Ophelia Chords by Natalie Merchant
Tempo:
113.95 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[C#m]
Ophelia was a bride of God, [A] a novice common light
[E] In sister's house the cloister bells [B] tolled on [C#m] her
a [A] blue stocking suffragette
[E] Who remedied society [B] between her cigarettes
[C#m] And Ophelia was the sweetheart to [A] a nation overnight
[E] Curvaceous eyes, vivacious eyes, [B] love was at her side
[C#m] was at her side,
Ophelia was a bride of God, [A] a novice common light
[E] In sister's house the cloister bells [B] tolled on [C#m] her
a [A] blue stocking suffragette
[E] Who remedied society [B] between her cigarettes
[C#m] And Ophelia was the sweetheart to [A] a nation overnight
[E] Curvaceous eyes, vivacious eyes, [B] love was at her side
[C#m] was at her side,
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_ Ophelia was a bride of God, [A] a novice common light _
_ [E] In sister's house the cloister _ bells [B] tolled on _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] her
Ophelia was the rebel girl, a [A] blue stocking _ suffragette _
_ [E] _ Who remedied _ society _ [B] between her _ cigarettes _
[C#m] And Ophelia was the sweetheart to [A] a nation _ overnight _ _
_ [E] Curvaceous eyes, vivacious eyes, [B] love was at her side
Love [C#m] was at her side, _ _ _
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_ [E] love _ _ _ _ _
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_ [C#m] Ophelia was a damning goddess [A] in pre-war Babylon
[B] So _ [E] _ _ statuesque, a silhouette [B] in black satin evening gown _ _
_ [C#m] _ Ophelia was the mistress to [A] a vague-ass gambling man _
_ [E] Signior Ophelia, _ _ maluscina, [B] mafia goddess that _
_ [C#m] _ Ophelia was the circus queen, [A] the female fan of the ball _
_ [E] _ _ Projected by flaming goose [B] to wild and sharp claws
To wild [C#m] and sharp claws _ _ _
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_ [B] _ _ Ophelia _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ was the [D#] tramp, a psycho, [A] the god, the murloc king
[E] Your politics, your best defense, [B] _ wasted and in vain _
_ [C#m] Ophelia _ knowed your every woe and [A] every pain you'd ever had _
[E] She'd _ sympathize, try your eyes, [B] _ help you forget
And help you [C#m] to forget, _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ and [C#m] help you to forget _ _ _ _
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_ [C#m] _ Ophelia's mind went wandering, _ [A] you'd wonder where she'd gone
_ [E] Through secret doors, down corridors, _ [B] she'd wander them alone, _
_ [C#m] all alone _ _ _
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[C#] [D#] alone
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_ Ophelia was a bride of God, [A] a novice common light _
_ [E] In sister's house the cloister _ bells [B] tolled on _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] her
Ophelia was the rebel girl, a [A] blue stocking _ suffragette _
_ [E] _ Who remedied _ society _ [B] between her _ cigarettes _
[C#m] And Ophelia was the sweetheart to [A] a nation _ overnight _ _
_ [E] Curvaceous eyes, vivacious eyes, [B] love was at her side
Love [C#m] was at her side, _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] love _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#m] Ophelia was a damning goddess [A] in pre-war Babylon
[B] So _ [E] _ _ statuesque, a silhouette [B] in black satin evening gown _ _
_ [C#m] _ Ophelia was the mistress to [A] a vague-ass gambling man _
_ [E] Signior Ophelia, _ _ maluscina, [B] mafia goddess that _
_ [C#m] _ Ophelia was the circus queen, [A] the female fan of the ball _
_ [E] _ _ Projected by flaming goose [B] to wild and sharp claws
To wild [C#m] and sharp claws _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ Ophelia _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ was the [D#] tramp, a psycho, [A] the god, the murloc king
[E] Your politics, your best defense, [B] _ wasted and in vain _
_ [C#m] Ophelia _ knowed your every woe and [A] every pain you'd ever had _
[E] She'd _ sympathize, try your eyes, [B] _ help you forget
And help you [C#m] to forget, _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ and [C#m] help you to forget _ _ _ _
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_ [C#m] _ Ophelia's mind went wandering, _ [A] you'd wonder where she'd gone
_ [E] Through secret doors, down corridors, _ [B] she'd wander them alone, _
_ [C#m] all alone _ _ _
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[C#] [D#] alone
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