When The World Was Mine

Ronan Keating

Intro : ------- -7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7----|This is the picking pattern for the --5--5--5--5-|--5--5--5--5---|intro, it's done 4 times with variations ---4--4--4---|---6--6--6-----|done by the bass guitar, same picking pattern -------------|---------------|is used through out the song for different -------------|---------------|chords. -0-----------|-5-------------| Verse ----- (in the song,open chords are used but it's up to you) It never rained, the Sun was always shining Every traffic light Was always green There was a time when Every door was open The universe was mine Or so it seemed b--9-10-12----| g---------9---| Ever roll was seven or eleven b-10-9-7-5-7- That it would ever End never crossed my mind b-9s10-10-10-9-7---- I was flying higher Than the Heavens a--2--7-7-- Back when the World was mine --------------------| --9-7---------------| -----9-8-6----------| -----------9-7-6----| --------------------| --------------------| Chorus Sometimes a man can't see When he has it all Take a look at me Oh how he mighty fall Once I ruled the earth Once upon a time When I had your love When the world was mine |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |----9---8-9-9--9b8b6------------------------------| |--9---9---9-9-------9-9s11-9--9-7-6-7-7-7-7-6-4-2-| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| --------------| --------------| --------------| -2-4-6-4-2-2--| --------------| --------------| Oh the changes I'd make if I had the power How could I have so much And be so blind But at least for A bright and Shining moment I had you, and The world was mine Sometimes a man can't see When he has it all Take a look at me Oh how he mighty fall Once I ruled the earth Once upon a time When I had your love When the world was mine ---------------------------------------------------| -------14-12-11-14-12-11---------------------------| -----------------------------11--------11----------| -11h13------------------11-13--13-11-13---13-11-11-| ---------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------| ----12-11-9-7-------12-11-9-7---14-12-11-9-7------------| -13-----------13-13-----------13------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------| --7-6-4--------------------------------------------| --------6-4-3--------------------------------------| --------------6-4-3--------------------------------| --------------------6-4----------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------| Once I ruled the earth Once upon a time When I had your love That's when The world was mine When I had your love That's when The world was mine

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