Intro: B5 . . F#5 . . F#5 . . . . . B5 Ab5 Now in Vienna there's ten pretty women B5 Eb5 Ab5 There's a shoulder where Death comes to cry E5 F#5 There's a lobby with nine hundred windows E5 E5 Eb5 C#5 B5 Eb5 There's a tree where the doves go to die Ab5 There's a piece that was torn from the morning C#5 Ab5 C#5 . . . . B5 And it hangs in the Gallery of Frost E5 B5 C#5 B5 Ay, Ay, Ay, Ay Eb5 Ab5 Take this waltz, take this waltz C#5 E5 . . . . . Take this waltz with the clamp on its jaws F#5 . . Ab5 . . F#5 . . F#5 . . B5 Eb5 Ab5 Oh I want you, I want you, I want you B5 Ab5 On a chair with a dead magazine E5 F#5 In the cave at the tip of the lily E5 E5 Eb5 C#5 B5 Eb5 In some hallways where love's never been Ab5 On a bed where the moon has been sweating C#5 Ab5 C#5 . . . . B5 In a cry filled with footsteps and sand E5 B5 C#5 B5 Ay, Ay, Ay, Ay Eb5 Ab5 Take this waltz, take this waltz E5 Fm7-5 . . . . . Take its broken waist in your hand E5 . . G5 . . Ab5 . . Eb5 . . Ab5 This waltz, this waltz, this waltz, this waltz C#5 Ab5 With its very own breath of brandy and Death E5 B5 . . . . . F#5 . . F#5 . . Dragging its tail in the sea B5 Ab5 There's a concert hall in Vienna B5 Eb5 Ab5 Where your mouth had a thousand reviews E5 F#5 There's a bar where the boys have stopped talking E5 E5 Eb5 C#5 B5 Eb5 They've been sentenced to death by the blues Ab5 Ah, but who is it climbs to your picture C#5 Ab5 C#5 . . . . B5 With a garland of freshly cut tears? E5 B5 C#5 B5 Ay, Ay, Ay, Ay Eb5 Ab5 Take this waltz, take this waltz C#5 E5 . . . . . Take this waltz it's been dying for years B5 . . . . . F#5 . . . . . B5 Eb5 Ab5 There's an attic where children are playing B5 Ab5 Where I've got to lie down with you soon E5 F#5 In a dream of Hungarian lanterns E5 E5 Eb5 C#5 B5 Eb5 In the mist of some sweet afternoon Ab5 And I'll see what you've chained to your sorrow C#5 Ab5 C#5 . . . . B5 All your sheep and your lilies of snow E5 B5 C#5 B5 Ay, Ay, Ay, Ay Eb5 Ab5 Take this waltz, take this waltz E5 Fm7-5 . . . . . With its "I'll never forget you, you know!" E5 . . G5 . . Ab5 . . Eb5 . . Ab5 This waltz, this waltz, this waltz, this waltz C#5 Ab5 With its very own breath of brandy and Death E5 B5 . . . . . F#5 . . F#5 . . Dragging its tail in the sea B5 Ab5 And I'll dance with you in Vienna B5 Eb5 Ab5 I'll be wearing a river's disguise E5 F#5 The hyacinth wild on my shoulder E5 E5 Eb5 C#5 B5 My mouth on the dew of your thighs B5 Ab5 And I'll bury my soul in a scrapbook B5 Eb5 Ab5 With the photographs there, and the moss E5 F#5 And I'll yield to the flood of your beauty E5 E5 Eb5 C#5 B5 Eb5 My cheap violin and my cross Ab5 And you'll carry me down on your dancing C#5 Ab5 C#5 To the pools that you lift on your wrist C#5 B5 E5 B5 C#5 B5 Oh my love, Oh my love Eb5 Ab5 Take this waltz, take this waltz C#5 E5 . . . . . It's yours now, it's all that there is B5 . . . . . F#5 . . . . . B5 Ab5 La, la, la... La, la, la... B5 Eb5 Ab5 La, la, la... La, la, la... E5 F#5 La, la, la... La, la, la... E5 E5 Eb5 C#5 B5 Eb5 La, la, la... La, la, la... Ab5 La, la, la... La, la, la... C#5 Ab5 C#5 C#5 B5 La, la, la... La, la, la... E5 B5 C#5 B5 Eb5 Ay, Ay, Ay, Ay