Viva La Vida - Coldplay

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Hello! This version of "Viva la Vida" is my interpretation of the following performance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-el3KkA5zK8

I cannot say with certainty that this is 100% accurate, so if anyone has corrections to be made, please feel
free to comment and I can make the changes accordingly! Also, I'm not well-versed in music theory, so the 
names I've decided to give each chord are nominal and purely for playing purposes.

Playing Notes:
If you're unable to fret chords with your left thumb (if you're a righty), then you're going to be unable to
play this version; however, you could play it using only the first set of chords. Muting the verses sounds the
best, but this is a purely subjective opinion. Play it however you'd like!

[TUNING]
     eb

[CHORDS]
During the verses:
Db: 10 12 12 10 x x
Eb: 0 12 12 10 x x 
Ab: 9 12 12 10 x x
Fm: 9 9 7 8 x x

During the choruses:
Db: 5 5 7 6 7 0
Eb: 0 7 6 5 7 0
Ab: 5 7 7 8 0 0
Fm: 2 4 4 5 0 0

[Intro] 
eb|-----0---5-
Ab|--0--------
G |-----------
Db|-----------
Ab|-----------
Eb|-----------

-4--2---2-----
-----------0--
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2------0------
---0---------0
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--0---5--4--0-
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--0-----0-----
-----0-----0--
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4b-|
---|    play
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[Verse 1] 
* first set of chords *
            
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.

    x2

            
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]
* second set of chords *
            
I hear Jerusal

   
em bells are r

inging,
            
Roman Cavalry 


choirs are sin

ging.
            
Be my mirror, 

   
my sword and s

hield,
            
My missionarie

       
s in a foreign

 field.
            
For some reaso

    
n I can't expl

ain,
            
Once you'd gon

        
e it was never

,
            
Never an hones

  
t word.
             
And that was w

             
hen I ruled th

  
e world.

* first set of chords *
    x2

[Verse 2]
              
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 

              
ever want to b

  
e king?

[Chorus]
* second set of chords *
            
I hear Jerusal

   
em bells are r

inging,
            
Roman Cavalry 


choirs are sin

ging.
            
Be my mirror, 

   
my sword and s

hield,
            
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.
             
And that was w

             
hen I ruled th

  
e world.

* first set of chords *
      

[Bridge]
             
Ooh oh oh oh o

  
oh oh
             
Ooh oh oh oh o

  
oh oh
             
Ooh oh oh oh o

  
oh oh
             
Ooh oh oh oh o

  
oh oh

Ooh oh oh oh ooh oh

[Chorus]
* second set of chords *
            
I hear Jerusal

   
em bells are r

inging,
            
Roman Cavalry 


choirs are sin

ging.
            
Be my mirror, 

   
my sword and s

hield,
            
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.
             
And that was w


hen I ruled th

e world.

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