Viva La Vida - Coldplay Piano Notes

Viva La Vida

“Viva La Vida”is just a song by British stone ring Coldplay. It had been composed by most members of this group because of their fourth record, Viva La Vida or Departure and His Friends (2008).

The lyrics to the song comprise Christian and historical references, and also the course has been assembled round a looping series section together with an electronic digital processed pianoalong together with different layers gradually being inserted since the song builds.

The song had been released on 1-3 because the next single acclaim and commercial success of the album. The song became the first time song to hit the million mark paid downloads from the United States.It has sold 7.1 million copies worldwide by 2014, and more than 6million at the U.S. exclusively by June 2013.

The lyrics to”Viva la Vida” are narrated with way of a protagonist that claims that he”used to dominate out the world”. Martin has clarified the song lyric”I understand Saint Peter wont call my name” in a meeting using Q magazine:”It is about… You are not to the list” When asked about the song, bass guitarist Guy Berryman said:”It is a narrative of a king who has lost his realm, and the record’s art is situated on the notion of both revolutionaries along with guerrillas. There is this marginally antiauthoritarian perspective that is slipped in to some of those lyrics and it has a number of the pay off between being besieged by authorities on both sides, but we’re people with emotions and we are going to expire and the stupidity of that which we’ve to put on with each single day.

Verse 1:
I used to rule the world
C C C C Db Bb

Seas would rise when I gave the word
Bb Ab Bb Bb Ab C Eb F

Now in the morning I sleep alone
C C C C C C C Db Bb

Sweep the streets I used to own
Bb Ab Bb Bb C Ab G F

I used to role the dice
C C C C Db Bb

Feel the fear in my enemies eyes
Bb Ab Bb Bb Bb Ab Bb Bb C Ab G F

Listen as the crowds would sing
C C C C C Db B b

Now the old king is dead, long live the king
Ab Ab C Bb Ab Ab C Bb Ab Ab

One minute i held the key
Ab F F F F C Eb

Next the walls were closed on me
Eb Eb Eb Ab Eb Db C

And I discovered that my castles stand
C C C C C C C C Db Bb

Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand
Ab Ab C Bb Ab Ab C C Bb Ab Ab

Chorus:
I hear Jerusalem bells a ringing
Ab F F F Eb F Eb Bb C Db

Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Eb Eb Eb C Eb C F G Ab

Be my mirror my sword my shield
F F F Eb F Eb Bb C Db

My missionaries in a foreign field
Eb Eb Eb Eb Eb C Eb C F G Ab

For some reason I cant explain
F F F Eb F G G G

Once you go, there was never, never an honest word
Eb Eb Eb Eb Db Db C C C C C Db Bb

And that was when I ruled the world
Ab Bb Ab G G C G Ab

Verse 2:
It was the wicked and the wild wind
C C C C C C C C Db Bb

Blew down the doors to let me in
Bb Bb Ab Bb Ab C Eb F

Shattered windows and the sound of drums
C C C C C C C Db Bb

People couldn’t believe what I’d become
Ab Ab C Bb Ab Ab Ab C Bb Ab

Revolutionaries wait
F F F F F F C Eb

For my head on a silver plate
Eb Eb Eb Eb Eb Eb Eb Db C

Just a puppet on a lonely string
C C C C C C C Db Bb

Oh who would ever wanna be king?
Ab C Bb Ab F Ab F Ab Ab

Chorus:
I hear Jerusalem bells a ringing
Ab F F F Eb F Eb Bb C Db

Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Eb Eb Eb C Eb C F G Ab

Be my mirror my sword my shield
F F F Eb F Eb Bb C Db

My missionaries in a foreign field
Eb Eb Eb Eb Eb C Eb C F G Ab

For some reason I cant explain
F F F Eb F G G G

Once you go, there was never, never an honest word
Eb Eb Eb Eb Db Db C C C C C Db Bb

And that was when I ruled the world
Ab Bb Ab G G C G Ab

Bridge: X2
Woooooooah oh
C Eb Ab G F Eb

Woooooooah oh
C Eb Ab G Eb C

Chorus:
I hear Jerusalem bells a ringing
Ab F F F Eb F Eb Bb C Db

Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Eb Eb Eb C Eb C F G Ab

Be my mirror my sword my shield
F F F Eb F Eb Bb C Db

My missionaries in a foreign field
Eb Eb Eb Eb Eb C Eb C F G Ab

For some reason I cant explain
F F F Eb F G G G

Once you go, there was never, never an honest word
Eb Eb Eb Eb Db Db C C C C C Db Bb

And that was when I ruled the world
Ab Bb Ab G G C G Ab

Viva La Vida – Coldplay Piano Notes

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