Cleopatra Chords by The Lumineers

[Intro]

[Verse]
Ab                                           
■  I was Cleopatra I was young and an actress
                                               Eb  
When you knelt by my mattress and asked for my hand
          Ab                                         
But I was sad you asked it as I laid in a black dress
                                    Eb    Ab     
With my father in a casket I had no plans ■  yeah
                                  Db             Ab    
And I left the footprints the mud stained on the carpet
                                                Eb  
And it hardened like my heart did when you left town
      Ab                         Db              Ab     
But I must admit it that I would marry you in an instant
                                                     Eb    
Damn your wife I'd be your mistress just to have you around


[Chorus]
          Ab   Eb       Db       Ab  
But I was late for this late for that
Db           Ab      Eb     
Late for the love of my life
           Ab  Eb         Db    Ab   
And when I die alone when I die alone
Db  Ab         Eb     Ab
Die I'll be on time I ■ 


[Verse]
                                     Db               Ab       
And while the church discouraged any lust that burned within me
                                           Eb  
Yes my flesh it was my currency but I held true
     Ab                   Db      Ab7         
So I drive a taxi and the traffic distracts me
         Db              Ab7      Ab                Eb 
From the strangers in my backseat they remind me of you


[Chorus]
          Ab       Eb   Db       Ab  
But I was late for this late for that
Db           Ab      Eb     
Late for the love of my life
           Ab  Eb         Db         
And when I die alone when I die alone
           Ab         Eb  
When I die I'll be on time
Fm                     Ab  
The only gifts from my Lord
       Db        Eb Fm     
Were a birth and a  divorce
         Ab                       Fm          
But I've read this script and the costume fits
Db   Eb      Ab    Ab7
So I play my parts ■  
      Ab              Db              Ab     
I was Cleopatra I was taller than the rafters
                                              Eb  
But that's all in the past love gone with the wind
          Ab                         Db            Ab       
And now a nurse in white shoes leads me back to my guestroom
       Db        Ab                           Eb 
It's a bed and a bathroom and a place for the end


[Outro]
  Ab                     Db              
I won't be late for this ■  late for that
             Ab         Eb  
Late for the love of my life
    Ab               Db         Ab   
And when I die alone when I die alone
Db  Ab      Eb        Ab
Die I'll be on time I ■ 


[End]