[Intro]
A# C F Dm 2x
[Verse]
(
Dm)
A# C
I used to rule the world
F Dm
Seas would rise when I gave the word
A# C
Now in the morning I sleep alone
F Dm
Sweep the streets I used to own
[Interlude]
A# C F Dm 2x
[Verse]
(
Dm)
A# C
I used to roll the dice
F Dm
Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes
A# C
Listen as the crowd would sing:
F Dm
"Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!"
[Verse]
(
Dm)
A# C
One minute I held the key
F Dm
Next the walls were closed on me
A# C
And I discovered that my castles stand
F Dm
Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand
[Chorus]
A# C
I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
F Dm
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
A# C
Be my mirror, my sword, and shield
F Dm
My missionaries in a foreign field
A# C
For some reason I can't explain
F Dm A# C
Once you go there was never, never an honest word
F Dm
That was when I ruled the world
[Interlude]
A# C F Dm 2x
[Verse]
(
Dm)
A# C
It was the wicked and wild wind
F Dm
Blew down the doors to let me in.
A# C
Shattered windows and the sound of drums
F Dm
People couldn't believe what I'd become
[Verse]
(
Dm)
A# C
Revolutionaries wait
F Dm
For my head on a silver plate
A# C
Just a puppet on a lonely string
F Dm
Oh who would ever want to be king?
[Chorus]
A# C
I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
F Dm
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
A# C
Be my mirror, my sword, and shield
F Dm
My missionaries in a foreign field
A# C
For some reason I can't explain
F Dm
I know Saint Peter will call my name ,
A# C
never an honest word
Am Dm
But that was when I ruled the world
[Bridge]
A# Dm 3x
C 2x
[Interlude]
A# C F Dm 2x
(Ohhhhh Ohhh Ohhh)
[Chorus]
A# C
I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
F Dm
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
A# C
Be my mirror, my sword, and shield
F Dm
My missionaries in a foreign field
A# C
For some reason I can't explain
F Dm
I know Saint Peter will call my name ,
A# C
never an honest word
F Dm
But that was when I ruled the world
[Outro]
A# C F Dm 2x
Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh
[Intro]
A# C F Dm 2x
[Verse]
(
Dm)
A# C
I used to rule the world
F Seas would rise
Dm
when I gave the word
A# C
Now in the morning I sleep alone
F Dm
Sweep the streets I used to own
[Interlude]
A# C F Dm 2x
[Verse]
(
Dm)
A# C
I used to roll the dice
F Dm
Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes
A# C
Listen as the crowd would sing:
F "Now the old king is dead!
Dm
Long live the king!"
[Verse]
(
Dm)
A# C
One minute I held the key
F Dm
Next the walls were closed on me
And I discovered
A# C
that my castles stand
F Upon pillars of salt
Dm
and pillars of sand
[Chorus]
A# C
I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
F Dm
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
A# C
Be my mirror, my sword, and shield
F Dm
My missionaries in a foreign field
A# C
For some reason I can't explain
F Dm Once you go there was never,
A# C
never an honest word
F Dm
That was when I ruled the world
[Interlude]
A# C F Dm 2x
[Verse]
(
Dm)
A# C
It was the wicked and wild wind
F Dm
Blew down the doors to let me in.
Shattered windows
A# C
and the sound of drums
F People couldn't believe
Dm
what I'd become
[Verse]
(
Dm)
A# C
Revolutionaries wait
F Dm
For my head on a silver plate
A# C
Just a puppet on a lonely string
F Dm
Oh who would ever want to be king?
[Chorus]
A# C
I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
F Dm
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
A# C
Be my mirror, my sword, and shield
F Dm
My missionaries in a foreign field
A# C
For some reason I can't explain
F I know Saint Peter
Dm
will call my name ,
A# C
never an honest word
Am But that was when
Dm
I ruled the world
[Bridge]
A# Dm 3x
C 2x
[Interlude]
A# C F Dm 2x
(Ohhhhh Ohhh Ohhh)
[Chorus]
A# C
I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
F Dm
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
A# C
Be my mirror, my sword, and shield
F Dm
My missionaries in a foreign field
A# C
For some reason I can't explain
F I know Saint Peter
Dm
will call my name ,
A# C
never an honest word
F But that was when
Dm
I ruled the world
[Outro]
A# C F Dm 2x
Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh