Coldplay, Viva La Vida (2008)
Key: :[Fm] (w: Coldplay)
INTRO: [Db] [Eb] [Ab] [Fm] :
[x2]
VERSE 1:
I used to
[Db] rule the
[Eb] world
Seas would
[Ab] rise when I gave the
[Fm] word
Now in the morning I
[Db] sleep a-
[Eb]-lone
Sweep the
[Ab] streets I used to
[Fm] own
BREAK: [Db] [Eb] [Ab] [Fm] :
[x2]
VERSE 2:
I used to
[Db] roll the
[Eb] dice
Feel the
[Ab] fear in my enemy's
[Fm] eyes
Listen as the
[Db] crowd would
[Eb] sing
"Now the
[Ab] old king is dead,
[Fm] long live the king"
VERSE 3:
One minute I
[Db] held the
[Eb] key
Next the
[Ab] walls were closed on
[Fm] me
And I discovered that my
[Db] castles
[Eb] stand
Upon
[Ab] pillars of salt and pil-
[Fm]-lars of sand
CHORUS:
I
[Db] hear Jerusalem
[Eb] bells are ringing
[Ab] Roman Cavalry
[Fm] choirs are singing
[Db] Be my mirror, my
[Eb] sword, and shield
My
[Ab] missionaries in a
[Fm] foreign field
CHORUS 2:
[Db] For some reason I
[Eb] can't explain
[Ab] Once you go there was
[Fm] never
never an ho-
[Db]-nest
[Eb] word
That was
[Cm] when I ruled the
[Fm] world
BREAK: [Db] [Eb] [Ab] [Fm] :
[x2]
VERSE 4:
It was the wicked and
[Db] wild
[Eb] wind
Blew down the
[Ab] doors to let me
[Fm] in
Shattered windows and the
[Db] sound of
[Eb] drums
People
[Ab] couldn't believe what
[Fm] I'd become
VERSE 5:
Revolution-
[Db]-aries
[Eb] wait
For my
[Ab] head on a silver
[Fm] plate
Just a puppet on a
[Db] lonely
[Eb] string
Oh
[Ab] who would ever want to be
[Fm] king?
REPEAT CHORUS 1 & 2:
