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[Intro]
        x2

[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

[Interlude]
        x2

[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

[Interlude]
          x2

[Verse 3]
              
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 will call

 my name,
           
never an hones

   
t word
              
But that was w

            
hen I ruled th

   
e world

[Interlude]
  
  
         
Ooo-oo---h,   

    
Ooo-oo-h;   Oo

       
o-oo---h,   Oo

   
o-ooh

[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 will call

 my name,


[Outro]
           
never an hones

   
t word
              
But that was w

            
hen I ruled th

   
e world

     
Ooo-oo-oo-ooh,

       
  Ooo-oo-oo-oo

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