VERSE 1:
I used to [C#] rule the [D#] world
Seas would [G#] rise when I gave the [Fm] word
Now in the morning I [C#] sleep a-[D#]-lone
Sweep the [G#] streets I used to [Fm] own
VERSE 2:
I used to [C#] roll the [D#] dice
Feel the [G#] fear in my enemy's [Fm] eyes
Listen as the [C#] crowd would [D#] sing
"Now the [G#] old king is dead, [Fm] long live the king"
VERSE 3:
One minute I [C#] held the [D#] key
Next the [G#] walls were closed on [Fm] me
And I discovered that my [C#] castles [D#] stand
Upon [G#] pillars of salt and pil-[Fm]-lars of sand
CHORUS:
I [C#] hear Jerusalem [D#] bells are ringing [G#] Roman Cavalry [Fm] choirs are singing [C#] Be my mirror, my [D#] sword, and shield
My [G#] missionaries in a [Fm] foreign field
CHORUS 2: [C#] For some reason I [D#] can't explain [G#] Once you go there was [Fm] never
never an ho-[C#]-nest [D#] word
That was [Cm] when I ruled the [Fm] world
VERSE 4:
It was the wicked and [C#] wild [D#] wind
Blew down the [G#] doors to let me [Fm] in
Shattered windows and the [C#] sound of [D#] drums
People [G#] couldn't believe what [Fm] I'd become
VERSE 5:
Revolution-[C#]-aries [D#] wait
For my [G#] head on a silver [Fm] plate
Just a puppet on a [C#] lonely [D#] string
Oh [G#] who would ever want to be [Fm] king?
