Caligula Cifras

[Verse 1]
F            C
The emperor awoke today
     G                Am
His golden curls in disarray
F                C
Fever swole his holy brain
    G              Am
He barely got one sandal laced
F                   C
Before he stumbled to the door
     G                  Am
His guards asleep there on the floor
F                  C
Stepping down the marble hall
   G                Am
He braced his arm against the wall
   F   C            G                   Am
And all around him bounced the morning light
F   C               G                Am
All that he could smell was his own skin
Am
That’s when it hit him
Am6
Like Jove’s lightning
 
[Chorus 1]
Am
He said I want to be selfish
             C
I want to be selfish
        F             C
I have held myself upside down
        G              Am
Like a purse above a crowd
            F         G
I feel all emptied out
                   Am6
And I want to be selfish
 
[Bridge]
Am
I want to be
     G
I want to be
Dm                         Am
Three black snakes in an olive tree
    F                  C
And I want to be a charioteer
        G               Am
With a tattoo on each bicep
Am
I want to be
        G
I want to be
     Dm                  Am
The tallest wave in the Ionian Sea
      F                C
Oh, senators, are you hearing me?
G                             Am
Write this down, you better write this
F  C
Down
G                             Am
Write this down, you better write this
F  C G
Down
 
[Verse 2]
F        C
I awoke today to see
G       Am
A Caligula in me
F           C
Reclining against my spleen
G                      Am
Sweating, shouting, shivering
F                C
Oh he hates to hear me speak
G                  Am
Supplicating, mild, and meek
F                 C
Throws his chalice at me
     G                Am
It clatters down my arteries
F        C            G                 Am
And all day long, I keep him nice and small
F    C              G               Am
All night long, he works at growing tall
Am
That’s when he gets his'
Am6
Song in my head
 
[Chorus 2]
Am
It goes I want to be selfish
               C
I want to be selfish
       F            C
I have held myself upside down
        G              Am
Like a purse above a crowd
           F          G
I feel all emptied out
                   Am
And I want to be selfish
               C
I want to be selfish
        F           C
I have held myself upside down
      G                 Am
Till nothing more came out
             F       G
I feel all emptied out
 
[Outro]
G
And I want to be
          C    F  C  G  Am  F  G
I want to (hmmm)
                Am
I want to be selfish
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