chordBAND

[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





[Chorus]~

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





[Chorus]~

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





[Chorus]~

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]~

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