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:
    Abm                 B              Dbm              Dbm 
 Oh, I don't think that I could be the one that you want me to be
       E               Dbm               E              Gb
 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:
     Abm            B         Dbm            Dbm    
 And why is it that I believe everything they speak of me?
       E               Dbm            E                  Gb
 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
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