Capo IV
(chords in the brackets are optional)
[Intro]
G Dsus4 D
[Verse 1]
G Em
Now in Vienna there's ten pretty women
G Bm Em
There's a shoulder where Death comes to cry
C D
There's a lobby with nine hundred windows
C (Bm Am) G B7
There's a tree where the doves go to die
Em
There's a piece that was torn from the morning
Am E7 Am (G)
And it hangs in the Gallery of Frost
C (G Am) G
Ay, ay, ay, ay
B7 Em
Take this waltz, take this waltz
A C
Take this waltz with the clamp on its jaws
D Em D
[Verse 2]
G Bm Em
Oh I want you, I want you, I want you
G Em
On a chair with a dead magazine
C D
In the cave at the tip of the lily
C (Bm Am) G B7
In some hallways where love's never been
Em
On a bed where the moon has been sweating
Am E7 Am (G)
In a cry filled with footsteps and sand
C (G Am) G
Ay, ay, ay, ay
B7 Em
Take this waltz, take this waltz
C6 C#m7
Take its broken waist in your hand
Cdim D#dim Em B
[Chorus]
Em
This waltz, this waltz, this waltz, this waltz
Am Em
With its very own breath of brandy and Death
C6 G
Dragging its tail in the sea
Dsus4 D
[Verse 3]
G Em
There's a concert hall in Vienna
G Bm Em
Where your mouth had a thousand reviews
C D
There's a bar where the boys have stopped talking
C (Bm Am) G B7
They've been sentenced to death by the blues
Em
Ah, but who is it climbs to your picture
Am E7 Am (G)
With a garland of freshly cut tears?
C (G Am) G
Ay, ay, ay, ay
B7 Em
Take this waltz, take this waltz
A C
Take this waltz it's been dying for years
G D
[Verse 4]
G Bm Em
There's an attic where children are playing
G Em
Where I've got to lie down with you soon
C D
In a dream of Hungarian lanterns
C (Bm Am) G B7
In the mist of some sweet afternoon
Em
And I'll see what you've chained to your sorrow
Am E7 Am (G)
All your sheep and your lilies of snow
C (G Am) G
Ay, ay, ay, ay
B7 Em
Take this waltz, take this waltz
C6 C#m7
With its "I'll never forget you, you know!"
Cdim D#dim Em B
[Chorus]
Em
This waltz, this waltz, this waltz, this waltz
Am Em
With its very own breath of brandy and Death
C6 G
Dragging its tail in the sea
Dsus4 D
[Verse 5]
G Em
And I'll dance with you in Vienna
G Bm Em
I'll be wearing a river's disguise
C D
The hyacinth wild on my shoulder
C (Bm Am) G
My mouth on the dew of your thighs
G Em
And I'll bury my soul in a scrapbook
G Bm Em
With the photographs there, and the moss
C D
And I'll yield to the flood of your beauty
C (Bm Am) G B7
My cheap violin and my cross
Em
And you'll carry me down on your dancing
Am E7 Am
To the pools that you lift on your wrist
(G) C (G Am) G
Oh my love, oh my love
B7 Em
Take this waltz, take this waltz
Am C
It's yours now, it's all that there is
G D
[Outro]
G Em
La, la, la... La, la, la...
G Bm Em
La, la, la... La, la, la...
C D
La, la, la... La, la, la...
C (Bm Am) G B7
La, la, la... La, la, la...
Em
La, la, la... La, la, la...
Am E7 Am (G)
La, la, la... La, la, la...
C (G Am) G
Ay, ay, ay, ay
B7 Em
Am C
G
