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World Leader Pretend

R.e.m.
ChordsKeyGbeginner120 BPM
★4.9(88)

Chords in this song8

Intro

(the G and A are only a half measure each)

Verse 1

I sit at my table
and wage war on myself
It seems like it's all,
it's all for nothing
I know the barricades,
and I know the mortar in the wall breaks
I recognize the weapons,
I used them well

Chorus 1

  
This is my mistake.
Let me make it good
I raised the wall,
and I will be the one to knock it down  

Verse 2

I've a rich understanding of
my finest defenses
I proclaim the 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

Chorus 2

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  

Bridge

Reach out for me
and ho-old me tight. Hold that memory
Let my machine talk to me.
Let my machine talk to me 

Verse 3

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 razed the walls that I've constructed

Chorus 3

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  

Chorus 4

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   

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