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Viva La Vida

by Coldplay · harmonica tab for C diatonic harmonica

6 bent notes327 notesHoles 3–10Diatonic

My harp is in

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4 = blow hole 4-4 = draw hole 4’ = bend

I used to rule the world

Seas would rise when I gave the word

Now in the morning I sleep alone

Sweep the streets I used to own

I used to roll the dice

See the fears in my enemies eyes

Listen as the crowd would sing

Now the old king is dead long live the king

One minute I held the key

Next the walls would close on me

And I discovered that my castle stands

Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand

I hear Jurasalem bells are ringing

Roman Cavarly choirs are singing

Be my mirror my sword my shield

My missionaries in a foreign field

For some reason I can't explain

I know St Peter won't call my name

Never an honest word

But that was when I ruled the world

I used to rule the world.

Seas would rise when I gave the word.

Now in the morn-ing I sweep a-lone.

Sweep the streets I used to o–w–n.

I used to roll the dice.

Feel the fear in my e-ne-my’s e-y-es.

Lis-ten as the crowd would sing.

“Now the old king is dead!

Long live the kin-g!”

One mi-nute I held the key.

Next the walls were closed on me.

And I di-sco-vered that

my ca-stles stand.

U-pon pil-lars of salt and

pil-lars of sand.

I hear Je-ru-sa-lem bells a ring-ing.

Ro-man Ca-val-ry choirs are sing-ing.

Be my mir-ror, my sword, and shie-ld.

My mis-sio-nar-ies in a fo-reign fie-ld.

For some rea-son I can’t ex-plain.

Once you go, there was ne-ver.

Ne-ver an ho-nest word.

That was when

I ruled the world.