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Coldplay - Viva+la+vida

Viva La Vida

by Coldplay

(capo 1st fret, tempo 138)

  Bm7
e -o----
b --o---
g -o----
D ---o--
A -o----
E -o----

::INTRO::

|C              |D              |
|G              |Em             | x2

Em        C        D
I used to rule the world
           Bm7                  Em
Seas would rise when I gave the word
                     C     D
Now in the morning I sweep alone
          Bm7               Em
Sweep the streets I used to own

[INTRO]

Em        C        D
I used to roll the dice
         Bm7                Em
Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes
              C           D
Listen as the crowd would sing:
         Bm7               Em
"Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!"
Em           C        D
One minute I held the key
         Bm                   Em
Next the walls were closed on me
                         C       D
And I discovered that my castles stand
     Bm7                 Em
Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand

::CHORUS 1::

  C              D
I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
G             Em
Roman cavalry choirs are singing
C             D
Be my mirror, my sword, and shield
   G                 Em
My missionaries in a foreign field
C                 D
For some reason I can't explain
Bm                        Em
Once you’d gone there was never,
         C      D
Never an honest word that was
Bm7              Em
When I ruled the world

[INTRO] x1

                      C    D
It was the wicked and wild wind
              Bm7             Em
Blew down the doors to let me in.
                          C        D
Shattered windows and the sound of drums
       Bm7              Em
People couldn't believe what I'd become
          C     D
Revolutionaries wait
       Bm               Em
For my head on a silver plate
                   C      D
Just a puppet on a lonely string
   Bm7                       Em
Oh who would ever want to be king?

::CHORUS 2::

  C              D
I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
G             Em
Roman cavalry choirs are singing
C             D
Be my mirror, my sword, and shield
   G                 Em
My missionaries in a foreign field
C                 D
For some reason I can't explain
  Bm                     Em
I know Saint Peter won’t call my name
         C      D
Never an honest word
             Bm7              Em
But that was when I ruled the world

::INTERLUDE::

|C              |Em             |
|C              |Em             | x2

       C    D
Ohhhhh Ohhh Ohhh
       G    E
Ohhhhh Ohhh Ohhh x2

[CHORUS 2]

Em – C – Bm7 – Em
Ooh  Ooh Ooh   Ooh  x2 and fade