C D G Emi (2x)
Verse:
           C       D
I used to rule the world
           G                   Emi
Seas would rise when I gave the word
                     C      D
Now in the morning I sleep alone
          G                 Emi
Sweep the streets I used to own

C D G Emi (2x)

Verse:
          C       D
I used to roll the dice
         G                 Emi
Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes
              C           D
Listen as the crowd would sing:
          G                             Emi
"Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!"

               C       D
One minute I held the key
           G               Emi
Next the walls were closed on me
                           C       D
And I discovered that my castles stand
         G                 Emi
Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand

Chorus:
  C              D
I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing 
G             Emi
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing 
C                D
Be my mirror, my sword, and shield 
   G                 Emi
My missionaries in a foreign field 
C                 D
For some reason I can't explain 
G                     Emi              C      D
Once you go there was never, never an honest word
         G               Emi
That was when I ruled the world 

C D G Emi (2x)

Verse:
                       C     D
It was the wicked and wild wind
         G                 Emi
Blew down the doors to let me in.
                            C       D
Shattered windows and the sound of drums
         G                  Emi
People couldn't believe what I'd become

           C       D
Revolutionaries wait
         G               Emi
For my head on a silver plate
                       C       D
Just a puppet on a lonely string
      G                 Emi
Oh who would ever want to be king?

Chorus: I hear Jerusalem...

C  Emi x3
D x2
C  D  G  Emi    x2
(Ohhhhh Ohhh Ohhh)

Chorus: I hear Jerusalem...

C  D  G  Em
Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh  x2