Intro:Cadd9Dsus4GEm7 (2x)
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(Em7) Cadd9Dsus4
I used to rule the world
GEm7
Seas would rise when I gave the word
Cadd9Dsus4
Now in the morning I sleep alone
GEm7
Sweep the streets I used to own
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Verso
(Em7) Cadd9Dsus4
I used to roll the dice
GEm7
Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes
Cadd9Dsus4
Listen as the crowd would sing:
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'Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!'
(Em7) Cadd9Dsus4
One minute I held the key
GEm7
Next the walls were closed on me
Cadd9Dsus4
And I discovered that my castles stand
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Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand
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Cadd9Dsus4
I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
GEm7
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Cadd9Dsus4
Be my mirror, my sword, and shield
GEm7
My missionaries in a foreign field
Cadd9Dsus4
For some reason I can't explain
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Once you go there was never, never an honest word
GEm7
That was when I ruled the world
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(Em7) Cadd9Dsus4
It was the wicked and wild wind
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Blew down the doors to let me in
Cadd9Dsus4
Shattered windows and the sound of drums
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People couldn't believe what I'd become
(Em7) Cadd9Dsus4
Revolutionaries wait
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For my head on a silver plate
Cadd9Dsus4
Just a puppet on a lonely string
GEm7
Oh who would ever want to be king?
Cadd9Dsus4
I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
GEm7
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Cadd9Dsus4
Be my mirror, my sword, and shield
GEm7
My missionaries in a foreign field
Cadd9Dsus4
For some reason I can't explain
GEm7
I know Saint Peter will call my name
Cadd9Dsus4
Never an honest word
GEm7
But that was when I ruled the world
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Cadd9Dsus4
I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
GEm7
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Cadd9Dsus4
Be my mirror, my sword, and shield
GEm7
My missionaries in a foreign field
Cadd9Dsus4
For some reason I can't explain
GEm7
I know Saint Peter will call my name
Cadd9Dsus4
Never an honest word
GEm7
But that was when I ruled the world