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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