Coldplay - Viva La Vida



TUNED HALF STEP DOWN - Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb



INTRO: D - E - A - F#m    x2



(F#m)      D        E

I used to rule the world 

           A                    F#m

Seas would rise when I gave the word 

                     D       E

Now in the morning I sleep alone 

          A                 F#m

Sweep the streets I used to own



D - E - A - F#m    x2



(F#m)      D         E

I used to roll the dice 

          A                 F#m

Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes 

              D            E

Listen as the crowd would sing: 

          A                 F#m

"Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!"





(F#m)         D        E

One minute I held the key 

         A                    F#m

Next the walls were closed on me 

                          D        E

And I discovered that my castles stand 

     A                    F#m

Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand 



  D              E

I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing 

A             F#m

Roman Cavalry choirs are singing 

D                E

Be my mirror, my sword, and shield 

   A                 F#m

My missionaries in a foreign field 

D                 E

For some reason I can't explain 

A                     F#m             D      E

Once you go there was never, never an honest word

         C#m              F#m 

That was when I ruled the world 



D - E - A - F#m    x2



(F#m)                 D    E

It was the wicked and wild wind 

              A               F#m

Blew down the doors to let me in. 

                          D        E

Shattered windows and the sound of drums 

       A                     F#m

People couldn't believe what I'd become



(F#m)    D      E

Revolutionaries wait 

        A               F#m

For my head on a silver plate 

                   D      E

Just a puppet on a lonely string

   A                         F#m

Oh who would ever want to be king? 





  D              E

I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing 

A             F#m

Roman Cavalry choirs are singing 

D                E

Be my mirror, my sword, and shield 

   A                 F#m

My missionaries in a foreign field 

D                 E

For some reason I can't explain 

  A                     F#m              

I know Saint Peter will call my name ,

   D            E 

never an honest word

              C#m              F#m 

But that was when I ruled the world  



D - F#m x3

E x2





D - E - A - F#m    x2

(Ohhhhh Ohhh Ohhh)



  D              E

I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing 

A             F#m

Roman Cavalry choirs are singing 

D                E

Be my mirror, my sword, and shield 

   A                 F#m

My missionaries in a foreign field 

D                 E

For some reason I can't explain 

  A                     F#m              

I know Saint Peter will call my name ,

   D            E 

never an honest word

              C#m               F#m 

But that was when I ruled the world  



D - E - C#m - F#m              and fading...

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