( Natalie Merchant / Indian Love Bride )
Bm
Ophelia was a bride of god
G
a novice Carmelite
D
in sister cells the cloister bells
A
tolled on her wedding night
Bm
Ophelia was a rebel girl
G
a blue stocking suffragette
A
who remedied society
D
between her cigarettes
Bm
Ophelia was a sweetheart
G
to the nation over night
D
curvaceous thighs
vivacious eyes
A
love was at first sight...
Bm G D A
Bm
Ophelia was a demigoddess
G
in pre war Babylon
D
so statuesque a silhouette
A
in black satin evening gowns
Bm
Ophelia was the mistress to a
G
Vegas gambling man
D
Signora Ophelia Maraschina
A
Mafia courtesan
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Bm
Ophelia was a circus queen
G
the female cannonball
D
projected through five flaming hoops
A
to wild and shocked applause...
Bm G D A
Bm
Ophelia was a cyclone, tempest
G
a god damned hurricane
D
your common sense
your best defense
A
lay wasted and in vain
Bm
Ophelia'd know your every woe
G
and pain you'd ever had
D
she'd sympathize
and dry your eyes
D
and help you to forget...
Bm G
and help you to forget...
Bm G
and help you to forget...
Bm
Ophelia's mind went wandering
G
you'd wonder where she'd gone
D
through secret doors
A
down corridors
she'd wander them alone
Bm
all alone…
Por Ana Paula Ozi, e-mail cifras@nataliemerchant.devaneios.com
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