Viva La Vida Chords & Tabs

by Coldplay

[Version Description]
These are all basic chords if you use a capo on the first fret.
Strumming Patterns:
Whole song:
BPM: 138
Denominator: 8
Triplet: No
Measures: [1, 203, 1, 203, 1, 203, 1, 101, 203, 101, 203, 101, 1, 203, 1, 203]

[Intro]
C   Dadd11   G   Em   x2

[Verse 1]
          C        Dadd11
I used to rule the world
           G                    Em  
Seas would rise when I gave the word
                     C      Dadd11
Now in the morning I sleep alone
          G                 Em 
Sweep the streets I used to own

[Interlude]
C   Dadd11   G   Em   x2

[Verse 2]
          C        Dadd11
I used to roll the dice
         G                  Em  
Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes
              C           Dadd11
Listen as the crowd would sing:
         G                      Em             
"Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!"
             C        Dadd11
One minute I held the key
         G                    Em
Next the walls were closed on me
                         C       Dadd11
And I discovered that my castles stand
     G                       Em         
Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand

[Chorus]
  C              Dadd11           
I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
G             Em                
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
C                Dadd11          
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
   G                 Em           
My missionaries in a foreign field
C                 Dadd11       
For some reason I can't explain
G                         Em   
Once you'd gone there was never
         C      Dadd11
Never an honest word
             Bm               Em   
And that was when I ruled the world

[Interlude]
C   Dadd11   G   Em   x2

[Verse 3]
                      C    Dadd11
It was the wicked and wild wind
              G               Em
Blew down the doors to let me in
                          C        Dadd11
Shattered windows and the sound of drums
       G                     Em        
People couldn't believe what I'd become
         C      Dadd11
Revolutionaries wait
       G                Em   
For my head on a silver plate
                   C      Dadd11
Just a puppet on a lonely string
    G                         Em   
Oh, who would ever want to be king?

[Chorus]
  C              Dadd11           
I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
G             Em                
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
C                Dadd11          
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
   G                 Em           
My missionaries in a foreign field
C                 Dadd11       
For some reason I can't explain
  G                      Em          
I know Saint Peter won't call my name
         C      Dadd11
Never an honest word
             Bm               Em   
But that was when I ruled the world

[Interlude]
C   Em   x3
Dadd11   Dadd11
  C   Dadd11    G   Em
Ohhhhhh       Ohhhhhh
  C   Dadd11    G   Em
Ohhhhhh       Ohhhhhh

[Chorus]
  C              Dadd11           
I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
G             Em                
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
C                Dadd11          
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
   G                 Em           
My missionaries in a foreign field
C                 Dadd11       
For some reason I can't explain
  G                      Em          
I know Saint Peter won't call my name
         C      Dadd11
Never an honest word
             Bm               Em   
But that was when I ruled the world

[Outro]
C   Dadd11  Bm   Em
Oooooh      Ooooooh
C   Dadd11  Bm   Em
Oooooh      Ooooooh