JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" merupakan lagu lawas yang dipopulerkan oleh band pop rock, Tears for Fears.
Lagu ini muncul pertama kali pada 1985 silam sebagai singel ketiga album Songs from the Big Chair.
Singel ini berhasil merajai tangga lagu di berbagai negara seperti Kanada, Selandia Baru, dan bahkan Amerika Serikat dalam Billboard Hot 100.
Lagu ini pernah digunakan dalam film Real Genius (1985), film komedi Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997), dan Ready Player One (2018).
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Anobrain - The 1975
Berikut lirik dan chord lagu "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" oleh Tears for Fears.
A G
Welcome to your life
There's no turning back
Even while we sleep
We will find you
Em F#m
Acting on your best behaviour
G F#m
Turn your back on mother nature
Em F#m G A G
Everybody wants to rule the world
A G
It's my own design
It's my own remorse
Help me to decide
Em
Help me make the most
F#m
Of freedom and of pleasure
G F#m
Nothing ever lasts forever
Em F#m G A G
Everybody wants to rule the world
D A
There's a room where the light won't find you
G D A G
Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down
D A
When they do I'll be right behind you
Em F#m
So glad we've almost made it
G F#m
So sad they had to fade it
Em F#m G A
Everybody wants to rule the world
Em F#m
I can't stand this indecision
G F#m
Married with a lack of vision
Em F#m G A
Everybody wants to rule the world
Em F#m
Say that you'll never never never never need it
G F#m
One headline why believe it?
Em F#m G A
Everybody wants to rule the world
Em F#m
All for freedom and for pleasure
G F#m
Nothing ever lasts forever
Em F#m G A D
Everybody wants to rule the world