Chords for The Story of Cleopatra
Tempo:
151.2 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
Db
Eb
Fm
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Ab]
My wife's best friend is from the Republic of Georgia.
So through this friend, I end up hearing these stories about this taxi driver.
She's probably the only taxi driver, female taxi driver in that area.
She's sort of been a hardened woman by life.
The way she carries herself, [Eb] she's strong, she's tough.
She at a young age [Ab] falls in love and is going to be thinking she's going to marry this guy
and at the same time her dad passes away [Fm] unexpectedly.
[F] She's mourning the loss of her dad.
In the midst of all this, in
[Ab] bad timing, her boyfriend asks her to marry him.
She doesn't give him an answer because she's mourning the loss of her dad.
After being rejected from this marriage [Db] proposal, he leaves and [Ab] never comes back.
[Eb] She notices that [C] he tracked out these muddy footprints on her [Ab] floor, on her carpet, and
she refuses to wash [Db] any of them off.
And [Ab] it got me really interested in this story.
I imagined, well why does she keep them?
If I was her, [F] would I keep those around for him?
Each verse is sort of [Ab] an era in her life [Eb] and it [Db] starts as this young [Ab]
optimistic [Db] [Ab] woman [Bb] who
[Ab] is going to get married and her life's [Eb] going to be [Db] amazing.
And [Ab] it kind [Db] of evolves [Ab] and devolves.
[Eb] The name Cleopatra [Ab] is important, I think.
It's why it became the title track to the album.
It sort of embodies this idea more than it is, this isn't this person's name.
This is this idea that when we're young, we feel, I [Db] think, a lot of us like [Ab] we're destined
for something bigger than our small town or destined for greatness or something.
[Eb] For this person who ended up feeling like she was late [Ab] for this, late for that, late
for the love of her life, you know, [Db] and then she's going to die [Ab] alone, I think she started
the same way we all start, which is feeling [Eb] that way.
And it doesn't always go according to that plan.
When [Ab] I
[Eb] talked to her, she said, you know, the two best days of my life were when I got
my divorce and when I had my first, [Db] when I had my only [Ab] son.
[Db] [Ab] And [Eb] it's the opposite of what I've [Fm] heard almost anyone tell me about [Db] their life.
I felt like the courage in [Fm] confronting what your life was really like, it was so rare
to [Ab] hear and see.
And I think that that [Fm] is a big part [Db] of the song.
[Eb] For me, [Ab] the big focus was on sort of honoring that.
The last verse takes it into this idea that she's walking through, in my head, she was
[Db] walking through a nursing home [Ab] telling a nurse how great [Eb] she was as a person, as a woman.
[Ab] She had all these dreams.
She was taller than the rafters.
She was this [Db] force.
She was Cleopatra.
[Ab] And I imagine the nurse [Db] kind of saying, [Ab] I'm sure you were, you know, I'm sure you were
because the younger generation is always [Eb] sort of, we're looking at ourselves and we think
everyone else is kind of [Fm] [Eb] over and crazy.
[Db] I think the best way we learn from each other and actually are [Eb] open to change [Ab] is [Ebm] through
[Db] telling of [Ab] stories.
It's [Db] not through arguments, [Ab] it's not through [Eb] statistics.
Telling stories about characters.
[Ab] And that's, Cleopatra's a character to me that [B] you're trying to tell her [F] story throughout these verses.
My wife's best friend is from the Republic of Georgia.
So through this friend, I end up hearing these stories about this taxi driver.
She's probably the only taxi driver, female taxi driver in that area.
She's sort of been a hardened woman by life.
The way she carries herself, [Eb] she's strong, she's tough.
She at a young age [Ab] falls in love and is going to be thinking she's going to marry this guy
and at the same time her dad passes away [Fm] unexpectedly.
[F] She's mourning the loss of her dad.
In the midst of all this, in
[Ab] bad timing, her boyfriend asks her to marry him.
She doesn't give him an answer because she's mourning the loss of her dad.
After being rejected from this marriage [Db] proposal, he leaves and [Ab] never comes back.
[Eb] She notices that [C] he tracked out these muddy footprints on her [Ab] floor, on her carpet, and
she refuses to wash [Db] any of them off.
And [Ab] it got me really interested in this story.
I imagined, well why does she keep them?
If I was her, [F] would I keep those around for him?
Each verse is sort of [Ab] an era in her life [Eb] and it [Db] starts as this young [Ab]
optimistic [Db] [Ab] woman [Bb] who
[Ab] is going to get married and her life's [Eb] going to be [Db] amazing.
