Coldplay - Viva La Vida Chords & Tabs

Intro : C - D - G - Em  x2

Verse 1:

(Em)       C       D
I used to rule the world  

       G             Em
Seas would rise when I gave the word

            C      D
Now in the morning I sleep alone

       G                 Em
Sweep the streets that I used to own


C - D - G - Em  x2

Verse 2:

(Em)       C        D
I used to roll the dice

      G             Em
Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes

          C        D
Listen as the crowd would sing:

     G            Em
"Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!"


Verse 3:

(Em)      C      D
One minute I held the key

     G              Em
Next the walls were closed on me 

               C      D
And I discovered that my castles stand

 G                 Em
Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand


Chorus 1:


  C          D
I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing

G       Em
Roman Cavalry Choirs are singing
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C          D
Be my mirror, my sword, my shield

 G            Em
My missionaries in a foreign field

C           D
For some reason I can't explain

G             Em         C     D
Once you go there was never, never an honest word


     Bm           Em
That was when I ruled the world


C - D - G - Em  x2

Verse 4:

(Em)            C   D
It was the wicked and wild wind

       G          Em
Blew down the doors to let me in

               C     D
Shattered windows and the sound of drums

    G              Em
People couldn't believe what I'd become




Verse 5:




(Em)    C     D
Revolutionaries wait

     G         Em
For my head on a silver plate

            C      D
Just a puppet on a lonely string

 G              Em
Oh who would ever want to be king ?




Chorus 2:

same as chorus 1




C - Em  x3
D  x2



C - D - G - Em  x2
(Ohhhhhh Ohhh Ohhhh)



chorus 3: same as chorus 1 & 2




C - D - Bm - Em           and fading . . .
Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh