hokai, so ... this is my first submission, so ... having said that, be gentle. ^_^ 
This is a simple, beautiful and dramatic song. Enjoy!

OPHELIA
By Natalie Merchant
from the album, "Ophelia"

Am/F/C/G

(I like to capo on the first fret, and I use a basic finger-picking pattern, 
except during the end, which builds.)

Am (x02210@1)                          FOphelia (133211@1)was a bride of God, a novice Carmellite
C (x32010@1)                                Gin (320003@1)sister cells the cloister bells tolled on her wedding night
Am (x02210@1)                                 FAnd (133211@1)Ophelia was a rebel girl, a blue stockinged suffragette
    C (x32010@1)                Gwho (320003@1)remedied society between her cigarettes

Am (x02210@1)                          FOphelia (133211@1)was a sweetheart to a nation overnight
   C (x32010@1)                              G (320003@1)Curvacious thighs, vivacious eyes--love was at first sight
         Am (x02210@1)            FC GLove (320003@1)was at first sight

Am (x02210@1)                                 FOphelia (133211@1)was a demi-goddess in pre-war babylon
    C (x32010@1)                        Gso (320003@1)statuesque, a silhouette in black satin evening gown

Am (x02210@1)                            FAnd (133211@1)Ophelia was a mistress to a Vegas gambling man
   C (x32010@1)                        GSignora (320003@1)Ophelia, Maraschina, Mafia Courtesan

Am (x02210@1)                                 FAnd (133211@1)Ophelia was a circus queen, the female cannonball
    C (x32010@1)                                  GProjected (320003@1)through five flaming hoops to wild and shocked applause,
              Am (x02210@1)           F (133211@1)              C (x32010@1)                  Gto (320003@1)wild and shocked applause            Hey, hey .... heeeeey hey hey

(played louder, dramatically and with feeling)

Am (x02210@1)                              FOphelia (133211@1)was a tempest cyclone, a G*d-damned hurricane
       C (x32010@1)                                GYour (320003@1)common sense, your best defense lay wasted and in vain
Am (x02210@1)                                       FFor (133211@1)Ophelia knows your every woe and every pain you've ever had
       C (x32010@1)                              GShe'd (320003@1)sympathize and dry your eyes and help you to forget 
              Am (x02210@1)         Fand (133211@1)help you to forget ...
              C (x32010@1)          Gand (320003@1)help you to forget ...

(quietly and slowly)

Am (x02210@1)                                  FOphelia's (133211@1)mind went wondering, you'd wondered where she'd gone
C (x32010@1)                                    GThrough (320003@1)secret doors, down corridors, she's wandered them all alone
Am (x02210@1)                                 FC GAll (320003@1)alone ...