How to Play Cleopatra on Guitar?

The Lumineers - Cleopatra can be played in the key of G using the G, D, C, Em chords. For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E. For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B. For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D. For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play Cleopatra with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.

The Lumineers - Cleopatra Chords

Chord reference G, D, C, Em

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

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

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

But I was [G]late for [D]this, [C]late for [G]that, [C]Late for the [G]love of my [D]life And when I [G]die [D]alone, when I [C]die [G]alone, When I [C]die I’ll [G]be on [D]time

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

But I was [G]late for [D]this, [C]late for [G]that, [C]Late for the [G]love of my [D]life And when I [G]die [D]alone, when I [C]die [G]alone, When I [C]die I’ll [G]be on [D]time

And the [Em]only gifts from my [G]Lord were a [C]birth [D]and a [Em]divorce But I’ve [G]read this script and the [Em]costume fits, [C]so I’ll [D]play my [G]part

I was [G]Cleopatra, I was [C]taller than the [G]rafters But that’s all in the past now, gone with the [D]wind Now a [G]nurse in white shoes [C]leads me back to my [G]guest room It’s a [C]bed and a [G]bathroom And a place for the [D]end

But I was [G]late for [D]this, [C]late for [G]that, [C]Late for the [G]love of my [D]life And when I [G]die [D]alone, when I [C]die [G]alone, When I [C]die I’ll [G]be on [D]time [D] [G]

Artist The Lumineers

Album Cleopatra

Genres Folk, Folk Rock, Indie, Rock

Year 2016

Key G

The Lumineers - Cleopatra can be played in the key of G using the G, D, C, Em chords.

For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B.
For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Cleopatra with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.