Take This Waltz Leonard Cohen
Intro: B . . |F#sus4 . . |F# . . |. . . |
Now in Vi[B]enna there's ten pretty w[G#m]omen
There's a [B]shoulder where D[D#m/a#]eath comes to cr[G#m]y
There's a [E]lobby with nine hundred w[F#]indows
There's a [E]tree where the d[E]oves [D#m]go t[C#m]o di[B]e[D#7/a#]
There's a p[G#m]iece that was torn from the morning
C#m G#7 C#m . . |. . B/d# |
And it hangs in the Gallery of Frost
[E]Ay,[B/d#] Ay, [C#m]Ay, [B]Ay
D#7/g G#m
Take this waltz, take this waltz
C#/f E . . |. . . |
Take this waltz with the clamp on its jaws
F# . . |G#m . . |F#/a# . . |F# . . |
Oh I w[B]ant you, I w[D#m/a#]ant you, I wa[G#m]nt you
On a ch[B]air with a dead magaz[G#m]ine
In the c[E]ave at the tip of the l[F#]ily
In some h[E]allways where l[E]ove'[D#m]s ne[C#m]ver b[B]een[D#7/a#]
On a [G#m]bed where the moon has been sweating
C#m G#7 C#m . . |. . B/d# |
In a cry filled with footsteps and sand
[E]Ay,[B/d#] Ay, [C#m]Ay, [B]Ay
D#7/g G#7/F#
Take this waltz, take this waltz
E6 Fm7-5 . . |. . . |
Take its broken waist in your hand
Edim . . |Gdim . . |G#m . . |D# . . |
This w[G#m]altz, this waltz, this waltz, this waltz
With its v[C#m]ery own breath of b[G#m]randy and Death
E6 B . . |. . . |F#sus4 . . |F# . . |
Dragging its tail in the sea
There's a c[B]oncert hall in Vi[G#m]enna
Where your [B]mouth had a th[D#m/a#]ousand rev[G#m]iews
There's a b[E]ar where the boys have stopped t[F#]alking
They've been s[E]entenced to dea[E]th [D#m]by t[C#m]he bl[B]ues[D#7/a#]
Ah, but [G#m]who is it climbs to your picture
C#m G#7 C#m . . |. . B/d# |
With a garland of freshly cut tears?
[E]Ay,[B/d#] Ay, [C#m]Ay, [B]Ay
D#7/g G#m
Take this waltz, take this waltz
C#m E . . |. . . |
Take this waltz it's been dying for years
B . . |. . . |F# . . |. . . |
There's an a[B]ttic where ch[D#m/a#]ildren are pla[G#m]ying
Where I've g[B]ot to lie down with you s[G#m]oon
In a d[E]ream of Hungarian la[F#]nterns
In the m[E]ist of some sw[E]ee[D#m]t af[C#m]tern[B]oon[D#7/a#]
And I'll [G#m]see what you've chained to your sorrow
C#m G#7 C#m . . |. . B/d# |
All your sheep and your lilies of snow
[E]Ay,[B/d#] Ay, [C#m]Ay, [B]Ay
D#7/g G#7/F#
Take this waltz, take this waltz
E6 Fm7-5 . . |. . . |
With its "I'll never forget you, you know!"
Edim . . |Gdim . . |G#m . . |D# . . |
This w[G#m]altz, this waltz, this waltz, this waltz
With its v[C#m]ery own breath of b[G#m]randy and Death
E6 B . . |. . . |F#sus4 . . |F# . . |
Dragging its tail in the sea
And I'll d[B]ance with you in Vi[G#m]enna
I'll be we[B]aring a r[D#m/a#]iver's disg[G#m]uise
The hy[E]acinth wild on my sh[F#]oulder
My mo[E]uth on the d[E]ew [D#m]of y[C#m]our th[B]ighs
And I'll b[B]ury my soul in a sc[G#m]rapbook
With the ph[B]otographs there[D#m/a#], and the m[G#m]oss
And I'll y[E]ield to the flood of your b[F#]eauty
My ch[E]eap viol[E]in [D#m]and [C#m]my cr[B]oss[D#7/a#]
And you'll c[G#m]arry me down on your dancing
To the p[C#m]ools that you l[G#7]ift on your wr[C#m]ist
[C#m]Oh m[B/d#]y lov[E]e, [B/d#]Oh my[C#m] lov[B]e
D#7/g G#m
Take this waltz, take this waltz
C#m E . . |. . . |
It's yours now, it's all that there is
B . . |. . . |F# . . |. . . |
L[B]a, la, la...[G#m] La, la, la...
L[B]a, la, [D#m/a#]la... L[G#m]a, la, la...
L[E]a, la, la... L[F#]a, la, la...
L[E]a, [E]la,[D#m] la.[C#m].. L[B]a, la, la...[D#7/a#]
L[G#m]a, la, la... La, la, la...
L[C#m]a, la, [G#7]la... L[C#m]a, la, la...[C#m] [B/d#]
E B/d# C#m B D#7/g
Ay, Ay, Ay, Ay
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