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Rule My World by Kings of Convenience
Rule My World
Tuning: E A D G B E
Standard Tuning
F#m B
You set yourself above
Emaj7
that all forgiving god
Emaj7
you claim that you believe in
F#m B
your kind is gonna fall
Emaj7
your ship is sinking fast
Emaj7
and all your able men are leaving
A G#m F#m G#m
only someone who's
A G#m F#m G#m
morally superior can
A G#m F#m Emaj7
possibly and honestly deserve
F#m B
to rule my world
F#m B
I talk before I think
Emaj7
You shoot before you know
Emaj7
who's in your line of fire
F#m B
so somehow we're the same
Emaj7
we're causing people pain
F#m B
but I stand and take the blame
Emaj7
you scramble to deny it
A G#m F#m G#m
only someone who's
A G#m F#m G#m
morally superior can
A G#m F#m Emaj7
possibly and honestly deserve
A G#m F#m G#m
only someone who's
A G#m F#m G#m
morally superior can
A G#m F#m Emaj7
possibly and honestly deserve
A
to rule my world
A
to rule my world
G#m
to rule my world
C#m
to rule my world
Emaj7
to rule my world
(repeat three times)
F#m G#m Emaj7 Emaj7 A G#m C#m Emaj7
F#m B
explain me one more time
Emaj7 Emaj7
when they kill it's a crime
F#m B
when you kill it is justice
Emaj7
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version 2
Capo: 9th fret
This track is a little tricky to recreate with two guitars because on the recorded
version the melody is played with guitar (third guitar, overdubbed), whereas live it is added
by the extra musicians playing violin etc.
Here I will try to show you how to play all possible guitar parts.
***Erlend***
Tuning; Standard capo 9
Intro / Main riff
x 0 2 0 1 0
x 5 4 2 0 0
x 5 4 0 3 0
x 5 4 0 0 2
Here is the tablature for the main riff. So that you can see the rhythm.
It is syncopated with heavy palm muting indicated by "x".
But the same rhythm is used through the whole song, so I will generally just give the
chord shapes for the rest!
|------0-x---x--------0-x---x---|-------0-x---x---------0-x---x---|
|1-----1--------1-----1---------|0------0--------0------0---------|
|0-----0--------0-----0---------|2------2--------2------2---------|
|2-----2--------2-----2---------|4------4--------4------4---------|
|0--------------0---------------|5------5--------5------5---------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
0 2 0 2 0 0
0 2 0 1 0 0
"Morally..."
x 3 2 0 0 3
x 2 0 0 0 2
x 0 2 0 1 0
repeat the above 3 times and then last time play
x 5 4 0 3 0 (or with the 2nd string unfretted)
for 2 bars.
"To rule my world" Break
This bit is structurally different in the album recorded version but the chords are the same.
x 3 2 0 0 0
x 5 4 0 0 0
"To rule my world.." Chorus (later)
Drlend just plays the main riff, actually, but you have to listen to the version of the
song that you are trying to follow and adjust certain chords accordingly.
for instance, you might want to play the bottom string open like so ( he does this live)...
x 3 2 0 0 0
x 5 4 0 0 0
0 5 4 0 0 0
0 5 4 0 0 2
The extra harmonies come from the other guitars on the recording and also from the
string instruments accompanying in the arrangement.
Verse
|------0-x---x--------0-x---x---|-------0-x---x---------0-x---x---|
|1-----1--------1-----1---------|0------0--------0------0---------|
|0-----0--------0-----0---------|2------2--------2------2---------|
|2-----2--------2-----2---------|4------4--------4------4---------|
|0--------------0---------------|5------5--------5------5---------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
In the album version there is also a finger-picked section at the end...
