Intro: B . . F#4 . . 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
E? . . G? . . 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#4 . . 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!"
E? . . G? . . 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#4 . . 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
