Cleopatra

[Verse 1]

[G]                     [C]            [G]
I was Cleopatra, I was young and an actress
[C]                    [G]                          [D]
When you knelt by my mattress, and asked for my hand
          [G]                      [C]         [G]
But I was sad you asked it, as I laid in a black dress
        [C]           [G]                [D]
With my father in a casket, I had no plans

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

[Chorus]

          [G]        [D]     [C]        [G]     [C]            [G]
But I was late for this, late for that, late for the love of
   [D]
my life
           [G]    [D]            [C]   [G]             [C]    [G]
And when I die alone, when I die alone, when I die I'll be on
[D]
time

[Verse 2]

        [G]                       [C]                [G]
And the church discouraged, any lust that burned in me
       [C]                [G]                    [D]
Yes my flesh, it was my currency, but I held out
       [G]                          [C]              [G]
When a man's rejected, but he can fight for your affection
           [C]                 [G]
And he can act like he never met you and leave low to the
[D]
ground

[Chorus]

          [G]        [D]     [C]        [G]     [C]            [G]
But I was late for this, late for that, late for the love of
   [D]
my life
           [G]   [D]             [C]   [G]             [C]   [G]
And when I die alone, when I die alone, when I die I'll be on
[D]
time

[Verse 3]

     [G]                     [C]            [G]
So I drive a taxi, and the traffic distracts me
         [C]               [G]                           [D]
From the strangers in my backseat, they remind me of you
         [G]                        [C]         [G]
But it's all a daydream, but it's you who's behind me
        [C]               [G]                   [D]
But you never recognize me, appraising you

[Bridge]

        [Em]                 [G]           [C]     [D]     [Em]
And the only gifts from my Lord were a birth and a divorce
         [G]                        [Em]            [C]       [D]
But I've read this script and the costume fits, so I'll play
   [G]
my part

[Interlude]

[G]   [D]   [C]   [G]   [C]   [G]   [D]   [D]
[G]   [D]   [C]   [G]   [C]   [G]   [D]   [D]
[G]   [G]   [G]   [G]

[Verse 4]

              [G]                        [C]          [G]
And there are nights I wake up, to the sound of a door shut
      [C]             [G]                    [D]
And I search on the floors but I find no tracks
        [G]                             [C]          [G]
And the nurse in white shoes leads me back to my guestroom
       [C]         [G]
It's a bed and a bathroom
                    [D]
And a place for the end

[Outro]

          [G]        [D]     [C]        [G]     [C]            [G]
But I was late for this, late for that, late for the love of
   [D]
my life
           [G]   [D]             [C]   [G]             [C]   [G]
And when I die alone, when I die alone, when I die I'll be on
[D]
time