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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



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															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-|