3′ 2′ (1’35) 1′ 3′ 5′
I was Cle-o-pat-ra,

3′ 5′ (6’1′) 6′ 5′ 5′ (3’1’5)
I was young and an ac-tress.

3′ 5′ (6’1′) 6′ 5′ 5′ (3’1’5) 3′ 5′ 2′ 2′ (2’7)
When you knelt by my mat-tress and asked for my hand.

1′ 3′ 2′ (1’35) 1′ 3′ 5′
But I was sad you asked it,

3′ 5′ (6’1′) 6′ 5′ 5′ (3’1’5)
as I laid in a black dress.

3′ 5′ (6’1′) 6′ 6′ 5′ 5′ (3’1’5) 3′ 5′ 3′ (2’7)
With my fa-ther in a cas-ket, I had no plans,

3′ 2′ 1′
yeah.

3′ 2′ (1’35) 1′ (3’1’5) 5′
And I left the foot-prints,

3′ 5′ (6’1′) 6′ 5′ 5′ (3’1’5)
the mud stained on the car-pet.

6 1” (6’4′) 6′ 6′ 5′ 5′ (3’1’5) 3′ 5′ 3′ (2’7)
And it hard-ened like my heart did when you left town.

3′ 2′ (1’35) 2′ 3′ 5′
But I must ad-mit it,

1′ 3′ 5′ (6’1′) 6′ 6′ 5′ 3′ 5′ (3’1’5)
that I would mar-ry you in an in-stant.

3′ 5′ (6’1′) 5′ 6′ 5′ 5′ 3′ 3′ 3′ 5′ 3′ 2′ (2’7)
Damn your wife, I’d be your mis-tress, just to have you a-round.

1′ 3′ 2′ (1’35) 1′ 1′ (6’4’1′) 5′ 5′
But I was late for this, late for that.

(6’4’1′) 5′ 5′ (5’5) 3′ 3′ 3′ 2′
Late for the love of my life.

1′ 3′ 2′ 1′ 1′ (52) 5 5 (6’4’1′) 5′ 5′
And when I die a-lone, when I die a-lone,

6′ 5′ 5′ 3′ 3′ (2’7) 3′ 4′ 3′ 2′
die I’ll be on time, ahh.

1′ 3′ 2′ (1’35) 2′ 3′ 5′
And while the church dis-cour-aged

3′ 5′ (6’4’1′) 5′ 6′ 5′ 5′ 3′
an-y lust that burned with-in me.

3′ 5′ (6’1′) 5′ 6′ 5′ 5′ 3′ 3′ 3′ 5′ 3′ (2’7)
Yes, my flesh, it was not cur-ren-cy but I held true.

3′ 2′ (1’35) 2′ 3′ 5′
So I drive a tax-i

3′ 5′ (6’1′) 6′ 5′ 5′ 3′
and the traf-fic dis-tracts me

3′ 5′ (6’4’1′) 6′ 6′ 5′ 5′ 3′ 1′ 1′ 5′ 3′ 3′ (2’7)
from the strang-ers in my back-seat. They re-mind me of you.

1′ 3′ 2′ (1’35) 1′ (52) (6’4’1′) 5′ 5′
But I was late for this, late for that.

(6’4’1′) 5′ 5′ (5’5) 3′ 3′ 3′ (2’7)
Late for the love of my life.

5 3′ 2′ (1’35) 1′ (52) 5 5 (6’4’1′) 5′ 5′
And when I die a-lone, when I die a-lone,

5 5 6′ 5′ (5’5) 3′ 3′ (2’7)
when I die, I’ll be on time.

6 (6’1′) 6′ 6′ 6′ 5′ (3’1’5)
The on-ly gifts from my Lord

1′ (6’4’1′) 1” 7′ 5′ 3′
were birth and a di-vorce.

1′ 2′ (3’1’5) 5′ 5′ 5′ 6′ 5′ 3′ 2′ (1’63)
But I’ve read this script, and the cos-tume fits,

3′ 5′ (5’5) 7 1′
so I’ll play my part.

3′ 2′ (1’35) 2′ 3′ 5′
I was Cle-o-pat-ra,

3′ 5′ (6’4’1′) 6′ 6′ 5′ (5’5) 3′
I was tall-er than the raft-ers.

3′ 5′ (6’1′) 6′ 5′ 5′ 3′ 5′ 2′ 2′ (2’7)
But that’s all in the past now, gone with the wind.

1′ 3′ 2′ (1’35) 2′ 3′ 5′
And now a nurse in white shoes

3′ 5′ 6′ (6’4’1′) 5′ 5′ (3’1’5)
leads me back to my guest-room.

3′ 5′ (6’61’) 6′ 5′ 5′ 3′ 2′ 1′
It’s a bed and a bath-room

1′ 1′ 5′ 2′ 2′ (2’7)
and a place for the end.

1′ 3′ 2′ (1’35) 1′ 5 (6’4’1′) 5′ 5′
I won’t be late for this, late for that.

(6’4’1′) 5′ 5′ (5’5) 3′ 3′ 3′ (2’7)
Late for the love of my life.

5 3′ 2′ (1’35) 1′ (52) 5 5 (6’4’1′) 5′ 5′
And when I die a-lone, when I die a-lone,

5 5 6′ 5′ (5’5) 3′ 3′ (2’7)
when I die I’ll be on time,

(3’57) 4′ 3′ 2′
ahh.

• Artist: The Lumineers
• Kalimba Brand: Chill Angels

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How To Read The Tabs

SOLFEGE	DO	RE	MI	FA	SO	LA	TI
Letter Notes	C	D	E	F	G	A	B
Number Notes	1	2	3	4	5	6	7

-A dot above a musical note (ex: 1° 2°°) raises it to a higher octave.
-Notes inside a parentheses (ex: (135) ) are played together (slide/glissando)
-The tabs/notes posted on this site are designed to be played on kalimba, but you can also play it on other instruments like: piano ,flute, recorder, ocarina , glockenspiel, clarinet, xylophone, otamatone, and etc. Simply use our online kalimba tab converter to convert the tabs/notes to SOLFEGE (do re mi) or letter notation (C D E).