Marika Hackman

Ophelia

Marika Hackman


Tom: Bm

[Intro] B  G
        B  G

B               G     
She who walks alone
         A              Bm
In life is she of sound mind?
     B              G
I am only as old as I've been told
    F#
Now I'm playing for time
Bm              G
Darling take me to the lakeside
A                Bm
Wash my body well
     B            G
I am holy now the water's hit me
Em
Broken from your spell, cause

            Bm    A   Bm
I was on my hands and knees
                     A  Em
Bending at the heart of me

B                  G                A               Bm
We don't know the weight of all the words we say now
     B                     G
In a few more years, with open ears
      F#
Would you still say them aloud?
Bm              G
They who walk alone in life
A                 Bm
They are of sound mind
       B                G
We can only get hurt by things we've heard
    Em
And lovers are unkind

                 Bm  A  Bm
Did you hear the sun go down?
                  A Em
Silent as a child I found
              Bm       A     Em
Hiding in the midnight of my soul
           G      A       Bm    
I am ready now to let her go

B               G              A             Bm
She who walks alone in life is she by herself
       B              G          
We are only as old as we've been told
        F#
And I'm not ready for the shelf
B               G
Darling take me to the lakeside
A               Bm
Lay my body down
     B             G                
I am holy now our skin is touching
Em
Let the sun go out

           Bm    A   Bm
I am on my hands and knees
                     A  Em
Bending at the heart of me
              Bm       A     Em
Hiding in the midnight of my soul
                        G          A          Bm 
Please don't break this shell that I call home