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INTRO: C# Eb G# Fm C# Eb G# Fm VERSE 1: C# Eb I USED TO RULE THE WORLD G# Fm SEAS WOULD RISE WHEN I GAVE THE WORD C# Eb NOW IN THE MORNING, I SLEEP ALONE G# Fm SWEEP THE STREETS I USED TO OWN C# Eb G# Fm C# Eb G# Fm VERSE 2: C# Eb I USED TO ROLL THE DICE G# Fm FEEL THE FEAR IN MY ENEMIES' EYES C# Eb LISTEN AS THE CROWD WOULD SING G# Fm "NOW THE OLD KING IS DEAD, LONG LIVE THE KING" C# Eb ONE MINUTE, I HELD THE KEY G# Fm NEXT, THE WALLS WERE CLOSED ON ME C# Eb AND I DISCOVERED THAT MY CASTLES STAND G# Fm UPON PILLARS OF SALT AND PILLARS OF SAND CHORUS: C# Eb I HEAR JERUSALEM BELLS ARE RINGIN' G# Fm ROMAN CAVALRY CHOIRS ARE SINGIN' C# Eb BE MY MIRROR, MY SWORD AND SHIELD G# Fm MY MISSIONARIES IN A FOREIGN FIELD C# Eb FOR SOME REASON I CAN'T EXPLAIN G# /C Fm ONCE YOU'D GONE, THERE WAS NEVER C# Eb NEVER AN HONEST WORD G# Fm AND THAT WAS WHEN I RULED THE WORLD C# Eb G# Fm C# Eb G# Fm VERSE 3: C# Eb IT WAS A WICKED AND WILD WIND G# Fm BLEW DOWN THE DOORS TO LET ME IN C# Eb SHATTERED WINDOWS AND THE SOUND OF DRUMS G# Fm PEOPLE COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT I'D BECOME C# Eb REVOLUTIONARIES WAIT G# Fm FOR MY HEAD ON A SILVER PLATE C# Eb JUST A PUPPET ON A LONELY STRING (MMM, MMM) G# Fm AW, WHO WOULD EVER WANNA BE KING? CHORUS: C# Eb I HEAR JERUSALEM BELLS ARE RINGIN' G# Fm ROMAN CAVALRY CHOIRS ARE SINGIN' C# Eb BE MY MIRROR, MY SWORD AND SHIELD G# Fm MY MISSIONARIES IN A FOREIGN FIELD C# Eb FOR SOME REASON I CAN'T EXPLAIN G# /C Fm I KNOW SAINT PETER WON'T CALL MY NAME C# Eb NEVER AN HONEST WORD G# Fm AND THAT WAS WHEN I RULED THE WORLD C# Fm C# Fm C# Fm Eb BRIDGE: C# Eb OH-OH-OH, OH-OH, OH G# Fm OH-OH-OH, OH-OH, OH C# Eb OH-OH-OH, OH-OH, OH G# Fm OH-OH-OH, OH-OH, OH CHORUS: C# Eb I HEAR JERUSALEM BELLS ARE RINGIN' G# Fm ROMAN CAVALRY CHOIRS ARE SINGIN' C# Eb BE MY MIRROR, MY SWORD AND SHIELD G# Fm MY MISSIONARIES IN A FOREIGN FIELD C# Eb FOR SOME REASON I CAN'T EXPLAIN G# Fm I KNOW SAINT PETER WON'T CALL MY NAME C# Eb NEVER AN HONEST WORD G# Fm AND THAT WAS WHEN I RULED THE WORLD C# Eb G# Fm C# Eb G# Fm
