C# D# G# Fm x2 Fm C# D# I used to rule the world G# Fm Seas would rise when I gave the word C# D# Now in the morning I sleep alone G# Fm Sweep the streets I used to own C# D# G# Fm x2 Fm C# D# I used to roll the dice G# Fm Feel the fear in my enemyʼs eyes C# D# Listen as the crowd would sing: G# Fm "Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!" Fm C# D# One minute I held the key G# Fm Next the walls were closed on me C# D# And I discovered that my castles stand G# Fm Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand C# D# I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing G# Fm Roman Cavalry choirs are singing C# D# Be my mirror, my sword, and shield G# Fm My missionaries in a foreign field C# D# For some reason I canʼt explain G# Fm C# D# Once you Go there was never, never an honest word Cm Fm That was when I ruled the world C# D# G# Fm x2 Fm C# D# It was the wicked and wild wind G# Fm Blew down the doors to let me in. C# D# Shattered windows and the sound of drums G# Fm People couldnʼt believe what Iʼd become Fm C# D# Revolutionaries wait G# Fm For my head on a silver plate C# D# Just a puppet on a lonely string G# Fm Oh who would ever want to be king? C# D# I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing G# Fm Roman Cavalry choirs are singing C# D# Be my mirror, my sword, and shield G# Fm My missionaries in a foreign field C# D# For some reason I canʼt explain G# Fm I know Saint Peter will call my name , C# D# never an honest word Cm Fm But that was when I ruled the world C# Fm x3 D# D# C# D# G# Fm x2 C# D# I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing G# Fm Roman Cavalry choirs are singing C# D# Be my mirror, my sword, and shield G# Fm My missionaries in a foreign field C# D# For some reason I canʼt explain G# Fm I know Saint Peter will call my name , C# D# never an honest word Cm Fm But that was when I ruled the world
