Everybody Wants to Rule the World

[socrates1818]

Whats the tuning?

[smctunes]

1:57 SILENCE THE CHILD!

[bluesy51]

thank you Peter.. one of my favorite songs of all time and you certainly do it justice..and thanx for the cue about how to play.. Ill attempt it. LOL

[caspervanstraaten]

can u give me the link of the site

[caspervanstraaten]

Tabbbbs?????

[peteastor]

@caspervanstraaten

You can probably get the tab on ultimate-guitar. Dropped D tuning (DADGBE). Verse is constant Low D under a shift between Dmaj7(A and C#) and G (G and B). chorus or refrain is Eminor, F# minor, G, F#minor, each played for full measure, then same pattern doubled during "Everybody wants to rule the world."

Thanks to all for the wonderful comments. I have a solo version, but I chose to use a pre-recorded loop for this performance to add texture (musicality over skill). Pete

[Adrilondon]

The most beautiful harmony..melody of T4F

[Kongogirl2]

This is really good....i felt relaxed after hearing this..

[MrKaka0096]

...VERY,VERY,,VERY NICEE.....!!!!!!!MUUUITO BOMMMMMMM..

[over40rocks]

is there anywhere where i can find the tabs? please and thank you! 

[LaPriest]

@LaBOniTah0o5 i like sunghas version better its happier

[ferry34]

Fantastic!! What a beautiful atmosphere you put in this song!

I think it's one of the best songs ever made (saw them live in Rotterdam, amazing).

Well done man!

[SmalltimR]

Wow this sounds so accurate!

I would agree with the earlier post that it seems better rendered than McKee's version too.

I wish it was better recorded though :(

[justin0185]

i like this one over andy mckees. tbh.... DONT GET ME WRONG.. i love andy mckee... but he was in a different tuneing in it and it sounded off to me... this is in the correct tuning + it sounded rushed to me... my opinion but i do love andy mckee's work and i have all of his cd's

[Walkoffhomerun1]

Fantastic rendition! Really captured the essence of the song.

[RaindropArmy]

He's amazing

[ish391]

Tears T_T 5 stars

[Novatorm2k3]

That was really, really REALLY GREAT! I`m almost crying :) Pro!

[morewind11]

WOW - That was reaaly good!

[Carlitonguis]

wow brother u are amazing! this is the best cover i listen in all the time! good luck!

[magicflea123]

beautiful, it sounds so beautiful on acoustic... I wish I could play like him.... thanks for putting this up!

[jonmark11]

best fucking cover ever!!! holy cow. righteous man!

[Hendik88]

@jonmark11 You are wrong. Andy McKee's cover is the best. Not this one.

[jaydaman437]

if it wasn't for the looper i'd say this was one of the best, but i still think andy mckee's is alot better. andy plays melody, bass, chords, harmonics and his "thumb thwack" slaps. but all in all, great cover pete, sounds great!

[williamyanes]

I absolutely love his arrangement. It's the best acoustic cover of this great song I've been able to find here.

[MortarMann]

@williamyanes Then you need to listen to Andy Mckee's cover. :)

[jarrodwelles]

This guy is so dope. I listen to this cover every single day!!!!

[GARU4YOU]

AMAZING! God Bless you

[Lvieru96]

sooothing!

[TheSlayer75]

Far out, you are AWESOME!!!!!!!!!

[xdannibabesx]

the one thing i see a lot in your playing is passion :) the way you keep an eye on what your doing and nodding your head in rythm i like it (Y) well done :D

[standardgear]

awesome job bro

5/5 thanks for posting

[nicha10]

cool (:

[jh4dc5s]

Excellent

[TheElykhoi]

someone's doing the bass in the background... i thought he's doing it all by himself, but a great rendition though, cheers

[darkknight91]

I don't think anyone is playing in the background, but he's definitely using a looper or something. He's not doing it all by himself.

[eroneroneron]

@darkknight91 it says in the description that he uses a loop.

[thejeff007]

very soothing

[kidvik]

wow amazing!!!

[Viniciuss182]

sensacional !!! Regards from brazil

[slayerdogg]

Awesome !, good job. I play this often.

[tonylu1971]

well done!

[spikephish0511]

amazing!

[stjo5555]

great great great.if u want,can i do something on tube whit ure song.....i got something cool

thanks or forget it.not bad

[peteastor]

Sure. Fine with me. You can do whatever your heart desires.

[FROGMOUSE]

excellent, teach me

[thevilla2007]

Great

[MrBanjatar]

he is using a loop station and its a lovely version. Bringing back some 80's songs is always most welcome! Especially if its instrumental. J

[thewall1971]

Great job, great song too!

[darkolyte]

I think he's not playing alone... there are some impossible guitar parts... There are simultaneuos bass, rythm and guitar solos... I wish someone would transcribe this... well done! I love this song...

I wish someone would transcribe this..

[peteastor]

I'm glad you like it. Just for the record, , i'm using a Jamman Looper. In this performance, I'm playing the bassline, the melody and the chords. I loop in an extra guitar line here or there (starting at 1:08), and during the solo, and a few other parts. I looped in the parts to add some texture. And of course the audience realized what I was doing.

