Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends Chords & Lyrics - Coldplay

[Em]I used to [C]rule the [D]world

Seas would [G]rise when I gave the [Em]word

Now in the morning I [C]sleep [D]alone

Sweep the [G]streets I used to [Em]own


[Em]I used to [C]roll the [D]dice

Feel the [G]fear in my enemy's [Em]eyes

Listen as the [C]crowd would [D]sing:

"Now the [G] old king is dead![Em] Long live the king!"


[Em]One minute I [C]held the [D]key

Next the [G]walls were closed on [Em]me

And I discovered that my [C]castles [D]stand

Upon [G]pillars of salt and [Em]pillars of sand


I [C]hear Jerusalem [D]bells are ringing

[G]Roman Cavalry [Em]choirs are singing

[C]Be my mirror, my [D]sword, and shield

[G] My missionaries in a [Em]foreign field

[C]For some reason I [D]can't explain

[G]Once you go there was [Em]never, never an [C]honest [D]word

That was [Bm]when I ruled the [Em] world


[Em]It was the wicked and [C]wild [D]wind

Blew down the [G]doors to let me [Em]in.

Shattered windows and the [C]sound of [D]drums

People [G]couldn't believe what [Em]I'd become


[Emi] , [C]Revolutionaries [D]wait

For my [G] head on a silver [Em]plate

Just a puppet on a [C]lonely [D]string

Oh [G]who would ever want to be [Em]king?


I [C]hear Jerusalem [D]bells are ringing

[G]Roman Cavalry [Em]choirs are singing

[C]Be my mirror, my [D]sword, and shield

[G]My missionaries in a foreign [Em]field

[C]For some reason I [D]can't explain

[G]I know Saint Peter will [Em]call my name ,

never an [C]honest [D]word

But that was [Bm]when I ruled the [Em]world

I [C]hear Jerusalem [D]bells are ringing

[G]Roman Cavalry [Em]choirs are singing

[C]Be my mirror, my [D]sword, and shield

[G]My missionaries in a foreign [Em]field

[C]For some reason I [D]can't explain

I [G]know Saint Peter will [Em]call my name ,

never an [C] honest [D]word

But that was [Bm]when I ruled the [Em]world