VIVA LA VIDA

Intro 2x: Db Eb9(11) Ab Fm Ab Fm

People couldn't believe what I'd become
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I used to rule the world Db Eb9(11)
Ab Fm Revolutionaries wait
Seas would rise when I gave the word Ab Fm
Db Eb9(11) For my head on a silver plate
Now in the morning and I sleep alone Db Eb9(11)
Ab Fm Just a puppet on a lonely string
Sweep the streets I used to own Ab Fm
Oh who would ever want to be king?
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I used to roll the dice I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
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Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
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Listen as the crowd would sing: Be my mirror, my sword, and shield
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"Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!" My missionaries in a foreign field
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Db Eb9(11) For some reason I can't explain
One minute I held the key Ab Fm
Ab Fm I know Saint Peter won't call my name ,
Next the walls were closed on me Db Eb9(11)
Db Eb9(11) never an honest word
And I discovered that my castles stand Cm Fm
Ab Fm But that was when I ruled the world
Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand
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I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
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Roman Cavalry choirs are singing (Ohhhhh Ohhh Ohhh)
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Be my mirror, my sword, and shield Db Eb9(11)
Ab Fm I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
My missionaries in a foreign field Ab Fm
Db Eb9(11) Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
For some reason I can't explain Db Eb9(11)
Ab/C Fm Db Eb9(11) Be my mirror, my sword, and shield
Once you go there was never, never an honest Ab Fm
word My missionaries in a foreign field
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That was when I ruled the world For some reason I can't explain
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(Db Eb9(11) Ab Fm) (2x) I know Saint Peter won't call my name ,
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Db Eb9(11) never an honest word
It was the wicked and wild wind Ab Fm
Ab Fm But that was when I ruled the world
Blew down the doors to let me in.
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Shattered windows and the sound of drums Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh