🎶 Cleopatra

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

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

Chorus
But I was [Db]late [Cb]for [A#]this, [Db]late [A#]for that, [Db]late for [Cb]the love of my life
And when I [Db]die [Cb]alone, [A#]when [Db]I die alone, [A#]when I [Db]die I'll [Cb]be on time

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Pre-chorus II
While the [Db]church discouraged, [A#]any lust that burned [Db]within me
Yes my flesh, it was my currency, but I held [Cb]true
So I [Db]drive a taxi, and the [A#]traffic [Db]distracts me
From the [A#]strangers in my [Db]backseat, they remind me [Cb]of you

Chorus
But I was [Db]late for [Cb]this, [A#]late for [Db]that, [A#]late for the [Db]love of my [Cb]life
And when I [Db]die [Cb]alone, when I [A#]die [Db]alone, when I [A#]die I'll [Db]be on [Cb]time

Bridge
And the [D#]only gifts from my [Db]Lord were a [A#]birth [Cb]and a [D#]divorce
But I've [Db]read this script and the [D#]costume fits, [A#]so I'll [Cb]play my [Db]part

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Pre-chorus II
I was [Db]Cleopatra, I was [A#]taller than the [Db]rafters
But that's all in the past now, gone with the [Cb]wind
Now a [G#]nurse in white shoes [A#]leads me back to my [Db]guestroom
It's a [A#]bed and a [Db]bathroom
And a place for the [Cb]end

Chorus
I won't be [Db]late for [Cb]this, [A#]late for [Db]that, [A#]late for the [Db]love of my [Cb]life
And when I [Db]die [Cb]alone, when I [A#]die [Db]alone, when I [A#]die I'll [Db]be on [Cb]time

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