|--------------0-----------------|--------------------------------|
|----1---------------1-----------|--------------0-----------------|
|----------0-----------------0---|----2-----2---------2-------2---|
|--------2---------------2-------|--------4---------------4-------|
|0-------------------------------|5-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------0-----------------|--------------2-----------------|
|----3---------------3-----------|---0----------------0-----------|
|----------0-----------------0---|---------0------------------0---|
|--------4---------------4-------|-------4----------------4-------|
|5-------------------------------|5-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------0-----------------|--------------------------------|
|----1---------------1-----------|--------------0-----------------|
|----------0-----------------0---|----2-----2---------2-------2---|
|--------2---------------2-------|--------4---------------4-------|
|3-------------------------------|5-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------0-----------------|--------------2-----------------|
|----3---------------3-----------|---0----------------0-----------|
|----------0-----------------0---|---------0------------------0---|
|--------4---------------4-------|-------4----------------4-------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|0-------------------------------|3-------------------------------|
|--------------0-----------------|--------------------------------|
|----1---------------1-----------|--------------0-----------------|
|----------0-----------------0---|----2-----2---------2-------2---|
|--------2---------------2-------|--------4---------------4-------|
|0-------------------------------|5-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------0-----------------|--------------2-----------------|
|----3---------------3-----------|---0----------------0-----------|
|----------0-----------------0---|---------0------------------0---|
|--------4---------------4-------|-------4----------------4-------|
|5-------------------------------|5-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----3---------3-----------------|---2----------2-----------------|
|----------0---------0-------0---|---------0----------0-------0---|
|--------------------------------|-------0----------------0-------|
|--------2---------------2-------|--------------------------------|
|3-------------------------------|5-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------2-----------------------||
|----0-3-------------------------||
|--0-----------------------------||
|4-------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
***Erlend***
Tuning; Standard (no capo)
Main riff:
2 4 2 2 2 2
7 9 9 8 7 7
0 7 6 8 0 0
break :
x 4 6 4 7 4
x 4 6 4 6 4
"Only, someone who's morally.."
5 7 6 6 5 x
4 6 4 4 4 x
2 4 2 2 2 x
"To rule my world..." This is hard to work out from the recordings but I think I have it
quite close.
2 4 2 2 2 2
7 9 9 8 7 7
0 7 6 8 0 0
0 7 6 8 0 0
5 x 6 6 5 x
7 x 9 8 7 x
x 4 6 4 5 x
If you want to play the melody on guitar, here it is...
Use standard tuning with capo on the 9th fret. You can also play it in different neck
positions, and without the capo,
but this position sounds authentic due to the tonal character.
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------2---|----2-------0---2---0---2---4---|
|2-----2-2---0---2---0---2-------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------0---|
|0-----0-0-------0-------0---4---|----4-------0---4---0---4-------|
|-----------2--------2-----------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
You set yourself above
Better off forgiving god
You claim that you believe in
Your kind is gonna fall
Your ship is sinking fast
And all your able men are leaving
Only someone
Who's morally
Superior can possibly
And honestly deserve
To rule my world
I talk before I think
You shoot before you know
Who's in your line of fire
So somehow we're the same
We're causing people pain
But I stand and take the blame
You scramble to the night
Only someone
Who's morally
Superior can possibly
And honestly deserve
Only someone
Who's morally
Superior can possibly
And honestly deserve
To rule my world
To rule my world
To rule my world
To rule my world
To rule my world
To rule my world
To rule my world
To rule my world
To rule my world
To rule my world
Explain me one more time
When they kill it's a crime
When you kill it is justice
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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version 3
Tuning: Standard
Capo: 0
Intro:
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------7--7-----7-----7--9-----------------------------------------|
G|--6--6-----6-----6--------9-----9--------------------------8--8-----8-----8--9--|
D|--------9-----9--------------------------9--9--6--9--6--9--------9-----9--------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------7--|
B|--------------------7--7-----7-----7--9--------------------------7--9--9-----|
G|--6--6-----6-----6--------9-----9--------------------------8--9--------------|
D|--------9-----9--------------------------9--9--6--9--6--9--------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
You set yourself above
that all forgiving god
you claim that you believe in
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------7--7-----7-----7--9--------------------------------------------|
G|--6--6-----6-----6--------9-----9--------------------------8--8-----8-----8--9--6--|
D|--------9-----9--------------------------9--9--6--9--6--9--------9-----9-----------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
your kind is gonna fall
your ship is sinking fast
