VERSE 1:
I used to [A] rule the [B] world
Seas would [E] rise when I gave the [C#m] word
Now in the morning I [A] sleep a-[B]-lone
Sweep the [E] streets I used to [C#m] own

BREAK: [A] [B] [E] [C#m] : [x2]

VERSE 2:
I used to [A] roll the [B] dice
Feel the [E] fear in my enemy's [C#m] eyes
Listen as the [A] crowd would [B] sing
"Now the [E] old king is dead, [C#m] long live the king"

VERSE 3:
One minute I [A] held the [B] key
Next the [E] walls were closed on [C#m] me
And I discovered that my [A] castles [B] stand
Upon [E] pillars of salt and pil-[C#m]-lars of sand

CHORUS:
I [A] hear Jerusalem [B] bells are ringing
[E] Roman Cavalry [C#m] choirs are singing
[A] Be my mirror, my [B] sword, and shield
My [E] missionaries in a [C#m] foreign field

CHORUS 2:
[A] For some reason I [B] can't explain
[E] Once you go there was [C#m] never
never an ho-[A]-nest [B] word
That was [G#m] when I ruled the [C#m] world

BREAK: [A] [B] [E] [C#m] : [x2]

VERSE 4:
It was the wicked and [A] wild [B] wind
Blew down the [E] doors to let me [C#m] in
Shattered windows and the [A] sound of [B] drums
People [E] couldn't believe what [C#m] I'd become

VERSE 5:
Revolution-[A]-aries [B] wait
For my [E] head on a silver [C#m] plate
Just a puppet on a [A] lonely [B] string
Oh [E] who would ever want to be [C#m] king?

REPEAT CHORUS 1 & 2:

INSTRUMENTAL:
[A] [C#m] // [A] [C#m] // [A] [C#m] // [B] [B]

BRIDGE:
Whooa [A] ooh [B] ooh [E] ooh [C#m] ohh : [x2]

REPEAT CHORUS 1 & 2:

OUTRO:
Whooa [A] ooh [B] ooh [E] ooh [C#m] ohh : [x3]