VERSE 1:
[G#] Boards on the window, [C7] mail by the door
[F7] What would anybody leave so [A#7] quickly for?
Op-[C#]-elia, [D#7] where have you [G#] gone? [F7] [A#7] [D#7]

VERSE 2:
[G#] The old neighborhood, [C7] just ain't the same
[F7] Nobody knows just what [A#7] became of...
Op-[C#]-elia, [D#7] tell me, what went [G#] wrong? [F7] [A#7] [D#7]

BRIDGE:
[C#] Was it somethin' that some-[G#]-body said?
[D#7] Mama, I know we broke the [G#] rules
[C#] Was somebody up [G#] against the law?
[D#7] Honey, you know I'd die for [D#7+5] you

VERSE 3:
[G#] Ashes of laughter, [C7] the ghost is clear
[F7] Why do the best things always [A#7] disappear
Like Op-[C#]-helia, [D#7] please darken my [G#] door [F7] [A#7] [D#7]

INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE x2]

REPEAT BRIDGE:

VERSE 4:
[G#] They got your number, [C7] scared and runnin'
[F7] But I'm still waitin' for the [A#7] second comin' of
Op-[C#]-helia, [D#7] Come back [G#] home [F7] [A#7] [D#7]

INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE x2]