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Intro: Dmaj7 G/D
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Welcome to your life, there's no turning back,
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Even while we sleep, we will find you
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Acting on your best behavior
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Turn your back on mother nature,
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Everybody wants to rule the world
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It's my own design, it's my own remorse,
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Help me to decide, help me make the
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Most of freedom and of pleasure,
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Nothing ever lasts forever,
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Everybody wants to rule the world
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There's a room where the light won't find you
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Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down
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When they do, I'll be right behind you
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So glad we've almost made it
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So sad they had to fade it
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Everybody wants to rule the world
(INSTRUMENTAL FOR DAYS)
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I can't stand this indecision
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Married with a lack of vision
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Everybody wants to rule the world
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Say that you'll never, never, never, never need it.
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One headline, why believe it?
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Everybody wants to rule the world.
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Of freedom and of pleasure,
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Nothing ever lasts forever,
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Everybody wants to rule the world
Written by Roland Orzabal, Chris Hughes, Ian Stanley