Viva La Vida - Coldplay

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Viva La Vida by Coldplay

INTRO: C – D – G – Em    x2

(Em)      C        D
I used to rule the world
G                    Em
Seas would rise when I gave the word
C       D
Now in the morning I sleep alone
G                 Em
Sweep the streets I used to own

C – D – G – Em    x2

(Em)      C         D
I used to roll the dice
G                 Em
Feel the fear in my enemy’s eyes
C            D
Listen as the crowd would sing:
G                 Em
“Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!”

(Em)         C        D
One minute I held the key
G                    Em
Next the walls were closed on me
C        D
And I discovered that my castles stand
G                    Em
Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand

C              D
I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
G             Em
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
C                D
Be my mirror, my sword, and shield
G                 Em
My missionaries in a foreign field
C                 D
For some reason I can’t explain
G                     Em              C      D
Once you go there was never, never an honest word
Bm               Em
That was when I ruled the world

C – D – G – Em    x2

(Em)                  C     D
It was the wicked and wild wind
G               Em
Blew down the doors to let me in.
C        D
Shattered windows and the sound of drums
G                    Em
People couldn’t believe what I’d become

(Em)     C      D
Revolutionaries wait
G               Em
For my head on a silver plate
C      D
Just a puppet on a lonely string
G                         Em
Oh who would ever want to be king?

C              D
I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
G             Em
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
C                D
Be my mirror, my sword, and shield
G                 Em
My missionaries in a foreign field
C                 D
For some reason I can’t explain
G                     Em
I know Saint Peter will call my name ,
C            D
never an honest word
Bm               Em
But that was when I ruled the world

C – Em x3
D x2

C – D – G – Em    x2
(Ohhhhh Ohhh Ohhh)

C              D
I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
G             Em
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
C                D
Be my mirror, my sword, and shield
G                 Em
My missionaries in a foreign field
C                 D
For some reason I can’t explain
G                     Em
I know Saint Peter will call my name ,
C            D
never an honest word
Bm                Em
But that was when I ruled the world

C – D – Bm – Em              and fading…

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