#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## Viva La Vida by Coldplay (capo 1st fret, tempo 138) Bm7 e -o---- b --o--- g -o---- D ---o-- A -o---- E -o---- ::INTRO:: |C |D | |G |Em | x2 Em C D I used to rule the world Bm7 Em Seas would rise when I gave the word C D Now in the morning I sweep alone Bm7 Em Sweep the streets I used to own [INTRO] Em C D I used to roll the dice Bm7 Em Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes C D Listen as the crowd would sing: Bm7 Em "Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!" Em C D One minute I held the key Bm Em Next the walls were closed on me C D And I discovered that my castles stand Bm7 Em Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand ::CHORUS 1:: C D I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing G Em Roman cavalry choirs are singing C D Be my mirror, my sword, and shield G Em My missionaries in a foreign field C D For some reason I can't explain Bm Em Once you’d gone there was never, C D Never an honest word that was Bm7 Em When I ruled the world [INTRO] x1 C D It was the wicked and wild wind Bm7 Em Blew down the doors to let me in. C D Shattered windows and the sound of drums Bm7 Em People couldn't believe what I'd become C D Revolutionaries wait Bm Em For my head on a silver plate C D Just a puppet on a lonely string Bm7 Em Oh who would ever want to be king? ::CHORUS 2:: C D I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing G Em Roman cavalry choirs are singing C D Be my mirror, my sword, and shield G Em My missionaries in a foreign field C D For some reason I can't explain Bm Em I know Saint Peter won’t call my name C D Never an honest word Bm7 Em But that was when I ruled the world ::INTERLUDE:: |C |Em | |C |Em | x2 C D Ohhhhh Ohhh Ohhh G E Ohhhhh Ohhh Ohhh x2 [CHORUS 2] Em – C – Bm7 – Em Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh x2 and fade ========================================= ======================================= Coldplay – Viva La Vida Tabbed and arranged by: Alejandro Manzano of Boyce Avenue www.myspace.com/boyceavenue video of me playing/singing it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lio0YbTi87g Tuning: C# G# C# D# G# D# X = mute < > = harmonics Verse 1: -0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-| -0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--| -5---7---0---0---5---7---0---0----------------------------------| -4---6---7---4---4---6---7---4--4---6---7---4---4---6---7---4---| -5---7---0---x---5---7---0---x----------------------------------| -------------4---------------4----------------------------------| -----0-------0-------0-------0----| ------0-------0-0-----0---0-0-0-0-| ---5---5--7-7------0---0---4---4--| --4-4----6-6---6--7-7----4--------| (play 2X slight palm mute) -5------7--------0----------------| ------------------------4---------| -----0-------0-------0-------0----| ------0-------0-0-----0---0-0-0-0-| ---5---5--7-7------0---0---4---4--| --4-4----6-6---6--7-7----4--------| (play 2X open) -5------7--------0----------------| ------------------------4---------| Chorus 1 and 2: -0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-| -0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-| -2---0---0---0---2---0---0---0-| -0---x---2---x---0---x---2---x-| -0---2---0---4---0---2---0---4-| -0---2-------4---0---2-------4-| -0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-| -0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-| -2---4---0---0---2---0---4---0-| -0---2---2---x---0---x---2---x-| -0---2---4---4---0---2---0---4-| -0---2-------4---0---2-------4-| Turnaround: (play 2X) -0----0---0--0--0--0--| -9----7---12-11-12-11-| -10---7---12-12-12-12-| ----------------------| ----------------------| ----------------------| Verse 2: -----0-------0-------0-------0----| ------0-------0-0-----0---0-0-0-0-| ---5---5--7-7------0---0---4---4--| --4-4----6-6---6--7-7----4--------| (play 2X slight palm mute) -5------7--------0----------------| ------------------------4---------| -----0-------0-------0-------0----| ------0-------0-0-----0---0-0-0-0-| ---5---5--7-7------0---0---4---4--| --4-4----6-6---6--7-7----4--------| (play 2X open) -5------7--------0----------------| ------------------------4---------| Bridge: -<12>- -<12>- -<12>- ------| ------| ------| Chorus 3: -0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-| -0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-| -2---0---0---0---2---0---0---0-| -0---x---2---x---0---x---2---x-| -0---2---0---4---0---2---0---4-| -0---2-------4---0---2-------4-| -0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-| -0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-| -2---4---0---0---2---0---4---0-| -0---2---2---x---0---x---2---x-| -0---2---0---4---0---2---0---4-| -0---2-------4---0---2-------4-|