Roman Cavalry choirs are singing

C                D

Be my mirror, my sword, and shield

   G                 Em

My missionaries in a foreign field

C                 D

For some reason I can't explain

G                     Em              C      D

Once you go there was never, never an honest word

         Bm               Em

That was when I ruled the world

[Interlude]

C D G Em    x2

[Verse 3]

Em                   C     D

It was the wicked and wild wind

              G               Em

Blew down the doors to let me in.

                          C        D

Shattered windows and the sound of drums

       G                    Em

People couldn't believe what I'd become

Em       C      D

Revolutionaries wait

        G               Em

For my head on a silver plate

                   C      D

Just a puppet on a lonely string

   G                         Em

Oh who would ever want to be king?

[Chorus]

  C              D

I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing

G             Em