The Lumineers – Cleopatra Chords

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IntroG...Verse 1I was CleGopatra, I was young and an actress
When you knelt by my mattress, and asked for my haDnd
But I was sGad you asked it, as I laid in a black dress
With my father in a casket, I had no pDlans

InterludeG...VerseAnd I leGft the footprints, the mud staCined on the caGrpet
And it hardened like my heart did when you left toDwn
But I mGust admit it, that I would maCrry you in an iGnstant
**** your wife, I'd be your mistress just to have you aroDund ChorusBut I was lGate for thiDs, laCte for tGhat, laCte for the lGove of my liDfe
And when I dGie aloDne, when I dCie alGone, when I dCie I'll Gbe on tDimeInterludeG...Verse 2While the chGurch discouraged, any lCust that burned withGin me
Yes my flesh, it was my currency, but I held trDue
So I drGive a taxi, and the trCaffic distGracts me
From the strCangers in my bGackseat, they remind me of yDouChorusBut I was lGate for thiDs, laCte for tGhat, laCte for the lGove of my liDfe
And when I dGie aloDne, when I dCie alGone, when I dCie I'll Gbe on tDimeBridgeAnd the oEmnly gifts from my LGord were a bCirth and Da divEmorce
But I've reGad this script and the cEmostume fits,.C..so I'll plDay my pGartVerse 3I was ClGeopatra, I was tCaller than the raGfters
But that's all in the past now, gone with the wiDnd
Now a nuGrse in white shoes leads me baCck to my guGestroom
It's a bCed and a bGathroom
And a place for the eDndOutroBut I was lGate for thiDs, laCte for tGhat, laCte for the lGove of my liDfe
And when I dGie aloDne, when I dCie alGone, when I dCie I'll Gbe on tDime..G..