Natalie Merchant - Ophelia
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hokai, so ... this is my first submission, so ... having said that, be gentle. ^_^
This is a simple, beautiful and dramatic song. Enjoy!
OPHELIA
By Natalie Merchant
from the album, "Ophelia"
Am/F/C/G
(I like to capo on the first fret, and I use a basic finger-picking pattern,
except during the end, which builds.)
AmOphelia was a bride of God, a Fnovice Carmellite
Cin sister cells the cloister bells Gtolled on her wedding night
AmAnd Ophelia was a rebel girl, a blue Fstockinged suffragette
who Cremedied society beGtween her cigarettes
AmOphelia was a sweetheart to a Fnation overnight
CurCvacious thighs, vivacious eyes--lGove was at first sight
Love was Amat first sight F C G
AmOphelia was a demi-goddess in pre-warF babylon
so sCtatuesque, a silhouette in Gblack satin evening gown
AmAnd Ophelia was a mistress to a FVegas gambling man
SigCnora Ophelia, Maraschina, MGafia Courtesan
AmAnd Ophelia was a circus queen, the fFemale cannonball
ProjCected through five flaming hoops to wGild and shocked applause,
to wild and shAmocked applause F Hey, hCey .... heeeeey hey hGey
(played louder, dramatically and with feeling)
AmOphelia was a tempest cyclone, a GF*d-damned hurricane
Your coCmmon sense, your best defense lay wGasted and in vain
AmFor Ophelia knows your every woe and every Fpain you've ever had
She'd sCympathize and dry your eyes and hGelp you to forget
and help you tAmo forget ... F
and help you tCo forget ... G
(quietly and slowly)
AmOphelia's mind went wondering, you'd wFondered where she'd gone
CThrough secret doors, down corridors, sGhe's wandered them all alone
AmAll alone ... F C G