other way
[A] We can try to understand
The  [A] New York Times' effect on man
 
[Chorus]
[Em] Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother
You're  [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive
[Em] Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin'
I'm a- [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive
[Em] Ah, ah, ah, ah,  [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive
[Em] Ah, ah, ah, ah,  [Em] stayin' a 
[Em] li    [D] i     [Em] i   [Bm7] ive
                (break)
Oh, when you  [Em] walk
 
[Verse 2]
Well, now  [Em] I get low and I get high
And if I  [D] can't get either, I  [Em] really try
Got the  [Em] wings of heaven on my shoes
I'm a  [D] dancin' man, and I  [Em] just can't lose
 
[Pre-Chorus]
You know, it's  [A] all right, it's okay
I'll  [A] live to see another day
[A] We can try to understand
The  [A] New York Times' effect on man
 
[Chorus]
[Em] Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother
You're  [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive
[Em] Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin'
I'm a- [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive
[Em] Ah, ah, ah, ah,  [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive
[Em] Ah, ah, ah, ah,  [Em] stayin' a 
[Em] li    [D] i     [Em] i   [Bm7] ive
                (break)
Oooooh [Em]   
 
[Middle 8] - A run Asus2 A A7 A6(x02222)
[A]  Life goin' nowhere, somebody help me
Somebody help me, yeah [Em]    
[A]  Life goin' nowhere, somebody help me, yeah
   [A]  I'm stayin'  [Em] alive
 
[Verse 3]
Well, you  [Em] can tell by the way I use my walk
I'm a  [D] woman's man, no  [Em] time to talk
[Em] Music loud and women warm
I've been  [D] kicked around since  [Em] I was born
 
[Pre-Chorus]
But now it's  [A] all right, that's okay
[A] You may look the other way
[A] We can try to understand
The  [A] New York Times' effect on man
 
[Chorus]
[Em] Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother
You're  [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive
[Em] Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin'
I'm a- [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive
[Em] Ah, ah, ah, ah,  [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive
[Em] Ah, ah, ah, ah,  [Em] stayin' a 
[Em] li    [D] i     [Em] i   [Bm7] ive
                (break)
Yeah    [Em]   
 
[Outro = Middle 8 - A run Asus2 A A7 A6(x02222)]
[A]  Life goin' nowhere, somebody help me 
Somebody help me,  [Em] yeah
[A]  Life goin' nowhere, somebody help me, yea [Em] h 
I'm stayin' a [Em] li-i-i-i-ive

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