[Verse 1] Bm/E Sometimes you're better off dead Bm/E There's gun in your hand and it's pointing at your head Am7 You think you're mad, too unstable Am7 Kicking in chairs and knocking down tables Bm/E In a restaurant in a West End town Bm/E Call the police, there's a madman around Am7 Running down underground Am7 To a dive bar in a West End town
[Chorus] Bm In a West End town, a dead end world Am7 The East End boys and West End girls Bm In a West End town, a dead end world Am7 The East End boys and West End girls D B/D# | E | E D B/D# | E | % | West End girls
[Verse 2] Bm/E Too many shadows, whispering voices Bm/E Faces on posters, too many choices Am7 If, when, why, what? Am7 How much have you got? Bm/E Have you got it, do you get it, if so, how often? Bm/E And which do you choose, a hard or soft option? Am7 (How much do you need?)
[Chorus] Bm In a West End town, a dead end world Am7 The East End boys and West End girls Bm In a West End town, a dead end world Am7 The East End boys and West End girls D B/D# | E | E D B/D# | E | West End girls, West End girls
[Chorus] Bm In a West End town, a dead end world Am7 The East End boys and West End girls Bm In a West End town, a dead end world Am7 East End boys and West End girls D B/D# | E | E D B/D# | E | % | West End girls
[Verse] Bm/E You've got a heart of glass or a heart of stone Bm/E Just you wait 'til I get you home Am7 We've got no future, we've got no past Am7 Here today, built to last Bm/E In every city, in every nation Bm/E From Lake Geneva to the Finland station Am7 (How far have you been?)
[Chorus] Bm In a West End town, a dead end world Am7 The East End boys and West End girls Bm In a West End town, a dead end world Am7 East End boys, West End girls D B/D# | E | E D B/D# | E [ D B/D# | Cmaj7 ] West End girls (West End girls
[Outro] D B/D# | Cmaj7 Dsus2 | E | Cmaj7 Dsus2 | E | West End girls | Cmaj7 Dsus2 | E | Cmaj7 Dsus2 | E | West End girls (How far have you been?) D B/D# | Cmaj7 Dsus2 | E | Cmaj7 Dsus2 | E | West End girls (repeat and fade)
Tears for Fears-Everybody Wants To Rule The World - BPM - 112
[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\---| triplets throughout
[A/D][G/D][G/D][G/D] (swing to begin then imply full triplets at end of phrase) [A/D][G/D][G/D][G/D]
[Verse 1] [A/D][G/D][G/D] Welcome to your l [A/D] ife [A/D][G/D][G/D] There's no turning [A/D] back [A/D][G/D][G/D] Even while we [A/D] sleep [A/D][G/D][G/D] We will find you
[Chorus 1] [Em] Acting on your [F#m] best behavior [G] Turn your back on [F#m] mother nature [Em] Every [F#m] body [G] wants to [A] rule the world [A/D][G/D][G/D][G/D] [A/D][G/D][G/D][G/D]
[Verse 2] [A/D][G/D][G/D] It's my own de [A/D] sign [A/D][G/D][G/D] It's my own re [A/D] morse [A/D][G/D][G/D] Help me to de [A/D] cide [A/D][G/D][G/D] Help me make the ...
[Chorus 2] ... [Em] most of freedom [F#m] and of pleasure [G] Nothing ever [F#m] lasts forever [Em] Every [F#m] body w [G] ants to [A] rule the ...
[Bridge - Strum for accents is BBxS with chords on all] [G] There's a room where the [D]light [D]won't [A]find [A] you [G] Holding hands while the [D]walls [D]come [A]tumb [A]ling d [G] own [G] When they do I'll be [D]right [D]be [A]hind [A]you
[Chorus 3] [Em] So glad we've [F#m] almost made it [G] So sad they [F#m] had to fade it [Em] Every [F#m] body [G] wants to [A] rule the world
[Interlude] [D] to [D6-x57777] repeat - could play use up strums for triplet Pivot little finger over to play the 7th fret on the E e --5-5-5-7*5-5- B --7-7-7-7-7-7- G --7-7-7-7-7-7- x 16 D --0-0-0-0-0-0- A --0-0-0-0-0-0- E --x-----------
[synth solo - whistle along] [Bm][Bm][C][C] [Bm][Bm][C][C] [G][G][A][A]
[guitar solo - Dmaj Pentatonic - lots of double stops] [A/D][G/D][G/D][G/D] [A/D][G/D][G/D][G/D] [A/D][G/D][G/D][G/D] [A/D][G/D][G/D][G/D]
[Chorus 4] [Em] I can't stand this [F#m] indecision [G] Married with a [F#m] lack of vision [Em] Every [F#m] body [G] wants to [A] rule the ...
[Chorus 5] variation [Em] Say that you'll [F#m] never never never never need it [G] One headline, [F#m] why believe it [Em] Every [F#m] body [G] wants to [A] rule the world [A/D][G/D][G/D][G/D] [A/D][G/D][G/D][G/D]
[Chorus 6] [Em] All for freedom [F#m] and for pleasure [G] Nothing ever [F#m] lasts forever [Em] Every [F#m] body [G] wants to [A] rule the world
[A/D][G/D][G/D][G/D] [A/D][G/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|------------------|
