Viva La Vida chords by Coldplay

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 3)

STANDARD TUNING - CAPO 1


INTRO: C majorC - D MajorD - G+G - E minorEm  x2

(E minorEm)   C majorC    D MajorD
I used to rule the world
      G+G          E minorEm
Seas would rise when I gave the word
           C majorC    D MajorD
Now in the morning I sweep alone
     G+G         E minorEm
Sweep the streets I used to own


C majorC - D MajorD - G+G - E minorEm  x2

(E minorEm)   C majorC     D MajorD
I used to roll the dice
     G+G         E minorEm
Feel the fear in my enemy’s eyes
       C majorC      D MajorD
Listen as the crowd would sing:
     G+G         E minorEm
"Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!"


(E minorEm)     C majorC    D MajorD
One minute I held the key
     G+G          E minorEm
Next the walls were closed on me
             C majorC    D MajorD
And I discovered that my castles stand
   G+G          E minorEm
Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand


 C majorC       D MajorD
I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
G+G       E minorEm
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
C majorC        D MajorD
Be my mirror, my sword, and shield
  G+G         E minorEm
My missionaries in a foreign field
C majorC         D MajorD
For some reason I can’t explain
G+G           E minorEm       C majorC   D MajorD
Once you go there was never, never an honest word
     B minorBm        E minorEm
That was when I ruled the world

C majorC - D MajorD - G+G - E minorEm  x2


(E minorEm)         C majorC   D MajorD
It was the wicked and wild wind
       G+G        E minorEm
Blew down the doors to let me in.
             C majorC    D MajorD
Shattered windows and the sound of drums
    G+G          E minorEm
People couldn’t believe what I’d become


(E minorEm)   C majorC   D MajorD
Revolutionaries wait
    G+G        E minorEm
For my head on a silver plate
          C majorC   D MajorD
Just a puppet on a lonely string
  G+G             E minorEm
Oh who would ever want to be king?


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

C majorC - E minorEm x3
D MajorD x2


C majorC - D MajorD - G+G - E minorEm  x2
(Ohhhhh Ohhh Ohhh)


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


C majorC - D MajorD - B minorBm - E minorEm       and fading...
Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh

Viva La Vida chords

These are all basic chords if you use a capo on the first fret. if you dont have  a capo, C becomes C# , G becomes G#, Em becomes Fm, D becomes D# and Bm becomes Cm.

Weird synthetizer or violin thingy arranged for guitar. Try to change between normal and power chords when you feel like it, or it just will be too monotonous.

Other versions of Viva La Vida

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