{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1026561,"song":"Ophelia","artist":"Natalie Merchant","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11226488-ophelia-chords-by-natalie-merchant/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1026561?type=chord","rating":4.98641,"votes":61,"content":"OPHELIA\r\nBy Natalie Merchant\r\nfrom the album, \"Ophelia\"\r\n\r\nCapo on 4th fret\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOphelia was a bride of God, a novice Carmellite[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nin sister cells the cloister bells tolled on her wedding night[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd Ophelia was a rebel girl, a blue stockinged suffragette[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwho remedied society between her cigarettes[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOphelia was a sweetheart to a nation overnight[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch] \r\nCurvacious thighs, vivacious eyes--love was at first sight[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLove was at first sight[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOphelia was a demi-goddess in pre-war babylon[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nso statuesque, a silhouette in black satin evening gown[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd Ophelia was a mistress to a Vegas gambling man[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSignora Ophelia, Maraschina, Mafia Courtesan[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd Ophelia was a circus queen, the female cannonball[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nProjected through five flaming hoops to wild and shocked applause,[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nto wild and shocked applause        Hey, hey .... heeeeey hey hey[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n(played louder, dramatically and with feeling)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOphelia was a tempest cyclone, a God-damned hurricane[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYour common sense, your best defense lay wasted and in vain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFor Ophelia knows your every woe and every pain you've ever had[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe'd sympathize and dry your eyes and help you to forget [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nand help you to forget ...[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand help you to forget ...[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n(quietly and slowly)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOphelia's mind went wondering, you'd wondered where she'd gone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThrough secret doors, down corridors, she's wandered them all alone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll alone ...[/tab]","plain_text":"OPHELIA\nBy Natalie Merchant\nfrom the album, \"Ophelia\"\n\nCapo on 4th fret\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(played louder, dramatically and with feeling)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(quietly and slowly)","chords":["Am","F","C","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}