Cleopatra Acoustic Demo (acoustic)

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

Verse
 
G 
And I left the footprints 
        C              G      
The mud stained on the carpet 
G 
and it hardened like my heart did 
              D 
when you left town 
G 
But I must admit it 
             C               G 
that I would marry you in an instant 
G 
Damn your wife, I'd be your mistress 
                 D 
just to have you around 
 
          G        D 
But I was late for this 
C        G 
Late for that 
C            G         D 
Late for the love of my life 
     G     D 
When I die alone 
     C     G 
When I die alone 
      C    G         D 
When I die I'll be on time 
 D G 
(aye)
 

Verse 
G 
And the Church discouraged 
     C                 G 
any lust that burned within me 
G 
Yes my flesh it was my currency 
           D 
but I held out 
G 
When a man's dejected 
            C              G 
well he can fight for your affections 
G 
or he can act like he never met you 
                   D 
and even go to the ground 
 
          G        D 
But I was late for this 
 C       G 
Late for that 
  C           G       D 
Late for the love of my life 
         G     D 
And when I die alone 
     C     G 
When I die alone 
       C   G          D 
When I die I'll be on time 
 D G 
(aye)
 

Verse 
G 
So I drive a taxi 
        C           G 
and the traffic distracts me 
G 
from the strangers in my backseat 
                  D 
They remind me of you 
G 
But it's all a daydream 
          C            G 
when it's you who's behind me 
G 
but you never recognize me 
           D 
appraising you 

Bridge 
Em                         G 
And the only gifts from my Lord 
       C     D     G 
were a birth and a divorce 
         Em 
but I've read this script 
        C       G 
and the costume fits 
C    G       D 
so I play my part 

Verse 
G 
And there are nights I wake up 
       C           G 
to the sound of a door shut 
G 
and I search on the floor but  
          D 
I find no tracks 

Verse 
G 
And the nurse in white shoes 
         C          G 
leads me back to my guest room 
G 
it's a bed and a bathroom 
               D 
and a place to relax 

          G        D 
but I was late for this 
C        G 
late for that 
C            G        D 
late for the love of my life 
     G     D 
When I die alone 
     C     G 
When I die alone 
     C          G     D 
When I die I'll be on time 
  D  
(aye)
 

Ending 
G