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