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