World Leader Pretend Chords by R.E.M.

[Start]

[Intro]
Em7 E E7 Bm Em Em7 Bm Em7
■   ■ ■  ■  ■  ■   ■  ■  
Bm7 Bm Bm7 G A D
■   ■  ■   ■ ■ ■


[Verse]
            G     C     D                 
I sit at my table ■ and wage war on myself
   G               C                D      
It seems like it's all it's all for nothing
           G         
I know the barricades
C                D                        
■ And I know the mortar in the wall breaks
  G             C         D              Em
I recognize the weapons I used them well ■ 


[Chorus]
Bm Em7  E7           
■  This is my mistake
Bm                 
Let me make it good
Em7                   Bm                Bm7             G    A
■   I raised the wall and I will be the one to knock it down ■


[Verse]
D             G                   C      D       
■ I've a rich understanding of my finest defenses
                G               C       
I proclaim that claims are left unstated
  D               
I demand a rematch
  G        C        
I decree a stalemate
  D                       
I divine my deeper motives
                G      
I recognize the weapons
C                     D                  Em    
■ I've practiced them well I fitted them myself
                          Bm                
It's amazing what devices you can sympathize
Em         Em7    
This is my mistake


[Chorus]
Bm                 
Let me make it good
Em              Em7  Bm                                G    Am
■  I raised the wall and I will be the one to knock it down ■ 
              C      Am           
Reach out for me and hold me tight
          C     
Hold that memory
       Am                     C          G          A
Let my machine talk to me let my machine talk to me ■


[Verse]
D         G            C    D                   
■ This is my world and I am world leader pretend
        G       C
This is my life ■
         D         
And this is my time
            G         C      
I have been given the freedom
D        C     D  
To do as I see fit
G                   C                    D               
It's high time I've razed the walls that I've constructed
E            Em   E       Bm                
It's amazing what devices you can sympathize
Em                
This is my mistake


[Chorus]
Bm                 
Let me make it good
  Em7             Bm7                               G    A
I raised the wall and I will be the one to knock it down ■
Em                    
You fill in the mortar
Bm                     
You fill in the harmony
Em              Em7    Bm
You fill in the mortar ■ 
             Bm  
I raised the wall
Em                  
And I'm the only one
Bm            Bm7 Bm          G    A E
I will be the one to knock it down ■ ■


[End]