Viva La Vida - Boyce Avenue
Tuning: Drop A, A E A D F# B
Band/Artist: Boyce Avenue
Title: Viva La Vida
Chords by: VALERA, CHARLIE EDSEL AYUNON
I used to rule
the world
Seas would ris
e when I gave
the word
Now in the mor
ning I sleep a
lone
Sweep the stre
ets I used to
own
I used to roll
the dice
Feel the fear
in my enemy's
eyes
Listen as the
crowd would si
ng:
"Now the old k
ing is dead! L
ong live the k
ing!"
One minute I h
eld the key
Next the walls
were closed o
n me
And I discover
ed that my cas
tles stand
Upon pillars o
f salt and pil
lars of sand
I hear Jerusal
em bells are r
inging
Roman Cavalry
choirs are sin
ging
Be my mirror,
my sword, and
shield
My missionarie
s in a foreign
field
For some reaso
n I can't expl
ain
Once you go th
ere was never,
never an hone
st word
That was when
I ruled the wo
rld
(
It was the wic
ked and wild w
ind
Blew down the
doors to let m
e in.
Shattered wind
ows and the so
und of drums
People couldn'
t believe what
I'd become
(
Revolutionarie
s wait
For my head on
a silver plat
e
Just a puppet
on a lonely st
ring
Oh who would e
ver want to be
king?
I hear Jerusal
em bells are r
inging
Roman Cavalry
choirs are sin
ging
Be my mirror,
my sword, and
shield
My missionarie
s in a foreign
field
For some reaso
n I can't expl
ain
I know Saint P
eter will call
my name
never an hones
t word
But that was w
hen I ruled th
e world
I hear Jerusal
em bells are r
inging
Roman Cavalry
choirs are sin
ging
Be my mirror,
my sword, and
shield
My missionarie
s in a foreign
field
For some reaso
n I can't expl
ain
I know Saint P
eter will call
my name
never an hones
t word
But that was w
hen I ruled th
e world