Year: 2008 - Album: Viva La Vida
Written by Guy Rupert Berryman/Jonathan Mark Buckland/William Champion/Christopher Anthony John Martin
INTRO: C# - Eb - G# - Fm (x2) (Fm) 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 sweep alone G# Fm Sweep the streets I used to own C# - D# - G# Fm (x2) (Fm) 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!" (Fm) 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 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 C# D# Once you go there was never, never an honest word G# Fm That was when I ruled the world C# - D# - G# - Fm x2 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? 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 will call my name , C# D# never an honest word G# Fm But that was when I ruled the world C# - Fm x3 D# x2 C# - D# - G# - Fm x2 (Ohhhhh Ohhh Ohhh) 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 will call my name , C# D# never an honest word G# Fm But that was when I ruled the world C# - D# - G# - Fm and fading... Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh