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Cleopatra Acoustic Demo Acoustic chords by The Lumineers

Chords with lyrics

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bridge:
Chord diagramE minorEm                         Chord diagramG+G
And the only gifts from my Lord
       Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramD MajorD     Chord diagramG+G
were a birth and a divorce
         Chord diagramE minorEm
but I've read this script
        Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramG+G
and the costume fits
Chord diagramC majorC    Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramD MajorD
so I play my part

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

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

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

Ending:

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