Viva La Vida

[Verse 1]
           [C#]      [D#]
I used to rule the world,
           [G#]                   [Fm]
Seas would rise when I gave the word.
                     [C#]    [D#]
Now in the morning I sleep alone,
          [G#]                [Fm]
Sweep the streets I used to own.

[C#] [D#] [G#] [Fm] x2

          [C#]       [D#]
I used to roll the dice,
         [G#]                 [Fm]
Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes.
              [C#]          [D#]
Listen as the crowd would sing,
         [G#]                [Fm]
"Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!"
             [C#]       [D#]
One minute I held the key, 
         [G#]                   [Fm]
Next the walls were closed on me.
                         [C#]      [D#]
And I discovered that my castles stand,
     [G#]                  [Fm]
Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand.

[Chorus]
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  [C#]             [D#]
I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing,
[G#]            [Fm]
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing.
[C#]               [D#]
Be my mirror, my sword and shield,
   [G#]                [Fm]
My missionaries in a foreign field.
[C#]                [D#]
For some reason I can't explain,
[G#]                    [Fm]
Once you'd gone it was never,
         [C#]     [D#]
Never an honest word.
             [G#]               [Fm]
And that was when I ruled the world.

* first set of chords *
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[Verse 2]
                      [C#]   [D#]
It was the wicked and wild wind,
              [G#]              [Fm]
Blew down the doors to let me in.
                          [C#]       [D#]
Shattered windows and the sound of drums,
       [G#]                    [Fm]
People couldn't believe what I'd become.
         [C#]     [D#]
Revolutionaries wait
       [G#]               [Fm]
For my head on a silver plate.
                   [C#]     [D#]
Just a puppet on a lonely string,
    [G#]                        [Fm]
Oh, who would ever want to be king?

[Chorus]
* second set of chords *
  [C#]             [D#]
I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing,
[G#]            [Fm]
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing.
[C#]               [D#]
Be my mirror, my sword and shield,
   [G#]                [Fm]
My missionaries in a foreign field.
[C#]                [D#]
For some reason I can't explain,
  [G#]                     [Fm]
I know Saint Peter won't call my name,
         [C#]     [D#]
Never an honest word.
             [G#]               [Fm]
And that was when I ruled the world.

* first set of chords *
[C#] [D#] [C#] [D#] [C#] [D#] [Fm]

[Bridge]
             [C#]  [D#]
Ooh oh oh oh ooh oh
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Ooh oh oh oh ooh oh
             [C#]  [D#]
Ooh oh oh oh ooh oh
             [G#]  [Fm]
Ooh oh oh oh ooh oh

Ooh oh oh oh ooh oh

[Chorus]
* second set of chords *
  [C#]             [D#]
I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing,
[G#]            [Fm]
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing.
[C#]               [D#]
Be my mirror, my sword and shield,
   [G#]                [Fm]
My missionaries in a foreign field.
[C#]                [D#]
For some reason I can't explain,
  [G#]                     [Fm]
I know Saint Peter won't call my name,
         [C#]     [D#]
Never an honest word.
             [G#]
And that was when I ruled the world.