[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'd gon

            
e there was ne

              
ver, never an 

      
honest 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 

              
ever want to b

  
e 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


[Interlude]
      x3
   

           
Ohhhhhh  Ohhhh

 
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Ohhhhhh  Ohhhh

 
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[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]
         
Oooooh  Oooooo


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Oooooh  Oooooo


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