And [Ab] it kind [Db] of evolves [Ab] and devolves.
[Eb] The name Cleopatra [Ab] is important, I think.
It's why it became the title track to the album.
It sort of embodies this idea more than it is, this isn't this person's name.
This is this idea that when we're young, we feel, I [Db] think, a lot of us like [Ab] we're destined
for something bigger than our small town or destined for greatness or something.
[Eb] For this person who ended up feeling like she was late [Ab] for this, late for that, late
for the love of her life, you know, [Db] and then she's going to die [Ab] alone, I think she started
the same way we all start, which is feeling [Eb] that way.
And it doesn't always go according to that plan.
When [Ab] I
[Eb] talked to her, she said, you know, the two best days of my life were when I got
my divorce and when I had my first, [Db] when I had my only [Ab] son.
[Db] [Ab] And [Eb] it's the opposite of what I've [Fm] heard almost anyone tell me about [Db] their life.
I felt like the courage in [Fm] confronting what your life was really like, it was so rare
to [Ab] hear and see.
And I think that that [Fm] is a big part [Db] of the song.
[Eb] For me, [Ab] the big focus was on sort of honoring that.
The last verse takes it into this idea that she's walking through, in my head, she was
[Db] walking through a nursing home [Ab] telling a nurse how great [Eb] she was as a person, as a woman.
[Ab] She had all these dreams.
She was taller than the rafters.
She was this [Db] force.
She was Cleopatra.
[Ab] And I imagine the nurse [Db] kind of saying, [Ab] I'm sure you were, you know, I'm sure you were
because the younger generation is always [Eb] sort of, we're looking at ourselves and we think
everyone else is kind of [Fm] [Eb] over and crazy.
[Db] I think the best way we learn from each other and actually are [Eb] open to change [Ab] is [Ebm] through
[Db] telling of [Ab] stories.
It's [Db] not through arguments, [Ab] it's not through [Eb] statistics.
Telling stories about characters.
[Ab] And that's, Cleopatra's a character to me that [B] you're trying to tell her [F] story throughout these verses.
Key:
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Eb
Fm
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Ab
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Eb
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
My wife's _ _ best friend is from the Republic of Georgia.
So _ _ _ through _ _ this friend, I end up hearing these stories about this taxi driver.
She's probably the only taxi driver, female taxi driver in that area. _
She's sort of been a hardened woman by life.
The way she carries herself, [Eb] she's strong, she's tough.
She at a young age [Ab] falls in love and is going to be _ thinking she's going to marry this guy
and at the same time her dad passes away [Fm] unexpectedly.
_ _ _ [F] She's mourning the loss of her dad.
In the midst of all this, in _
_ [Ab] bad timing, her boyfriend asks her to marry him.
She doesn't give him an answer because she's mourning the loss of her dad.
After being rejected from this marriage [Db] proposal, he leaves and [Ab] never comes back. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] She notices that [C] he tracked out these muddy footprints on her [Ab] _ floor, on her carpet, and
she refuses to wash [Db] any of them off.
And [Ab] it got me really interested in this story.
I imagined, well why does she keep them?
If I was her, _ [F] would I keep those around for him?
Each verse is sort of [Ab] an era in her life [Eb] and it [Db] starts as this young [Ab]
optimistic [Db] _ [Ab] woman _ [Bb] who
[Ab] is going to get married and her life's [Eb] going to be [Db] amazing.
And [Ab] it kind [Db] of evolves [Ab] and devolves.
[Eb] The name Cleopatra [Ab] _ is important, I think.
It's why it became the title track to the album.
It sort of embodies this idea more than it is, this isn't this person's name.
This is this idea that when we're young, we feel, I [Db] think, a lot of us like [Ab] we're destined
for something bigger than our small town or destined for greatness or something.
[Eb] For this person who ended up feeling like she was late [Ab] for this, late for that, late
for the love of her life, you know, [Db] and then she's going to die [Ab] alone, I think _ she started
the same way we all start, which is feeling [Eb] that way.
And it doesn't always go according to that plan.
When [Ab] I _ _
[Eb] talked to her, she said, you know, the two best days of my life were when I got
my divorce _ and when I had my first, [Db] when I had my only [Ab] son.
_ [Db] _ [Ab] And _ [Eb] _ it's the opposite of what I've _ [Fm] heard almost anyone tell me about [Db] their life.
I felt like the courage in [Fm] confronting what your life was really like, it was so rare
to [Ab] hear and see.
And I think that that [Fm] is a big part [Db] of the song.
