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