Intro: B . . |F#sus4 . . |F# . . |. . . |

         B                        Abm
Now in Vienna there's ten pretty women
          B               Ebm/Bb          Abm
There's a shoulder where Death comes to cry
          E                        F#
There's a lobby with nine hundred windows
          E               E    Ebm C#m B   Eb7/Bb
There's a tree where the doves go to die
           Abm
There's a piece that was torn from the morning
        C#m          Ab7        C#m . . |. . B/D# |
And it hangs in the Gallery of Frost
E  B/D# C#m B
Ay, Ay, Ay, Ay
           Eb7/G            Abm
Take this waltz, take this waltz
           C#/F                        E . . |. . . |
Take this waltz with the clamp on its jaws

F# . . |Abm . . |F#/Bb . . |F# . . |

      B           Ebm/Bb       Abm
Oh I want you, I want you, I want you
       B                    Abm
On a chair with a dead magazine
        E                      F#
In the cave at the tip of the lily
         E              E   Ebm C#m  B   Eb7/Bb
In some hallways where love's never been
     Abm
On a bed where the moon has been sweating
     C#m              Ab7           C#m . . |. . B/D# |
In a cry filled with footsteps and sand
E  B/D# C#m B
Ay, Ay, Ay, Ay
           Eb7/G            Ab7/F#
Take this waltz, take this waltz
           E6                  Fm7-5 . . |. . . |
Take its broken waist in your hand

Edim . . |Gdim . . |Abm . . |Eb . . |
      Abm
This waltz, this waltz, this waltz, this waltz
          C#m                Abm
With its very own breath of brandy and Death
  E6                      B . . |. . . |F#sus4 . . |F# . . |
Dragging its tail in the sea
           B                Abm
There's a concert hall in Vienna
           B             Ebm/Bb    Abm
Where your mouth had a thousand reviews
           E                               F#
There's a bar where the boys have stopped talking
              E              E  Ebm C#m  B    Eb7/Bb
They've been sentenced to death by the blues
        Abm
Ah, but who is it climbs to your picture
        C#m         Ab7        C#m . . |. . B/D# |
With a garland of freshly cut tears?
E  B/D# C#m B
Ay, Ay, Ay, Ay
           Eb7/G            Abm
Take this waltz, take this waltz
           C#m                       E . . |. . . |
Take this waltz it's been dying for years

B . . |. . . |F# . . |. . . |

            B            Ebm/Bb        Abm
There's an attic where children are playing
            B                        Abm
Where I've got to lie down with you soon
      E                   F#
In a dream of Hungarian lanterns
        E             E Ebm C#m B    Eb7/Bb
In the mist of some sweet afternoon
         Abm
And I'll see what you've chained to your sorrow
         C#m             Ab7        C#m . . |. . B/D# |
All your sheep and your lilies of snow
E  B/D# C#m B
Ay, Ay, Ay, Ay
           Eb7/G            Ab7/F#
Take this waltz, take this waltz
                E6                     Fm7-5 . . |. . . |
With its "I'll never forget you, you know!"

Edim . . |Gdim . . |Abm . . |Eb . . |
      Abm
This waltz, this waltz, this waltz, this waltz
          C#m                Abm
With its very own breath of brandy and Death
  E6                      B . . |. . . |F#sus4 . . |F# . . |
Dragging its tail in the sea
          B                  Abm
And I'll dance with you in Vienna
          B        Ebm/Bb     Abm
I'll be wearing a river's disguise
      E                   F#
The hyacinth wild on my shoulder
     E           E  Ebm C#m   B
My mouth on the dew of your thighs
          B                  Abm
And I'll bury my soul in a scrapbook
           B              Ebm/Bb     Abm
With the photographs there, and the moss
          E                          F#
And I'll yield to the flood of your beauty
     E       E  Ebm C#m  B    Eb7/Bb
My cheap violin and my cross
            Abm
And you'll carry me down on your dancing
        C#m            Ab7           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
           Eb7/G            Abm
Take this waltz, take this waltz
      C#m                           E . . |. . . |
It's yours now, it's all that there is

B . . |. . . |F# . . |. . . |

 B           Abm
La, la, la... La, la, la...
 B      Ebm/Bb Abm
La, la, la... La, la, la...
 E             F#
La, la, la... La, la, la...
 E  E  Ebm C#m B            Eb7/Bb
La, la, la... La, la, la...
 Abm
La, la, la... La, la, la...
 C#m    Ab7    C#m         C#m B/D#
La, la, la... La, la, la...
E  B/D# C#m B      Eb7/G
Ay, Ay, Ay, Ay