Cleopatra Acoustic Demo Acoustic chords by The Lumineers

Verse:
G
I was Cleopatra
G
I was young and an actress
G
and you knelt by my mattress
         D
and asked for my hand
G
And I was sad you asked it
G
as I laid in a black dress
G
with my father in a casket
     D
I had no plans
(yea)

Verse:
G
And I left the footprints
    C       G
The mud stained on the carpet
G
and it hardened like my heart did
       D
when you left town
G
But I must admit it
       C        G
that I would marry you in an instant
G
Damn your wife, I'd be your mistress
         D
just to have you around

Chorus:
     G    D
But I was late for this
C    G
Late for that
C      G     D
Late for the love of my life
   G   D
When I die alone
   C   G
When I die alone
   C  G     D
When I die I'll be on time
 D G
(aye)

Verse:
G
And the Church discouraged
   C         G
any lust that burned within me
G
Yes my flesh it was my currency
      D
but I held out
G
When a man's dejected
      C       G
well he can fight for your affections
G
or he can act like he never met you
          D
and even go to the ground

Chorus:
     G    D
But I was late for this
 C    G
Late for that
 C      G    D
Late for the love of my life
     G   D
And when I die alone
   C   G
When I die alone
    C  G     D
When I die I'll be on time
 D G
(aye)

Verse:
G
So I drive a taxi
    C      G
and the traffic distracts me
G
from the strangers in my backseat
         D
They remind me of you
G
But it's all a daydream
     C      G
when it's you who's behind me
G
but you never recognize me
      D
appraising you

Bridge:
Em             G
And the only gifts from my Lord
    C   D   G
were a birth and a divorce
     Em
but I've read this script
    C    G
and the costume fits
C  G    D
so I play my part

Verse:
G
And there are nights I wake up
    C      G
to the sound of a door shut
G
and I search on the floor but
     D
I find no tracks

Verse:
G
And the nurse in white shoes
     C     G
leads me back to my guest room
G
it's a bed and a bathroom
        D
and a place to relax

Chorus:
     G    D
but I was late for this
C    G
late for that
C      G    D
late for the love of my life
   G   D
When I die alone
   C   G
When I die alone
   C     G   D
When I die I'll be on time
 D
(aye)

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