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I used to (Dbmaj7)rule
the world.
Seas would (Ab)rise when I gave the word.
Now in the morn ing I (Dbmaj7)sleep
a lone,
sweep the (Ab)streets I used to own.
I used to (Dbmaj7)roll
the dice,
feel down the (Ab)fear in my en e my’s eyes.
Shat tered Lis tened as the (Dbmaj7)crowd would sing,
“Now the (Ab)old king is dead, long live (Fm)the king.” One min Rev ute o I lu tion (Db)held ar
the ies key,
next the (Ab)walls on were closed on plate.
(Fm)me and I dis cov ered that my (Dbmaj7)cas tles stand
up on (Ab)pil lars of salt wan and pil lars (Fm)of sand.
I (Db)hear Je ru sa lem bells a ring ing.
(Ab)Ro man Cav al ry choirs are sing ing.
(Db)Be my mir ror, my sword, and shield.
My (Ab)mis sion ar ies in a for eign field.
(Db)For some rea son I can’t ex plain, I (Ab)once you’d gone Pe ter there was (Fm7)nev er, name.
nev er an hon
est word,
and that was (Abmaj7)when I ruled the world.
It was the wick ed and
Oh.
Oh.
Oh.
Oh.
Oh.
(Db)hear Je ru sa lem bells a ring ing.
(Ab)Ro man Cav al ry choirs are sing ing.
(Db)Be my mir ror, my sword, and shield.
My (Ab)mis sion ar ies in a for eign field.
(Db)For some rea son I can’t ex plain, I (Ab)know Saint Pe ter won’t call my name.
nev er (Dbmaj7)an hon est word,
but that was (Abmaj7)when I ruled the world.
(Dbmaj7)Ooh.
(Dbmaj7)Ooh.
This page shows “Viva La Vida” by Coldplay in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of Db at 139 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.