VIVA LA VIDA Words & Music by GUY BERRYMAN, JON BUCKLAND WILL CHAMPION and CHRIS MARTIN ( = 138)
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the world,
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Coldplay – Viva La Vida (Page 2 of 7)
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the dice,
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feel
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the fear
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crowd
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in my en - e - my’s eyes,
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lis-ten as the
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Long live The King!” One min - ute I
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Coldplay – Viva La Vida (Page 3 of 7)
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next
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were closed on
are ring - ing.
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dis - cov-ered that my
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shield,
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of sand.
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sword
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stand
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the walls
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the key,
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choirs
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mis - sion - ar - ies in a for
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field.”
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Coldplay – Viva La Vida (Page 4 of 7)
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ruled the
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world.
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nev - er,
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Coldplay – Viva La Vida (Page 5 of 7)
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string.
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me in.
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who would ev - er want to be
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king?
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Coldplay – Viva La Vida (Page 6 of 7)
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sword
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but that was when I
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are ring - ing.
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world.
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Coldplay – Viva La Vida (Page 7 of 7)
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