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