TAKE THIS WALTZ LEONARD COHEN
Intro: A E
A F#m
Now in Vienna there's ten pretty women
A A/Ab F#m
There's a shoulder where Death comes to cry
D E
There's a lobby with nine hundred windows
D A A/Ab
There's a tree where the doves go to die
F#m
There's a piece that was torn from the morning
Bm Bsus2/F# Bm
And it hangs in the Gallery of Frost
D A A/Ab
Ay, Ay, Ay, Ay
F#m
Take this waltz, take this waltz
Bm D E
Take this waltz with the clamp on its jaws
A F#m
Oh I want you, I want you, I want you
A A/Ab F#m
On a chair with a dead magazine
D E
In the cave at the tip of the lilly
D A A/Ab
In some hallways where love's never been
F#m
On a bed where the moon has been sweating
Bm Bsus2/F# Bm
In a cry filled with footsteps and sand
D A A/Ab
Ay, Ay, Ay, Ay
F#m
Take this waltz, take this waltz
Bm D E A
Take its broken waist in your hand
F#m
This waltz, this waltz, this waltz, this waltz
Bm F#m
With its very own breath of brandy and Death
Bm A E
Dragging its tail in the sea
A F#m
There's a concert hall in Vienna
A A/Ab F#m
Where your mouth had a thousand reviews
D E
There's a bar where the boys have stopped talking
D A A/Ab
They've been sentenced to death by the blues
F#m
Ah, but who is it climbs to your picture
Bm Bsus2/F# Bm
With a garland of freshly cut tears?
D A A/Ab
Ay, Ay, Ay, Ay
F#m
Take this waltz, take this waltz
Bm D E
Take this waltz it's been dying for years
A F#m
There's an attic where children are playing
A A/Ab F#m
Where I've got to lie down with you soon
D E
In a dream of Hungarian lanterns
D A A/Ab
In the mist of some sweet afternoon
F#m
And I'll see what you've chained to your sorrow
Bm Bsus2/F# Bm
All your sheep and your lillies of snow
D A A/Ab
Ay, Ay, Ay, Ay
F#m
Take this waltz, take this waltz
Bm D E A
With its "I'll never forget you, you know!"
F#m
This waltz, this waltz, this waltz, this waltz
Bm F#m
With its very own breath of brandy and Death
Bm A E
Dragging its tail in the sea
A F#m
And I'll dance with you in Vienna
A A/Ab F#m
I'll be wearing a river's disguise
D E
The hyacinth wild on my shoulder
D A
My mouth on the dew of your thighs
A F#m
And I'll bury my soul in a scrapbook
A A/Ab F#m
With the photographs there, and the moss
D E
And I'll yield to the flood of your beauty
D A A/Ab
My cheap violin and my cross
F#m
And you'll carry me down on your dancing
Bm Bsus2/F# Bm
To the pools that you lift on your wrist
D A A/Ab
Oh my love, Oh my love
F#m
Take this waltz, take this waltz
Bm D E
It's yours now, it's all that there is
A F#m A F#m
La, la, la...
D E D A
F#m F#m Bm Bm
D A F#m...
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The above is solely MY INTERPRETATION of this great song, in a format aimed at learning guitarists.
No attempt has been made to copy or reproduce the artist's or publisher's sheet music for the song,
if such exists.
It can be used for INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. To play the song as it should be played, you should
purchase the official sheetmusic for the song. You should also purchase and listen to the song to learn
the rhythm and timing of the song - this is essential if you wish to play the song with any degree of accuracy
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