[Tab]
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|------------------------|-----------------------|
[Intro]
| A/D   G/D | G/D | A/D   G/D | G/D |
[Strophe]
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
[Refrain]
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
[Strophe]
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 ...
[Refrain]
    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 ...
[Pont]
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
[Refrain]
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]
[Solo]
| Bm | C | Bm | C | G | A  |

| A/D   G/D | G/D | A/D   G/D | G/D |
| A/D   G/D | G/D | A/D   G/D | G/D |
[Refrain]
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 ...
[Refrain]
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
[Refrain]
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
[Instrumentale]
| 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|------------------