Intro - x2 -: A - B - E - Dbm

- Dbm  -     A        B
I used to rule the world 
           E                    Dbm
Seas would rise when I gave the word 
                     A     B
Now in the morning I sleep alone 
          E                 Dbm
Sweep the streets I used to own

A - B - E - Dbm    x2

- Dbm  -     A         B
I used to roll the dice 
          E                 Dbm
Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes 
              A            B
Listen as the crowd would sing: 
          E                 Dbm
"Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!"


- Dbm  -        A        B
One minute I held the key 
         E                    Dbm
Next the walls were closed on me 
                          A        B
And I discovered that my castles stand 
     E                    Dbm
Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand 

  A              B
I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing 
E             Dbm
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing 
A                B
Be my mirror, my sword, and shield 
   E                 Dbm
My missionaries in a foreign field 
A                 B
For some reason I can't explain 
E                     Dbm              A      B
Once you go there was never, never an honest word
         Ebm               Dbm 
That was when I ruled the world 

A - B - E - Dbm    x2

- Dbm  -                 A     B
It was the wicked and wild wind 
              E               Dbm
Blew down the doors to let me in. 
                          A        B
Shattered windows and the sound of drums 
       E                    Dbm
People couldn't believe what I'd become

- Dbm  -    A      B
Revolutionaries wait 
        E               Dbm
For my head on a silver plate 
                   A      B
Just a puppet on a lonely string
   E                         Dbm
Oh who would ever want to be king? 


  A              B
I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing 
E             Dbm
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing 
A                B
Be my mirror, my sword, and shield 
   E                 Dbm
My missionaries in a foreign field 
A                 B
For some reason I can't explain 
  E                     Dbm              
I know Saint Peter will call my name ,
   A            B 
never an honest word
              Ebm               Dbm 
But that was when I ruled the world  

A - Dbm x3
G x2


A - B - E - Dbm    x2
- Ohhhhh Ohhh Ohhh -

  A              B
I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing 
E             Dbm
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing 
A                B
Be my mirror, my sword, and shield 
   E                 Dbm
My missionaries in a foreign field 
A                 B
For some reason I can't explain 
  E                     Dbm              
I know Saint Peter will call my name ,
   A            B 
never an honest word
             E                Dbm 
But that was when I ruled the world  

A - B - E - Dbm              and fading...
Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh