Take This Waltz

Intro : B . . | F#sus4 . . | F# . . | . . . | B G#m now in vienna there’s ten pretty women B D#m/A# G#m there’s a shoulder where death comes to cry E F# there’s a lobby with nine hundred windows E E D#m C#m B D#7/A# there’s a tree where the doves go to die G#m there’s a piece that was torn from the morning C#m G#7 C#m . . | . . B/D# | and it hangs in the gallery of frost E B/D# C#m B ay , ay , ay , 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# . . | B D#m/A# G#m oh i want you , i want you , i want you B G#m on a chair with a dead magazine E F# in the cave at the tip of the lily E E D#m C#m B D#7/A# in some hallways where love’s never been G#m on a bed where the moon has been sweating C#m G#7 C#m . . | . . B/D# | in a cry filled with footsteps and sand E B/D# C#m B ay , ay , ay , 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# . . | G#m this waltz , this waltz , this waltz , this waltz C#m G#m with its very own breath of brandy and death E6 B . . | . . . | F#sus4 . . | F# . . | dragging its tail in the sea B G#m there’s a concert hall in vienna B D#m/A# G#m where your mouth had a thousand reviews E F# there’s a bar where the boys have stopped talking E E D#m C#m B D#7/A# they’ve been sentenced to death by the blues G#m ah , but who is it climbs to your picture C#m G#7 C#m . . | . . B/D# | with a garland of freshly cut tears? E B/D# C#m B ay , ay , ay , 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# . . | . . . | B D#m/A# G#m there’s an attic where children are playing B G#m where i’ve got to lie down with you soon E F# in a dream of hungarian lanterns E E D#m C#m B D#7/A# in the mist of some sweet afternoon G#m and i’ll 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 B/D# C#m B ay , ay , ay , 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# . . | G#m this waltz , this waltz , this waltz , this waltz C#m G#m with its very own breath of brandy and death E6 B . . | . . . | F#sus4 . . | F# . . | dragging its tail in the sea B G#m and i’ll dance with you in vienna B D#m/A# G#m i’ll be wearing a river’s disguise E F# the hyacinth wild on my shoulder E E D#m C#m B my mouth on the dew of your thighs B G#m and i’ll bury my soul in a scrapbook B D#m/A# G#m with the photographs there , and the moss E F# and i’ll yield to the flood of your beauty E E D#m C#m B D#7/A# my cheap violin and my cross G#m and you’ll carry me down on your dancing C#m G#7 C#m to the pools that you lift on your wrist C#m B/D# E B/D# C#m B oh my love , oh my love 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# . . | . . . | B G#m la , la , la . . . la , la , la . . . B D#m/A# G#m la , la , la . . . la , la , la . . . E F# la , la , la . . . la , la , la . . . E E D#m C#m B D#7/A# la , la , la . . . la , la , la . . . G#m la , la , la . . . la , la , la . . . C#m G#7 C#m C#m B/D# la , la , la . . . la , la , la . . . E B/D# C#m B D#7/G ay , ay , ay , ay