Viva La Vida - Coldplay ( Lyrics and Chords )

Original Key : G#
Transposed Key : C
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INTRO:
F G C Am 
F G C Am 


VERSE 1:
          F        G 
I USED TO RULE THE WORLD
           C                    Am
SEAS WOULD RISE WHEN I GAVE THE WORD
                      F      G 
NOW IN THE MORNING, I SLEEP ALONE
          C                 Am
SWEEP THE STREETS I USED TO OWN


F G C Am 
F G C Am 


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


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


F G C Am 
F G C Am 


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


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


F Am
F Am
F Am
G 

BRIDGE:
          F      G      
OH-OH-OH, OH-OH, OH
          C      Am
OH-OH-OH, OH-OH, OH
          F      G      
OH-OH-OH, OH-OH, OH
          C      Am
OH-OH-OH, OH-OH, OH


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


F G C Am 
F G C Am 

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