Viva La Vida chords by Coldplay

Chords with lyrics

Viva La Vida

by Coldplay

(capo 1st fret, tempo 138)

 Bm7Bm7
e -o----
b --o---
g -o----
D MajorD ---o--
A augmentedA -o----
E MajorE -o----

::INTRO::

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

E minorEm    C majorC    D MajorD
I used to rule the world
      Bm7Bm7         E minorEm
Seas would rise when I gave the word
           C majorC   D MajorD
Now in the morning I sweep alone
     Bm7Bm7        E minorEm
Sweep the streets I used to own

[INTRO]

E minorEm    C majorC    D MajorD
I used to roll the dice
     Bm7Bm7        E minorEm
Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes
       C majorC      D MajorD
Listen as the crowd would sing:
     Bm7Bm7        E minorEm
"Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!"
E minorEm      C majorC    D MajorD
One minute I held the key
     B minorBm          E minorEm
Next the walls were closed on me
             C majorC    D MajorD
And I discovered that my castles stand
   Bm7Bm7         E minorEm
Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand

::CHORUS 1::

 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
B minorBm            E minorEm
Once you’d gone there was never,
     C majorC   D MajorD
Never an honest word that was
Bm7Bm7       E minorEm
When I ruled the world

[INTRO] x1

           C majorC  D MajorD
It was the wicked and wild wind
       Bm7Bm7       E minorEm
Blew down the doors to let me in.
             C majorC    D MajorD
Shattered windows and the sound of drums
    Bm7Bm7       E minorEm
People couldn't believe what I'd become
     C majorC   D MajorD
Revolutionaries wait
    B minorBm        E minorEm
For my head on a silver plate
          C majorC   D MajorD
Just a puppet on a lonely string
  Bm7Bm7            E minorEm
Oh who would ever want to be king?

::CHORUS 2::

 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
 B minorBm           E minorEm
I know Saint Peter won’t call my name
     C majorC   D MajorD
Never an honest word
       Bm7Bm7       E minorEm
But that was when I ruled the world

::INTERLUDE::

|C majorC       |E minorEm       |
|C majorC       |E minorEm       | x2

    C majorC  D MajorD
Ohhhhh Ohhh Ohhh
    G+G  E MajorE
Ohhhhh Ohhh Ohhh x2

[CHORUS 2]

E minorEm – C majorC – Bm7Bm7 – E minorEm
Ooh Ooh Ooh  Ooh x2 and fade

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