Lirik dan Chord Lagu World Leader Pretend - R.E.M.

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "World Leader Pretend" merupakan lagu R.E.M. yang dimunculkan dalam album bertajuk Green.

Album Green menjadi karya keenam R.E.M. yang dirilis pada 1988 dan telah di-remaster oleh Concord Music pada 2013.

Mereka juga telah mengunggah video klip lagu "World Leader Pretend" ke kanal Youtube remhq yang diambil dari cuplikan film dokumenter tour R.E.M..

Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Stand - R.E.M.

Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "World Leader Pretend" dari R.E.M.:

[Intro]
Em Bm Em Bm Em Bm G A

[Verse 1]
D                  G
I sit at my table
C              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
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                                        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                                              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
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                                            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                                          G A Em
I will be the one to knock it down