Intro: Db   Eb   Ab   Fm (x2)
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Fm         Db       Eb
I used to rule the world

                               Db        Eb
Now in the morning I sweep alone

                 Ab                    Fm
Sweep the streets I used to own

Interlude: Db   Eb   Ab   Fm (x2)

Fm         Db       Eb
I used to roll the dice

             Ab                        Fm
Feel the fear in my enemy’s eyes

                    Db               Eb
Listen as the crowd would sing:

              Ab                            Fm
“Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!”

                    Db        Eb
One minute I held the key

             Ab                           Fm
Next the walls were closed on me

                                     Db       Eb
And I discovered that my castles stand

Chorus 1:

  Db                   Eb
I hear Jerusalem bells a ringing

Ab                   Fm
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing

Db                      Eb
Be my mirror, my sword and shield

      Ab                     Fm
My missionaries in a foreign field

Db                       Eb
For some reason I can’t explain

Ab                              Fm
Once you go there was never

              Db      Eb
Never an honest word

              Ab                    Fm
That was when I ruled the world

Interlude: Db   Eb   Ab   Fm (x2)

               Db                    Eb
It was the wicked and wild wind

                      Ab                  Fm
Blew down the doors to let me in

                                        Db         Eb
Shattered windows and the sound of drums

            Ab                  Fm
People couldn’t believe what I’d become

             Db      Eb
Revolutionaries wait

           Ab                    Fm
For my head on a silver plate

                            Db     Eb
Just a puppet on a lonely string

                      Ab                   Fm
Oh, who would ever want to be king?

Chorus 2:

  Db                  Eb
I hear Jerusalem bells a ringing

Ab                   Fm
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing

Db                      Eb
Be my mirror, my sword and shield

      Ab                     Fm
My missionaries in a foreign field

Db                       Eb
For some reason I can’t explain

  Ab                           Fm
I know Saint Peter will call my name

              Db      Eb
Never an honest word

                   Ab                    Fm
But that was when I ruled the world

Interlude: Db   Fm (x3) Eb

Eb    Db      Eb      Ab     Fm
O oo ooohhh, o oo ooohhh

        Db      Eb      Ab     Fm
O oo ooohhh, o oo ooohhh

Chorus 3:

Db                   Eb
Hear Jerusalem bells a ringing

(O oo ooohhh, o oo ooohhh)

Ab                   Fm
Roman Cavalry choirs a singing

(O oo ooohhh, o oo ooohhh)

Db                     Eb
Be my mirror my sword and shield

(O oo ooohhh, o oo ooohhh)

      Ab                     Fm
My missionaries in a foreign field

(O oo ooohhh, o oo ooohhh)

Db                       Eb
For some reason I can’t explain

(O oo ooohhh, o oo ooohhh)

  Ab                           Fm
I know Saint Peter will call my name

              Db      Eb
Never an honest word

                   Ab                    Fm
But that was when I ruled the world