Band, Ophelia (1975)
Key: :[F#] (w: Robbie Robertson)
VERSE 1:
[F#] Boards on the window,
[A#7] mail by the door
[D#7] What would anybody leave so
[G#7] quickly for?
Op-
[B]-elia,
[C#7] where have you
[F#] gone?
[D#7] [G#7] [C#7]
VERSE 2:
[F#] The old neighborhood,
[A#7] just ain't the same
[D#7] Nobody knows just what
[G#7] became of...
Op-
[B]-elia,
[C#7] tell me, what went
[F#] wrong?
[D#7] [G#7] [C#7]
BRIDGE:
[B] Was it somethin' that some-
[F#]-body said?
[C#7] Mama, I know we broke the
[F#] rules
[B] Was somebody up
[F#] against the law?
[C#7] Honey, you know I'd die for
[C#7+5] you
VERSE 3:
[F#] Ashes of laughter,
[A#7] the ghost is clear
[D#7] Why do the best things always
[G#7] disappear
Like Op-
[B]-helia,
[C#7] please darken my
[F#] door
[D#7] [G#7] [C#7]
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE x2]
REPEAT BRIDGE:
VERSE 4:
[F#] They got your number,
[A#7] scared and runnin'
[D#7] But I'm still waitin' for the
[G#7] second comin' of
Op-
[B]-helia,
[C#7] Come back
[F#] home
[D#7] [G#7] [C#7]
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE x2]