Viva La Vida

I used to (Db5)rule the (Eb7sus)world.

Seas would (Ab)rise when I gave the (Fm)word.

Now in the morning I (Db5)sleep (Eb7sus)alone,

sweep the (Ab)streets I used to (Fm)own.

(Fm)I used to (Db5)roll the (Eb7sus)dice,

feel the (Ab)fear in my enemies' (Fm)eyes.

Listen as the (Db5)crowd would (Eb7sus)sing,

"Now the (Ab)old king is dead,

long (Fm)live the king."

One minute I (Db5)held the (Eb7sus)key,

next the (Fm)walls on were closed on me.

And I discovered that my (Db5)castles (Eb7sus)stand upon (Ab)pillars of salt and (Fm)pillars of sand.

I (Db5)hear Jerusalem (Eb7sus)bells aringing,

(Ab)Roman cavalry (Fm)choirs are singing.

(Db5)Be my mirror, my (Eb7sus)sword and shield,

my (Ab)missionaries in a (Fm)foreign field.

(Db5)For some reason I (Eb7sus)can't explain.

I (Ab)Once you've gone there (Fm)was never,

never an honest (Eb7sus)word.

And that was (Ab)when I ruled the (Fm)world.

(Ab6)It was a wicked and wild (Eb7sus)wind blew down the (Ab)doors to let me (Fm)in.

Shattered windows and the (Db5)sound of (Eb7sus)drums.

People (Ab)couldn't believe what (Fm)I'd become.

(Db5)Revolutionaries (Eb7sus)wait for my (Fm)head on were silver plate.

And Just a puppet on a (Db5)lonely (Eb7sus)string.

Ah, on (Ab)who would ever na be (Fm)king?

of sand.

I (Db5)hear Jerusalem (Eb7sus)bells aringing,

(Ab)Roman cavalry (Fm)choirs are singing.

(Db5)Be my mirror, my (Eb7sus)sword and shield,

my (Ab)missionaries in a (Fm)foreign field.

(Db5)For some reason I (Eb7sus)can't explain.

I (Ab)know Saint Peter (Fm)won't call my name,

never an est (Eb7sus)word.

But that was (Ab)when I ruled the (Fm)world.

(Ab6)It was a wicked and wild (Eb7sus)wind blew down the (Ab)doors to let me (Fm)in.

Shattered windows and the

(Fm)Oh,

(Eb7sus)oh,

(Fm)oh,