Coldplay - Viva La Vida Chords & Tabs

Viva La Vida by Coldplay (capo 2nd fret)

::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::
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  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
G                         Em
Once you’d gone there was never, 
         C      D                    
Never an honest word that was 
Bm7              Em
When I ruled the world

::INTERLUDE::

|C              |Em             |
|C              |Em             | x2

           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
  G                      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 - D - G - Em    x2
(Ohhhhh Ohhh Ohhh)

C - D - G - Em    x2
(Ohhhhh Ohhh Ohhh)

[CHORUS 2]

::OUTRO::

C - D - Bm - Em x2 and fade