Cleopatra

The Lumineers

• GG
  P1:
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• GGGGGGDsus2Dsus2
  S1:
  I was Cleopatra  

  I was young and an actress 

  When you knelt by my mattress  

  And asked for my hand  

  But I was sad you asked it  

  As I laid in a black dress 

  With my father in a casket  

  I had no plans, yeah
• GG
  M1:
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• GCGGGCGGDsus2Dsus2
  S2:
  And I left the footprints  

  The mud stained on the carpet 

  And it hardened like my heart did  

  When you left town 

  But I must admit it, that  

  I would marry you in an instant 

  Damn your wife, I'd be your mistress  

  Just to have you around
• GDCGCGDGDCGCGD
  R1:
  But I was late for this, late for that  

  Late for the love of my life 

  And when I die alone, when I die alone  

  When I die I'll be on time (aahh)
• GG
  M1:
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• GCGGDGCGCGD
  S3:
  While the church discouraged  

  Any lust that burned within me 

  Yes my flesh, it was my currency  

  But I held true 

  So I drive a taxi  

  And the traffic distracts me 

  From the strangers in my backseat  

  They remind me of you
• GDCGCGDGDCGCGD
  R2:
  But I was late for this, late for that 

  Late for the love of my life 

  And when I die alone, when I die alone 

  When I die I'll be on time
• EmiEmi/F♯GCDEmiGEmiCDG
  B1:
  And the only gifts from my Lord  

  Were a birth and a divorce 

  But I've read this script and the costume fits  

  So I'll play my part 
• GG
  M1:
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• GCGGDGCGCGD
  S4:
  I was Cleopatra  

  I was taller than the rafters 

  But that's all in the past love  

  Gone with the wind 

  Now a nurse in white shoes  

  Leads me back to my guestroom 

  It's a bed and a bathroom 

  And a place for the end
• GDCGCGDGDCGCGDG
  D1:
  I won't be late for this, late for that  

  Late for the love of my life 

  And when I die alone, when I die alone  

  When I die I'll be on time (aah) x