Viva La Vida

Intro: Db | Absus4/Eb | Ab | Fm }x2

 

C# G#sus4/D#

I used to rule the world,

G# Fm

Seas would rise when I gave the word.

C# G#sus4/D#

Now in the morning I sweep alone,

G# Fm C# G#sus4/D# G# Fm

Sweep the streets I used to own.

 

C# G#sus4/D#

I used to roll the dice,

G# Fm

Feel the fear in my enemies eyes,

C# G#sus4/D#

Listen as the crowd would sing:

G# Fm C# G#sus4/D# G# Fm

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

 

C# G#sus4/D#

One minute I held the key,

G# Fm

Next the walls were closed on me

C# G#sus4/D#

And I discovered that my castles stand

G# Fm C# G#sus4/D# G# Fm

Upon pillars of sand, pillars of sand.

 

Chorus:

C# D#sus4

I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing,

G# Fm

Roman Cavalry choirs are singing:

C# D#sus4

"Be my mirror, my sword and shield,

G# Fm

My missionaries in a foreign field".

 

C# D#sus4

For some reason I can't explain,

Cm7 Fm

Once you go, there was never,

C# D#sus4

Never an honest word

G# Fm

That was when I ruled the world.

 

C# G#sus4/D#

It was a wicked and wild wind

G# Fm

Blew down the doors to let me in.

C# G#sus4/D#

Shattered windows and the sound of drums,

G# Fm C# G#sus4/D# G# Fm

People couldn't believe what I'd become.

 

C# G#sus4/D#

Revolutionaries wait

G# Fm

For my head on a silver plate.

C# G#sus4/D#

Just a puppet on a lonely string,

G# Fm C# G#sus4/D# G# Fm

Oh who would ever want to be king?

 

Chorus:

C# D#sus4

I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing,

G# Fm

Roman Cavalry choirs are singing:

C# D#sus4

"Be my mirror, my sword and shield,

G# Fm

My missionaries in a foreign field".

 

C# D#sus4

For some reason I can't explain,

Cm7 Fm

Once you go, there was never,

C# D#sus4

Never an honest word

G# Fm

That was when I ruled the world.

 

Chorus:

C# D#sus4

I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing,

G# Fm

Roman Cavalry choirs are singing:

C# D#sus4

"Be my mirror, my sword and shield,

G# Fm

My missionaries in a foreign field".

 

C# D#sus4

For some reason I can't explain,

Cm7 Fm

Once you go, there was never,

C# D#sus4

Never an honest word

G# Fm

That was when I ruled the world.