R.E.M. – World Leader Pretend (Guitar)

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Chords

From the Album “Green” BmAdd4 x-2-4-4-3-0 [Intro]
Em Bm Em Bm Em Bmadd4 G A
(the G and A are only a half measure each)
[Verse 1]
D               G  
  I sit at my table

C           D         D
  and wage war on myself

       G               C 
  It seems like it's all,

                D
  it's all for nothing

D             G         
  I know the barricades,

C                D             D
  and I know the mortar in the wall breaks

       G                  
  I recognize the weapons,

C      D
  I used them well
[Chorus 1] Em Bm
  Em              
  This is my mistake.

  Bm
  Let me make it good

Em                 
  I raised the wall,

      Bm            Bmadd4              G A
  and I will be the one to knock it down
[Verse 2]
D                    G        
  I've a rich understanding of

      C        D       
  my finest defenses

  D                G                 C    
  I proclaim the claims are left unstated,

       D
  I demand a rematch

D        G             
  I decree a stalemate,

C      D
  I divine my deeper motives

D                  G     
  I recognize the weapons

C                     D
  I've practiced them well. I fitted them myself
[Chorus 2]
  Em                       
  It's amazing what devices

  Bm
  you can sympathize (empathize)

  Em                  
  This is my mistake.

  Bm 
  Let me make it good

Em                 
  I raised the walls,

      Bm            Bmadd4              G A
  and I will be the one to knock it down
[Bridge]
Am               C
  Reach out for me 

         Am                       C
  and ho-old me tight. Hold that memory

         Am                 
  Let my machine talk to me.

      C           G         A
  Let my machine talk to me
[Verse 3]
D          G     
  This is my world

      C        D
  and I am the world leader pretend

D          G    
  This is my life

C       D
  and this is my time

D              G   
  I have been given

        C        D            D
  the freedom to do as I see fit

        G       
  It's high time

     C                    D
  I razed the walls that I've constructed
[Chorus 3]
  Em                        
  It's amazing what devices

  Bm
  you can sympathize (empathize)

  Em                 
  This is my mistake.

  Bm 
  Let me make it good

Em                   
  I raised the walls, 

      Bm            Bmadd4              G A
  and I will be the one to knock it down
[Chorus 4]
  Em                   
  You fill in the mortar.

  Bm
  You fill in the harmony

  Em                   
  You fill in the mortar.

Bm 
  I raised the walls

      Em              
  And I'm the only one,

  Bm            Bmadd4              G A Em
  I will be the one to knock it down