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Viva La Vida (Live) by Coldplay

(Oh... oh... oh...)
I used to rule the world
Seas would (1)________ when I (2)________ the word
Now in the morning I sleep alone
Sweep the streets I used to own

I (3)________ to roll the dice
Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes
Listened as the crowd would sing
Now the old king is (4)________ long live the king
One minute I held the key
Next the walls were closed on me
And I discovered that my (5)______________ stand
Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand
I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing
Roman cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror my (6)__________ and shield
Missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can't explain
Once you'd gone there was never
Never an honest word
And that was when I ruled the world

It was a wicked and wild wind
Blew down the doors to let me in
Shattered windows and the sound of drums
People couldn't believe (7)________ I'd become
Revolutionaries wait
For my head on a silver plate
Just a puppet on a lonely string
Oh who would ever want to be king?...
I hear Jerusalem (8)__________ a-ringing
Roman cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror my sword and shield
My missionaries in a (9)______________ field
For some (10)____________ 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
...
(Oh... oh... oh...)
Hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing
Roman cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror my sword and 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
(Oh... oh... oh...)
(Muchísimas gracias...)
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