R.E.M. - World leader pretend
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World Leader Pretend
From the Album “Green”
BmAdd4 x-2-4-4-3-0
[Intro]
Em(thBme GEm anBmd AEm arBmadd4e only Ga Ahalf measure each)
[Verse 1]
D I sit at my taGble
C and wage wDar on myseDlf
It seGems like it's alCl,
it's all for nDothing
D I know the bGarricades,
C and I know the Dmortar in the Dwall breaks
I recGognize the weapons,
C I useDd them well
[Chorus 1]
Em Bm
EmThis is my mistake.
BmLet me make it good
Em I raised the wall,
and BmI will be the Bmadd4one to knock it downG A
[Verse 2]
D I've a rich understGanding of
my fCinest defDenses
DI proclaim the clGaims are left unstCated,
I demDand a rematch
D I decreGe a stalemate,
C I divDine my deeper motives
D I recognize the wGeapons
C I've practiced them Dwell. I fitted them myself
[Chorus 2]
EmIt's amazing what devices
Bmyou can sympathize (empathize)
EmThis is my mistake.
BmLet me make it good
Em I raised the walls,
and BmI will be the Bmadd4one to knock it downG A
[Bridge]
Am Reach out for mCe
and ho-Amold me tight. Hold that mCemory
Let my Ammachine talk to me.
Let Cmy machine tGalk to me A
[Verse 3]
D This is mGy world
and CI am the Dworld leader pretend
D This is mGy life
C and thDis is my time
D I have been gGiven
the frCeedom to Ddo as I see fDit
It's hGigh time
I rCazed the walls that ID've constructed
[Chorus 3]
EmIt's amazing what devices
Bmyou can sympathize (empathize)
EmThis is my mistake.
BmLet me make it good
Em I raised the walls,
and BmI will be the Bmadd4one to knock it downG A
[Chorus 4]
EmYou fill in the mortar.
BmYou fill in the harmony
EmYou fill in the mortar.
Bm I raised the walls
And EmI'm the only one,
BmI will be the Bmadd4one to knock it downG A Em