Am      Em   
Dear Ophelia,
Am            Em
   I love you dear,
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I'm sorry that I haven't been here.
Am       Em
Dear Ophelia, 
Am              Em
   You know I'm hurt,
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It's been two whole months since he was laid in the dirt.

Am      Em        Am           Em
Dear Ophelia, I'm sorry that I lied,
  Am        Em      Am          Em
I really do mean to make you my bride
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We've been through this, I'll treat you well,
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I'm sorry I'm making your life a hell.

Am      Em         Am                Em
Dear Ophelia, your father thinks I'm mad,
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If truth be known, I think he'd be not glad,
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If my dear Ophelia, 
Am            Em
   We were to wed,
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And I took you to our wedding bed.

Am      Em      Am              Em
Dear Ophelia, I know that he is dead,
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But what he told me last night lays on me like lead.
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In the orchard he lay sleeping, that's why he didn't hear,
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His brother crept up, and poured poison in his ear.