Capo 2nd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

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 I used to rule the world

 Seas would rise when I gave the word

 Now in the morning I sleep alone

 Sweep the streets I used to own

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 I used to roll the dice

 Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes

 Listen as the crowd would sing:

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

 One minute I held the key

 Next the walls were closed on me

 And I discovered that my castles stand

 Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand

 I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing

Roman Cavalry choirs are singing

Be my mirror, my sword, and shield

 My missionaries in a foreign field

For some reason I can't explain

Once you go there was never, never an honest word

 That was when I ruled the world

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 It was the wicked and wild wind

 Blew down the doors to let me in.

 Shattered windows and the sound of drums

 People couldn't believe what I'd become

 Revolutionaries wait

 For my head on a silver plate

 Just a puppet on a lonely string

 Oh who would ever want to be king?

 I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing

Roman Cavalry choirs are singing

Be my mirror, my sword, and shield

 My missionaries in a foreign field

For some reason I can't explain

 I know Saint Peter will call my name ,

 never an honest word

 But that was when I ruled the world

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(Ohhhhh Ohhh Ohhh)

 I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing

Roman Cavalry choirs are singing

Be my mirror, my sword, and shield

 My missionaries in a foreign field

For some reason I can't explain

 I know Saint Peter will call my name ,

 never an honest word

 But that was when I ruled the world