Garbage - The Men Who Rule the World: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "The Men Who Rule the World" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

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     Cm
The men who rule the world
Have made a fucking mess
The history of power
The worship of success
     C#
The king is in the counting house
He's chairman of the board
     Cm
The women who crowd the courtrooms
All accused of being whores

 Cm
Money, money, money
Money, money, money

The fleecing of the people
All the fucking time
They call it self-preservation
But we call it a crime
Tented cities on sidewalks
Underneath the clouds
Imaginary neighbors
With plastic cups and paper crowns

Chorus:
 G#
Stuck inside my head
 F
Stuck inside my head
                 Cm
All the fucking time
G#
Stuck inside my head
  F
Stuck inside my head
                 Cm
All the fucking time

Cm                         C#
The violator, hate the violator
The violator, destroy the violator

Now let's save all of the animals
Let's save all the squid
Let's load them onto the mother ship
With the elders and the kids (Let's go)
Save great works of genius
The birds, the bugs, the seeds
And make it a crime to tell a lie again
And watch those haters bleed

Money, money, money
Money, money, money
Money, money, money
Oh, money, money, money

Chorus:
Stuck inside my head
Stuck inside my head
All the fucking time
Stuck inside my head
Stuck inside my head
All the fucking time
Stuck inside my head
Stuck inside my head
All the fucking time
Stuck inside my head
Stuck inside my head
All the fucking time

The violator, hate the violator
The violator, destroy the violator
The violator, hate the violator
The violator, destroy the violator
The violator, hate the violator
The violator, destroy the violator
The violator, hate the violator
The violator, destroy the violator
The violator, hate the violator
The violator, destroy the violator
The violator, hate the violator
The violator, destroy the violator
The violator, hate the violator
(Money, money, money)
The violator, destroy the violator
The violator, hate the violator
The violator, destroy the violator
The violator, hate the violator
(Money, money, money)
The violator, destroy the violator
The violator, hate the violator
The violator, destroy the violator
The violator, hate the violator
(Money, money, money)
The violator, destroy the violator


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

C#

Guitar chord C#

Cm

Guitar chord Cm

F

Guitar chord F

G#

Guitar chord G#

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "The Men Who Rule the World" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "The Men Who Rule the World" by Garbage.

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