Viva La Vida chords by Coldplay

Viva La Vida

by Coldplay

(capo 1st fret, tempo 138)

 Bm7
e -o----
b --o---
g -o----
D ---o--
A -o----
E -o----

::INTRO::

|C       |D       |
|G       |Em       | x2

Em    C    D
I used to rule the world
      Bm7         Em
Seas would rise when I gave the word
           C   D
Now in the morning I sweep alone
     Bm7        Em
Sweep the streets I used to own

[INTRO]

Em    C    D
I used to roll the dice
     Bm7        Em
Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes
       C      D
Listen as the crowd would sing:
     Bm7        Em
"Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!"
Em      C    D
One minute I held the key
     Bm          Em
Next the walls were closed on me
             C    D
And I discovered that my castles stand
   Bm7         Em
Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand

::CHORUS 1::

 C       D
I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
G       Em
Roman cavalry choirs are singing
C       D
Be my mirror, my sword, and shield
  G         Em
My missionaries in a foreign field
C         D
For some reason I can't explain
Bm            Em
Once you’d gone there was never,
     C   D
Never an honest word that was
Bm7       Em
When I ruled the world

[INTRO] x1

           C  D
It was the wicked and wild wind
       Bm7       Em
Blew down the doors to let me in.
             C    D
Shattered windows and the sound of drums
    Bm7       Em
People couldn't believe what I'd become
     C   D
Revolutionaries wait
    Bm        Em
For my head on a silver plate
          C   D
Just a puppet on a lonely string
  Bm7            Em
Oh who would ever want to be king?

::CHORUS 2::

 C       D
I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
G       Em
Roman cavalry choirs are singing
C       D
Be my mirror, my sword, and shield
  G         Em
My missionaries in a foreign field
C         D
For some reason I can't explain
 Bm           Em
I know Saint Peter won’t call my name
     C   D
Never an honest word
       Bm7       Em
But that was when I ruled the world

::INTERLUDE::

|C       |Em       |
|C       |Em       | x2

    C  D
Ohhhhh Ohhh Ohhh
    G  E
Ohhhhh Ohhh Ohhh x2

[CHORUS 2]

Em – C – Bm7 – Em
Ooh Ooh Ooh  Ooh x2 and fade