Viva la Vida

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...
Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh