{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1006439,"song":"Viva La Vida","artist":"Taylor Swift","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1006439-viva-la-vida-chords-by-taylor-swift/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1006439?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":45,"content":"Standard Tuning\r\nCapo 2\r\n\r\n[tab][Chords]\r\n   [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Cadd9[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  \r\ne|-3---3---3---3-|\r\nB|-3---3---3---3-|\r\nG|-0---0---0---2-|\r\nD|-0---2---2---0-|\r\nA|-2---3---2---x-|\r\nE|-3---x---0---x-|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][Intro]\r\nI got some requests for the plucking pattern, it's really easy and you just repeat \r\nthis over and over.. Here it is:\r\n        [ch]Cadd9[/ch]       [ch]Dsus4[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\ne|--------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|--------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nG|----0---0---0---0----2--2--2--2----0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0--|\r\nD|-------------------0--0--0--0---------------------------------|\r\nA|--3---3---3---3-----------------------------------------------|\r\nE|---------------------------------3--3--3--3-----0--0--0--0----| [/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Cadd9[/ch] – [ch]Dsus4[/ch] - [ch]G[/ch] – [ch]Em7[/ch]    (x2)\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]([ch]Em7[/ch])     [ch]Cadd9[/ch]    [ch]Dsus4[/ch]\r\nI used to rule the world [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nSeas would rise when I gave the word [/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Cadd9[/ch]   [ch]Dsus4[/ch]\r\nNow in the morning I sleep alone [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nSweep the streets I used to own[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental] (x2)\r\n[ch]Cadd9[/ch] – [ch]Dsus4[/ch] - [ch]G[/ch] – [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]([ch]Em7[/ch])     [ch]Cadd9[/ch]     [ch]Dsus4[/ch]\r\nI used to roll the dice [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nFeel the fear in my enemy's eyes [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Cadd9[/ch]        [ch]Dsus4[/ch]\r\nListen as the crowd would sing: [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\n\"Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]([ch]Em7[/ch])        [ch]Cadd9[/ch]    [ch]Dsus4[/ch]\r\nOne minute I held the key [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nNext the walls were closed on me [/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]Cadd9[/ch]    [ch]Dsus4[/ch]\r\nAnd I discovered that my castles stand [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nUpon pillars of salt and pillars of sand [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]          [ch]Dsus4[/ch]\r\nI hear Jerusalem bells are ringing [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nRoman Cavalry choirs are singing [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]            [ch]Dsus4[/ch]\r\nBe my mirror, my sword, and shield [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nMy missionaries in a foreign field [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]             [ch]Dsus4[/ch]\r\nFor some reason I can't explain [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Em7[/ch]             [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]Dsus4[/ch]\r\nOnce you go there was never, never an honest word[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nThat was when I ruled the world [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental] (x2)\r\n[ch]Cadd9[/ch] – [ch]Dsus4[/ch] - [ch]G[/ch] – [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]([ch]Em7[/ch])                  [ch]Cadd9[/ch] [ch]Dsus4[/ch]\r\nIt was the wicked and wild wind [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nBlew down the doors to let me in. [/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]Cadd9[/ch]    [ch]Dsus4[/ch]\r\nShattered windows and the sound of drums [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nPeople couldn't believe what I'd become[/tab]\r\n[tab]([ch]Em7[/ch])    [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]Dsus4[/ch]\r\nRevolutionaries wait [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nFor my head on a silver plate [/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]Dsus4[/ch]\r\nJust a puppet on a lonely string[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nOh who would ever want to be king? [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]          [ch]Dsus4[/ch]\r\nI hear Jerusalem bells are ringing [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nRoman Cavalry choirs are singing [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]            [ch]Dsus4[/ch]\r\nBe my mirror, my sword, and shield [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nMy missionaries in a foreign field [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]             [ch]Dsus4[/ch]\r\nFor some reason I can't explain [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Em7[/ch]             \r\nI know Saint Peter will call my name ,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Cadd9[/ch]       [ch]Dsus4[/ch]\r\nnever an honest word[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Em7[/ch] \r\nBut that was when I ruled the world  [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]Cadd9[/ch] – [ch]Em7[/ch] (x3)\r\n[ch]Dsus4[/ch] (x2)\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]  - [ch]Dsus4[/ch] - [ch]G[/ch] – [ch]Em7[/ch]    (x2)\r\n(Ohhhhh Ohhh Ohhh)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]          [ch]Dsus4[/ch]\r\nI hear Jerusalem bells are ringing [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nRoman Cavalry choirs are singing [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]            [ch]Dsus4[/ch]\r\nBe my mirror, my sword, and shield [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nMy missionaries in a foreign field [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]             [ch]Dsus4[/ch]\r\nFor some reason I can't explain [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Em7[/ch]             \r\nI know Saint Peter will call my name ,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]        [ch]Dsus4[/ch]\r\nnever an honest word[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Em7[/ch](once)\r\nBut that was when I ruled the world[/tab]","plain_text":"Standard Tuning\nCapo 2\n\n\n\n\n\nCadd9 – Dsus4 - G – Em7    (x2)\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental] (x2)\nCadd9 – Dsus4 - G – Em7\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental] (x2)\nCadd9 – Dsus4 - G – Em7\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nCadd9 – Em7 (x3)\nDsus4 (x2)\n\n\n[Verse]","chords":["G","Cadd9","Em7","D","B","A","E","Dsus4"],"chord_diagrams":{"Cadd9":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,0,3,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,3,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dsus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,2,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,3]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}