#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## # # For the latest collection of R.E.M. chords & tab, go to # http://www.uark.edu/~cbray/rem/ # # If you have any corrections or additions to this file, please email them # to [email protected] # WORLD LEADER PRETEND {between the Em and Bm chords play this ---- (D) -0-2-4-2-0- } {intro Em Bm Em Bm Em Bm G A } D G C D I sit at my table and wage war on myself D G C D It seems like it's all...it's all for nothing D G C I know the barricades, and D D I know the mortar in the wall breaks G C D I recognize the weapons, I used them well Em Bm Em Bm This is my mistake. Let me make it good Em Bm G A I raised the wall, and I will be the one to knock it down I've a rich understanding of my finest defenses I proclaim that claims are left unstated, I demand a rematch I decree a stalemate I divine my deeper motives I recognize the weapons I've practiced them well. I fitted them myself It's amazing what devices you can sympathize...empathize This is my mistake. Let me make it good I raised the walls, and I will be the one to knock it down {I lose track of where the chords occur over the words. They just switch between Am and C until the last part of this section...} Am C Am C Reach out for me and hold me tight. Hold that memory Am C Am A G Let my machine talk to me. Let my machine talk to me This is my world And I am the world leader pretend This is my life And this is my time I have been given the freedom To do as I see fit It's high time I've razed the walls That I've constructed It's amazing what devices you can sympathize...emapathize This is my mistake. Let me make it good I raised the walls, and I will be the one to knock it down You fill in the mortar. You fill in the harmony You fill in the mortar. I raised the walls And I'm the only one I will be the one to knock it down {end on Em}
