Cleopatra Chords

[Intro]
Ab
 
[Verse 1]
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
 
[Verse 2]
Ab                               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    Db         Ab           Eb
But I was late for this, late for that, late for the love of my life
           Ab   Eb          Db   Ab    Db         Ab          Eb
And when I die alone, when I die alone, when I die I'll be on time
 
 
[Verse 3]
Ab                                Db                      Ab
While the church discouraged, any lust that burned within me
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Yes my flesh, it was my currency, but I held true
Ab                          Db               Ab
So I drive a taxi, and the traffic distracts me
            Db              Ab                        Eb
From the strangers in my backseat, they remind me of you
 
[Chorus]
           Ab       Eb     Db      Ab    Db         Ab           Eb
But I was late for this, late for that, late for the love of my life
           Ab   Eb          Db   Ab    Db         Ab          Eb
And when I die alone, when I die alone, when I die I'll be on time
 
[Bridge]
         Fm                Ab        Db        Eb     Fm
And the only gifts from my Lord were a birth and a divorce
         Ab                       Fm            Db      Eb        Ab
But I've read this script and the costume fits, so I'll play my part
 
[Verse 4]
Ab                      Db                  Ab
I was Cleopatra, I was taller than the rafters
                                                Eb
But that's all in the past now, gone with the wind
Ab                                   Db            Ab
Now a nurse in white shoes leads me back to my guestroom
        Db           Ab
It's a bed and a bathroom
                     Eb
and a place for the end
 
[Chorus]
           Ab       Eb     Db      Ab    Db         Ab           Eb
But I was late for this, late for that, late for the love of my life
           Ab   Eb          Db   Ab    Db         Ab          Eb
And when I die alone, when I die alone, when I die I'll be on time
 
[Outro]
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