and all your able men are leaving
e|---------------------------------------------11--14--|
B|--------------------7--7-----7-----7--9--12----------|
G|--6--6-----6-----6--------9-----9--------------------|
D|--------9-----9--------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
only someone
who's morally
superior can possibly
and honestly deserve
to rule my world
I talk before I think
You shoot before you know
who's in your line of fire
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------7--7-----7-----7--9--------------------------------------------|
G|--6--6-----6-----6--------9-----9--------------------------8--8-----8-----8--9--6--|
D|--------9-----9--------------------------9--9--6--9--6--9--------9-----9-----------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
so somehow we're the same
we're causing people pain
but I stand and take the blame
you scramble to deny it
e|--7--------------|
B|-----9--7--------|
G|-----------9--8--|
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|
only someone
who's morally
superior can possibly
and honestly deserve
e|--------------------------------7--9--7--9--11--12--14--16--19--|
B|-----------------------7--9--9----------------------------------|
G|--6--6--8--8--9--8--9-------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
only someone
who's morally
superior can possibly
and honestly deserve
e|--------------------------------7--9--7--9--11--12--14--16--|
B|-----------------------7--9--9------------------------------|
G|--6--6--8--8--9--8--9---------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
to rule my world [10x]
e|--------------------11------|
B|---------9------12------12--|
G|-----11---------------------|
D|--9---------13--------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
e|------------|
B|---------9--|
G|-----11-----|
D|--9---------|
A|------------|
E|------------|
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|--9--7-----9--7-----7--------7-----------|
G|--------9--------9-----9--8-----9--8--8--|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------9--7-----9--7-----7--------7--------------|
G|--------6--8--9--------9--------9-----9--8-----9--8--8--8--|
D|--9--9-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------7--11--7--9--------------|
B|-----------------7--9---------------9--------7--|
G|--------6--8--9------------------------8--9-----|
D|--9--9------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
explain to me one more time.. when they kill it's a crime
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--8--8--8--8--9--6--6--6--6--------------8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|
D|-----------------------------9--9--9--9--------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
when you kill it is justice
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--9--9--9--9--9--8--8--8--8--8--|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
You set yourself above
Better off forgiving god
You claim that you believe in
Your kind is gonna fall
Your ship is sinking fast
And all your able men are leaving
Only someone
Who's morally
Superior can possibly
And honestly deserve
To rule my world
I talk before I think
You shoot before you know
Who's in your line of fire
So somehow we're the same
We're causing people pain
But I stand and take the blame
You scramble to the night
Only someone
Who's morally
Superior can possibly
And honestly deserve
Only someone
Who's morally
Superior can possibly
And honestly deserve
To rule my world
To rule my world
To rule my world
To rule my world
To rule my world
To rule my world
To rule my world
To rule my world
To rule my world
To rule my world
Explain me one more time
When they kill it's a crime
When you kill it is justice
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version 4
Capo on 2nd Fret
Intro
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------2----2--0--2--0--2--4---------------------------|
A|--2----2--0--2--0--2-------------------------0----0----0-----0--4--4--|
E|----------------------------------------------------2-----2-----------|
-------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------|
--0--4--0--4--5--2-------------------|
-------------------------------------|
First variation
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------2----2--0--2--0--2--4-------------|
A|------2--0--2--0--2-------------------------0----0----0-|
E|----------------------------------------------------2---|
---------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------|
----0--4--5--7--9--9--12---------------------------|
--2------------------------------------------------|
Second variation
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------2----2--0--2--0--2--4--7--11--14--16-----|
A|--2----2--0--2--0--2-------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
You set yourself above
Better off forgiving god
You claim that you believe in
Your kind is gonna fall
Your ship is sinking fast
And all your able men are leaving
Only someone
Who's morally
Superior can possibly
And honestly deserve
To rule my world
I talk before I think
You shoot before you know
Who's in your line of fire
So somehow we're the same
We're causing people pain
But I stand and take the blame
You scramble to the night
Only someone
Who's morally
Superior can possibly
And honestly deserve
Only someone
Who's morally
Superior can possibly
And honestly deserve
To rule my world
To rule my world
To rule my world
To rule my world
To rule my world
To rule my world
To rule my world
To rule my world
To rule my world
To rule my world
Explain me one more time
When they kill it's a crime
When you kill it is justice
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