[Main riff]
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[Verse 1]
B
So pessimistic
B
So narcissistic
E
So cynical
E
Welcome to my own little world
B
A false commitment
B
Oh, I never listened
E
And I'm just a problem
E
And no one's ever solved it
[Pre-Chorus 1]
G#m B C#m C#madd9
Oh, I don't think that I could be the one that you want me to be
E C#m E F#
It's hard for me sometimes to see the light inside my love
[Chorus]
B
I, I, I, I want to run the world
B
I, I, I, I want to run the
E
I, I, I, I, want to run the world, the world, the world, the world
E
And I, I, I, I want to run the world
B
I, I, I, I want to run the
B
I, I, I, I, want to run the world, the world, the world, the world
[Verse 2]
B
I'm never honest
B
I'm faking all this
E
Just point those fingers
E
'Cause I could never be hurt
B
I'm not what I say
B
Oh, I am so fake
E
Just an illusion
E
Props to your conclusions
[Pre-Chorus 2]
G#m B C#m C#madd9
And why is it that I believe everything they speak of me?
E C#m E F#
It's hard for me sometimes to see beyond all that they want
[Chorus]
B
I, I, I, I want to run the world
B
I, I, I, I want to run the
E
I, I, I, I, want to run the world, the world, the world, the world
E
And I, I, I, I want to run the world
B
I, I, I, I want to run the
B
I, I, I, I, want to run the world, the world, the world, the world
E
I, I, I, I
B
I, I, I, I
E
I, I, I, I, want to run the world, the world, the world, the world
E
I, I, I, I
B
I, I, I, I
B
I, I, I, I, want to run the world, the world, the world, the world
I, I, I, I, want to run the world, the world, the world, the world