[Eb] For me, [Ab] the big focus was on sort of honoring that.
The last verse takes it into this idea that she's walking through, _ in my head, she was
[Db] walking through a nursing home [Ab] telling a nurse _ _ _ _ how great _ _ [Eb] she was as a person, as a woman.
[Ab] She had all these dreams.
She was taller than the rafters.
She was this _ _ [Db] force.
She was Cleopatra.
[Ab] And I imagine the nurse [Db] kind of saying, [Ab] I'm sure you were, you know, I'm sure you were
because the younger generation is always [Eb] sort of, we're looking at ourselves and we think
everyone else is kind of [Fm] [Eb] over and crazy.
[Db] I think the best way we learn from each other and actually are [Eb] open to change _ [Ab] is [Ebm] through
_ [Db] telling of [Ab] stories.
It's [Db] not through arguments, [Ab] it's not through [Eb] statistics.
Telling stories about _ _ characters.
[Ab] And that's, Cleopatra's a character to me that [B] you're trying to tell her [F] story _ _ throughout these verses.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
My wife's _ _ best friend is from the Republic of Georgia.
So _ _ _ through _ _ this friend, I end up hearing these stories about this taxi driver.
She's probably the only taxi driver, female taxi driver in that area. _
She's sort of been a hardened woman by life.
The way she carries herself, [Eb] she's strong, she's tough.
She at a young age [Ab] falls in love and is going to be _ thinking she's going to marry this guy
and at the same time her dad passes away [Fm] unexpectedly.
_ _ _ [F] She's mourning the loss of her dad.
In the midst of all this, in _
_ [Ab] bad timing, her boyfriend asks her to marry him.
She doesn't give him an answer because she's mourning the loss of her dad.
After being rejected from this marriage [Db] proposal, he leaves and [Ab] never comes back. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] She notices that [C] he tracked out these muddy footprints on her [Ab] _ floor, on her carpet, and
she refuses to wash [Db] any of them off.
And [Ab] it got me really interested in this story.
I imagined, well why does she keep them?
If I was her, _ [F] would I keep those around for him?
Each verse is sort of [Ab] an era in her life [Eb] and it [Db] starts as this young [Ab]
optimistic [Db] _ [Ab] woman _ [Bb] who
[Ab] is going to get married and her life's [Eb] going to be [Db] amazing.
And [Ab] it kind [Db] of evolves [Ab] and devolves.
[Eb] The name Cleopatra [Ab] _ is important, I think.
It's why it became the title track to the album.
It sort of embodies this idea more than it is, this isn't this person's name.
This is this idea that when we're young, we feel, I [Db] think, a lot of us like [Ab] we're destined
for something bigger than our small town or destined for greatness or something.
[Eb] For this person who ended up feeling like she was late [Ab] for this, late for that, late
for the love of her life, you know, [Db] and then she's going to die [Ab] alone, I think _ she started
the same way we all start, which is feeling [Eb] that way.
And it doesn't always go according to that plan.
When [Ab] I _ _
[Eb] talked to her, she said, you know, the two best days of my life were when I got
my divorce _ and when I had my first, [Db] when I had my only [Ab] son.
_ [Db] _ [Ab] And _ [Eb] _ it's the opposite of what I've _ [Fm] heard almost anyone tell me about [Db] their life.
I felt like the courage in [Fm] confronting what your life was really like, it was so rare
to [Ab] hear and see.
And I think that that [Fm] is a big part [Db] of the song.
[Eb] For me, [Ab] the big focus was on sort of honoring that.
The last verse takes it into this idea that she's walking through, _ in my head, she was
[Db] walking through a nursing home [Ab] telling a nurse _ _ _ _ how great _ _ [Eb] she was as a person, as a woman.
[Ab] She had all these dreams.
She was taller than the rafters.
She was this _ _ [Db] force.
She was Cleopatra.
[Ab] And I imagine the nurse [Db] kind of saying, [Ab] I'm sure you were, you know, I'm sure you were
because the younger generation is always [Eb] sort of, we're looking at ourselves and we think
everyone else is kind of [Fm] [Eb] over and crazy.
[Db] I think the best way we learn from each other and actually are [Eb] open to change _ [Ab] is [Ebm] through
_ [Db] telling of [Ab] stories.
It's [Db] not through arguments, [Ab] it's not through [Eb] statistics.
Telling stories about _ _ characters.
[Ab] And that's, Cleopatra's a character to me that [B] you're trying to tell her [F] story _ _ throughout these verses.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _