Cleopatra Acoustic Demo Acoustic chords by The Lumineers

Chords with lyrics

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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