If you want to hear an amazing strictly solo performance of the song, check out Andy McKee's performance up above

[darkolyte]

So that's the trick here... I thought someone was playing in the background but was not seen in the camera... I just wanna ask how long did it took you piece out this song? I'm trying to do the intro and I noticed tuning is on dropped d? right?

[peteastor]

right, it is dropped D tuning, and essentially in the key of D. as you've probably noticed, the recurring rhythm is Dmaj7 to G. it took a day or two to get the arrangement worked up. if I had the time, I'd work up a more intricate solo version. but I'm thrilled you like it.

[worldwildwest]

The intrumental sidel is as heartfelt as the original - sad to say no every song we hear on the radio is as inspiring as this one as well other Classics Songs.

[NintendoDSKid]

Excellent cover, man!

[aldeaojaffe]

Hey Pete! this is Jef, from Brazil.

I'm a friend of Rod. I love this music. Well played!! Congrats!

Greetings from Brazil

[peteastor]

Hey Jeff. Brigad. I'm happy you like my music.

I stayed in Curitiba for about 7 weeks in 1994. In fact, I was there on July 17, 1994. Never experienced a victory celebration like that in my life. Take Care.

Pete Astor

[dkoprowicz]

I just saw Andy McKee play last night in Vienna, VA and he did an AMAZING version of this....nothing pre-recorded needed to support his performance. Andy - you need to post up a video clip of you playing this!

[peteastor]

Andy McKee is certainly an extremely talented musician...I hope to see the same performance if he ever comes to this area!

[jkshoujk]

He has a video of it up already! It's posted by NintendoDSKid

[pipecigar]

wow! I can´t beleieve that there is just one guitar playing this..it seems you have some extra help ,you play it very well.I play this song but after listent to you playing I think its better I retire lol..You need send this to Tears for fears guys, I think you play even better them;

[steve3516]

WOW!!!  Very nice.

[kcbrowning14]

thats the best version i have ever heard.

[parkhillpjs]

thats probally the best version i have ever heard

[gtrs4life]

Nice arrangement for two guitars. Who's playing the other guitar part?

[pukarla]

amazing performance!

I will try to play it!

[NitsujRentip]

yeah...he's not playing all of that at once...but it's still a great version.

[jmorrell22]

superb version. A Class Act.

[Austinjoke]

Wouldnt that be cool if the Tears for Fears guys listened to this!

[jlbellan]

Amazing! You're doing three voices with just one instrument! 5*

[gundammaster0079]

wow that was good

[ruthyruthyruthyrut]

Awsome!

[pinger08]

fantastic,great tune,great cover,

[kimowasabe]

Awesome playing, but please, please buy a vintage guitar with some dark tone cuz this one is so trebly it detracts from the utterly masterful playing. The guitar sounds plastic!?

[nickrock23]

loops, no loops, who cares, that was absolutely freakin insane. unreal

[DanyLiricAlchemic]

MASTER!!!!! :-) Congratulations

[nipplechop]

Now that is awesome!!!! Great stuff indeed!!

[vdoscanr]

I'm gonna post this vid on my myspace page!

[vdoscanr]

thats freakin' awesome lyrics, melody, the whole shibang, you my boy got skillz much props n respect. love your version yuo rock!

[mario123000]

greatttttttttt

[gackstacker]

This is really good,but youve blatantly got another guitar playing off camera.

[peteastor]

Thanks. It's out of view of this shot, but I have a Jamman Looper at my feet. See reply to comment by MauiBeachBum below.

[catafly1]

OMG, Peter you are ab-SO-lutley AMAZING....and your gonna get it for not telling us about your hidden talent. Bring CDs please we want one. Thank Charles and Ken for telling us your secret!!!

[bleep77]

that's incredible...i love this song!

[orjandorama]

very nice!

what tuning is this in?

i would like to play it:)

[peteastor]

Thanks. Just Drop D tuning. Relatively simply.

Thanks to everybody for their nice comments.

[moonfingers]

Nice!

[necrozzz]

Who is this? You certainly do TFF justice! Are you a recording artist?

[MauiBeachBum]

Fantastic!! Wow...  well done...

almost sounds like you have two guitars going.

[peteastor]

Thank you. glad you like it. I'm using a Jamman looper on this song. It's still all me, just not all at once. I can play it solo, but I like to add a few extra layers. Wish I could do it all that once. Not enough hands.

[aimspader]

Beautiful!

[uberschaller]

wow! what monster player.

[Greenbaumberg1]

Pete did it! This one is awesome!

[646879]

don't sue me, but that was very enjoyable!

[mysterybat35]

wow! one of the best acoustic covers of this song on youtube. I'd rather like to hear someone cover this in a non-acoustic version but yours is cool enough

[paaaxloco]

Increible! Felicidades... :D

[mcmookie]

Awesome! :-)

[sajhdfasjhfef]

nice man! :)

[vclamp]

Terrific translation and performance

[sajhdfasjhfef]

really well done, really creative and good sounding

[ajittffcure]

That's a wonderful instrumental cover of 'Everybody Wants to Rule the World'!

[Qpidon]

Superbe!

[litjourney]

That's awesome. This would go over well camping out in the woods.  My friends would love it. =)