Key: B major
Verse 1
E
F#
D#m
G#m
B
F#
I used to rule the world
G#m
B
F#
Now in the morning I sleep alone
G#m
to own
E
F#
Verse 2
D#m
G#m
E
F#
I used to roll the dice
D#m
G#m
Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes
E
F#
Listen as the crowd would sing:
Verse 3
E
F#
One minute I held the key
E
F#
And I discovered that my castles stand
B
G#m
B
Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand
Verse 4
E
F#sus4
I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
D#m
G#m
Roman Cavalry chorus are singing
E
F#sus4
Be my mirror my sword and shield
B
D#m
G#m
My missionaries in a foreign field
Verse 5
E
F#
For some reason I can't explain
B
G#m
Once you go, there was never
E
F#sus4
Never an honest word
G#m
the world
E
F#
Verse 6
D#m
G#m
E
F#
It was the wicked and wild wind
E
F#
sound of drums
Verse 7
E
F#
Revolutionaries wait
G#m
E
F#
Just a puppet on a lonely string
D#m
G#m
Oh who would ever want to be king?
Verse 8
E
F#sus4
I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
B
D#m
G#m
Roman Cavalry chorus are singing
E
F#sus4
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
B
D#m
G#m
My missionaries in a foreign field
Verse 9
E
F#
For some reason I can't explain
B
D#m
I know Saint Peter won't call
E
F#sus4
Never an honest word
D#m
G#m
But that was when I ruled the world
E
D#m
G#m
E
D#m
B
Verse 10
E
G#m
E
F#
I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
B
D#m
G#m
Roman Cavalry chorus are singing
E
F#sus4
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
F#
B
D#m
G#m
My missionaries in a foreign field
Verse 11
E
F#
For some reason I can't explain
B
D#m
I know Saint Peter won't call
E
F#
Never an honest word
F#sus4
D#m
But that was when I ruled
G#m
the world
Outro 1
G#m
B
F#
B
G#m
E
F#
D#m
B
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