Intro.: (C#) - (D#7) - (G#) - (Fm) x2
(Fm) (C#) (D#7)
I used to rule the world
(G#) (Fm)
Seas would rise when I gave the word
(C#) (D#7)
Now in the morning I sleep alone
(G#) (Fm)
Sweep the streets I used to own
(C#) - (D#7) - (G#) - (Fm) x2
(Fm) (C#) (D#7)
I used to roll the dice
(G#) (Fm)
Feel the fear in my enemy\'s eyes
(C#) (D#7)
Listen as the crowd would sing:
(G#) (Fm)
\"Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!\"
(Fm) (C#) (D#7)
One minute I held the key
(G#) (Fm)
Next the walls were closed on me
(C#) (D#7)
And I discovered that my castles stand
(G#) (Fm)
Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand
(C#) (D#7)
I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
(G#) (Fm)
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
(C#) (D#7)
Be my mirror, my sword, and shield
(G#) (Fm)
My missionaries in a foreign field
(C#) (D#7)
For some reason I can\'t explain
(G#) (Fm)
Once you\'d gone there was never,
(C#) (D#7)
never an honest word
(G#) (Fm)
That was when I ruled the world
(C#) - (D#7) - (G#) - (Fm) x2
(C#) (D#7)
It was the wicked and wild wind
(G#) (Fm)
Blew down the doors to let me in.
(C#) (D#7)
Shattered windows and the sound of drums
(G#) (Fm)
People couldn\'t believe what I\'d become
(C#) (D#7)
Revolutionaries wait
(G#) (Fm)
For my head on a silver plate
(C#) (D#7)
Just a puppet on a lonely string
(G#) (Fm)
Oh who would ever want to be king?
(C#) (D#7)
I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
(G#) (Fm)
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
(C#) (D#7)
Be my mirror, my sword, and shield
(G#) (Fm)
My missionaries in a foreign field
(C#) (D#7)
For some reason I can\'t explain
(G#) (Fm)
I know Saint Peter won\'t call my name ,
(C#) (D#7)
never an honest word
(G#) (Fm)
But that was when I ruled the world
(C#) - (Fm) x3
(D#7) x2
(C#) - (D#7) - (G#) - (Fm) x2
[Ohhhhh Ohhh Ohhh]
(C#) (D#7)
I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
(G#) (Fm)
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
(C#) (D#7)
Be my mirror, my sword, and shield
(G#) (Fm)
My missionaries in a foreign field
(C#) (D#7)
For some reason I can\'t explain
(G#) (Fm)
I know Saint Peter won\'t call my name ,
(C#) (D#7)
never an honest word
(G#) (Fm)
But that was when I ruled the world
(C#) - (D#7) - (G#) - (Fm)
Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh