Leonard Cohen - Take this Waltz
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G - No capo
Intro
G Dsus4 D D
Verse 1
G G Em Em Now in Vienna there's ten pretty women G Bm Em Em There's a shoulder where death comes to cry C C D D There's a lobby with nine hundred windows C C *Bm *Am G B7 There's a tree where the doves go to die Em Em Em Em There's a piece that was torn from the morning Am E7 Am Am *G And it hangs in the Gallery of Frost C C *G *Am G G Ay, ay, ay, ay B7 B7 Em Em Take this waltz, take this waltz Am7 Am7 C C Take this waltz with the clamp on its jaws D Em D D
Verse 2
G Bm Em Em Oh, I want you, I want you, I want you G G Em Em On a chair with a dead magazine C C D D In the cave at the tip of the lily C C *Bm *Am G B7 In some hallways where love's ne-ver been Em Em Em Em On a bed where the moon has been sweating Am E7 Am Am *G In a cry filled with footsteps and sand C C *G *Am G G Ay, ay, ay, ay B7 B7 E7 E7 Take this waltz, take this waltz Am7 Am7 C C Take its broken waist in your hand Cdim D#dim Em B7
Chorus 1
Em Em Em Em This waltz, this waltz, this waltz, this waltz Am Am Em Em With its very own breath of brandy and death Am7 Am7 G G Dragging its tail in the sea Dsus4 D
Verse 3
G G Em Em There's a concert hall in Vienna G Bm Em Em Where your mouth had a thousand reviews C C D D There's a bar where the boys have stopped talking C C *Bm *Am G B7 They've been sentenced to death by the blues Em Em Em Em Ah, but who is it climbs to your picture Am E7 Am Am *G With a garland of freshly cut tears? C C *G *Am G G Ay, ay, ay, ay B7 B7 Em Em Take this waltz, take this waltz Am7 Am7 C C Take this waltz, it's been dying for years G G D D
Verse 4
G Bm Em Em There's an attic where children are playing G G Em Em Where I've got to lie down with you soon C C D D In a dream of Hungarian lanterns C C *Bm *Am G B7 In the mist of some sweet af-ter-noon Em Em Em Em And I'll see what you've chained to your sorrow Am E7 Am Am *G All your sheep and your lilies of snow C C *G *Am G G Ay, ay, ay, ay B7 B7 E7 E7 Take this waltz, take this waltz Am7 Am7 C C With its "I'll never forget you, you know!" Cdim D#dim Em B7
Chorus 2
Em Em Em Em This waltz, this waltz, this waltz, this waltz Am Am Em Em With its very own breath of brandy and death Am7 Am7 G G Dragging its tail in the sea Dsus4 D
Verse 5
G G Em Em And I'll dance with you in Vienna G Bm Em Em I'll be wearing a river's disguise C C D D The hyacinth wild on my shoulder C C *Bm *Am G G My mouth on the dew of your thighs G G Em Em And I'll bury my soul in a scrapbook G Bm Em Em With the photographs there and the moss C C D D And I'll yield to the flood of your beauty C C *Bm *Am G B7 My cheap violin and my cross Em Em Em Em And you'll carry me down on your dancing Am E7 Am Am To the pools that you lift on your wrist *G C C *G *Am G G Oh, my love, oh, my love B7 B7 Em Em Take this waltz, take this waltz Am Am C C It's yours now, it's all that there is G G D D
Outtro
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