[Intro]

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[Verse 1]
           
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


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[Verse 2]
           
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 


[Chorus]
             
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 


[Instrumental]
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[Verse 1]
            
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? 


[Chorus]
             
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 won't cal

l my name,
             
never an hones

  
t word
              
But that was w

            
hen I ruled th

     
e world


[Instrumental]
  (x2)
  


[Bridge]
 -  -  - 
(Ohhhhh Ohhh O

    (
hhh)


[Chorus]
             
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 won't cal

l my name,
             
never an hones

  
t word
              
But that was w

            
hen I ruled th

     
e world


[Outro]
      
(ooh-ooh ooh-o


oh)
      
(ooh-ooh ooh-o


oh)
     
(ooh-ooh ooh)

(fade out)


* = strum once