Intro: Ab  


Verse 1 

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


Verse 2 

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




[Refrão]
           C5       Ab     C#      Ab    C#         Ab           Eb 
But I was late for this, late for that, late for the love of my life 
           C5    Ab          C#   Ab    C#         Ab          Eb   
And when I die alone, when I die alone, when I die I'll be on time 


Verse 3 

Ab                                C#                      Ab 
While the church discouraged, any lust that burned within me 
                                               Eb 
Yes my flesh, it was my currency, but I held true 
Ab                          C#               Ab 
So I drive a taxi, and the traffic distracts me 
            C#              Ab                        Eb 
From the strangers in my backseat, they remind me of you 




[Refrão]
           C5       Ab     C#      Ab    C#         Ab           Eb 
But I was late for this, late for that, late for the love of my life 
           C5    Ab          C#   Ab    C#         Ab          Eb 
And when I die alone, when I die alone, when I die I'll be on time 


Bridge 

             Ab                       C#        Eb     Ab 
And the only gifts from my Lord were a birth and a divorce 
                                Ab            C#      Eb        Ab 
But I've read this script and the costume fits, so I'll play my part 


Verse 4 

Ab                      C#                  Ab 
I was Cleopatra, I was taller than the rafters 
                                                Eb 
But that's all in the past now, gone with the wind 
Ab                                   C#            Ab 
Now a nurse in white shoes leads me back to my guestroom 
        C#           Ab   
It's a bed and a bathroom 
                     Eb   
and a place for the end 



[Refrão]
           C5       Ab     C#      Ab    C#         Ab           Eb 
But I was late for this, late for that, late for the love of my life 
           C5    Ab          C#   Ab    C#         Ab          Eb 
And when I die alone, when I die alone, when I die I'll be on time 


Outro: Ab