Cleopatra

Cleopatra: Chords

      LAb             
I was Cleopatra, I was young and an actress
                                                MIb
When you knelt by my mattress, and asked for my hand
          LAb                    
But I was sad you asked it, as I laid in a black dress
                                     MIb        LAb
With my father in a casket, I had no plans, yeah
                                   REb            LAb
And I left the footprints, the mud stained on the carpet
                                                MIb
And it hardened like my heart did when you left town
      LAb                         REb             LAb
But I must admit it, that I would marry you in an instant
                                                       MIb
Damn your wife, I'd be your mistress just to have you around

          LAb        MIb REb      LAb
But I was late for this, late for that, 
REb          LAb        MIb
late for the love of my life
           LAb      MIb      REb  LAb
And when I die alone, when I die alone, 
REb             LAb   MIb       LAb
when I die I'll be on time

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

          LAb        MIb REb      LAb
But I was late for this, late for that, 
REb          LAb        MIb
late for the love of my life
           LAb      MIb      REb  LAb
And when I die alone, when I die alone, 
    REb         LAb   MIb     
when I die I'll be on time

        FAm                LAb         REb       MIb FAm
And the only gifts from my Lord were a birth and a divorce
         LAb                      FAm
But I've read this script and the costume fits, 
REb      MIb     LAb
 so I'll play my part

      LAb              REb             LAb
I was Cleopatra, I was taller than the rafters
                                               MIb
But that's all in the past love, gone with the wind
      LAb                         REb          LAb
Now a nurse in white shoes leads me back to my guestroom
       REb       LAb
It's a bed and a bathroom
                    MIb
And a place for the end

          LAb        MIb REb      LAb
But I was late for this, late for that, 
REb          LAb        MIb
late for the love of my life
           LAb      MIb      REb  LAb
And when I die alone, when I die alone, 
REb             LAb   MIb       LAb
when I die I'll be on time...

Cleopatra: Video

Cleopatra è un brano scritto e inciso dai The Lumineers, contenuto nell'album omonimo pubblicato nel 2016. Secondo lavoro in studio per la band di New York, riscuote ottimo successo sia negli USA che in Inghilterra dominandone le classifiche. La canzone è il secondo singolo estratto dal disco, uno dei pochi casi nel loro repertorio a non avere chitarre acustiche nell'arrangiamento, che qui presenta un sound più elettrico. Pezzo comunque facile da riproporre.

L'autore del post

Alberto Moneti

33 anni, polistrumentista: pianoforte, chitarra, batteria, clarinetto. Ha conseguito la licenza in teoria musicale e solfeggio presso il Conservatorio Cherubini di Firenze. Dal 1997 è organista presso la Basilica di Santa Maria del Sasso, a Bibbiena (AR).