Viva La Vida - Coldplay ( Lyrics and Chords )

Original Key : G#
Transposed Key : A
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INTRO:
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VERSE 1:
          D        E 
I USED TO RULE THE WORLD
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SEAS WOULD RISE WHEN I GAVE THE WORD
                      D      E 
NOW IN THE MORNING, I SLEEP ALONE
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SWEEP THE STREETS I USED TO OWN


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VERSE 2:
          D        E 
I USED TO ROLL THE DICE
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FEEL THE FEAR IN MY ENEMIES' EYES
              D           E 
LISTEN AS THE CROWD WOULD SING
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"NOW THE OLD KING IS DEAD, LONG LIVE THE KING"
              D        E 
ONE MINUTE, I HELD THE KEY
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NEXT, THE WALLS WERE CLOSED ON ME
                         D        E 
AND I DISCOVERED THAT MY CASTLES STAND
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UPON PILLARS OF SALT AND PILLARS OF SAND


CHORUS:
  D              E       
I HEAR JERUSALEM BELLS ARE RINGIN'
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ROMAN CAVALRY CHOIRS ARE SINGIN'
D                E 
BE MY MIRROR, MY SWORD AND SHIELD
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MY MISSIONARIES IN A FOREIGN FIELD
D                 E 
FOR SOME REASON I CAN'T EXPLAIN
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ONCE YOU'D GONE, THERE WAS NEVER
         D      E 
NEVER AN HONEST WORD
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AND THAT WAS WHEN I RULED THE WORLD


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VERSE 3:
                    D    E 
IT WAS A WICKED AND WILD WIND
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BLEW DOWN THE DOORS TO LET ME IN
                          D        E 
SHATTERED WINDOWS AND THE SOUND OF DRUMS
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PEOPLE COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT I'D BECOME
         D      E 
REVOLUTIONARIES WAIT
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FOR MY HEAD ON A SILVER PLATE
                   D       E 
JUST A PUPPET ON A LONELY STRING (MMM, MMM)
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AW, WHO WOULD EVER WANNA BE KING?


CHORUS:
  D              E       
I HEAR JERUSALEM BELLS ARE RINGIN'
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ROMAN CAVALRY CHOIRS ARE SINGIN'
D                E 
BE MY MIRROR, MY SWORD AND SHIELD
   A                 F#m
MY MISSIONARIES IN A FOREIGN FIELD
D                 E 
FOR SOME REASON I CAN'T EXPLAIN
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I KNOW SAINT PETER WON'T CALL MY NAME
         D      E 
NEVER AN HONEST WORD
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AND THAT WAS WHEN I RULED THE WORLD


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BRIDGE:
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OH-OH-OH, OH-OH, OH
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OH-OH-OH, OH-OH, OH
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OH-OH-OH, OH-OH, OH


CHORUS:
  D              E       
I HEAR JERUSALEM BELLS ARE RINGIN'
A             F#m
ROMAN CAVALRY CHOIRS ARE SINGIN'
D                E 
BE MY MIRROR, MY SWORD AND SHIELD
   A                 F#m
MY MISSIONARIES IN A FOREIGN FIELD
D                 E 
FOR SOME REASON I CAN'T EXPLAIN
  A                      F#m
I KNOW SAINT PETER WON'T CALL MY NAME
         D      E 
NEVER AN HONEST WORD
             A                F#m 
AND THAT WAS WHEN I RULED THE WORLD


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