Take This Waltz Leonard Cohen (after a poem by Frederic Garcia Lorca) (arranged by J.H.)

(G) Now (F/A)in (G/B)Vi(C)enna, there's ten pretty (Am)women,
There's a (C)shoulder where (G6/B)Death comes to (Am)cry.
There's a (F)lobby with nine hundred (G)windows,
There's a (F)tree where the doves (Em)go (Dm)to (C)die. (E/B)
There's a (Am)piece that was (Amj7)torn from the (Am)morning,
And it (Dm)hangs in the (A7short/E)Gallery of (Dm)Frost. (C/E)
(F)Ay,(hold) (Em)ay, (Dm)ay, (C)ay,
Take this (E/G#)waltz, take this (Am)waltz,
Take this (D/F#)waltz with the clamp on its (F)jaws. (G) (D7/A) (G/B) (G7)

Oh I (C)want you, I (G6/B)want you, I (Am)want you,
On a (C)chair with a (G6/B)dead maga(Am)zine,
In the (F)cave at the tip of the (G)lily,
In some (F)hallway where love's (Em)ne(Dm)ver (C)been. (E/B)
On a (Am)bed where the (Amj7)moon has been (Am7)sweating (Am)
In a (Dm)cry filled with (A7short/E)footsteps and (Dm)sand, (C/E)
(F)Ay,(hold) (Em)ay, (Dm)ay, (C)ay,
Take this (E/G#)waltz, take this (A/G)waltz,
Take its (Dm/F)broken waist in your (D7/F#)hand. (G/F) (E/G#) (Am) (E/B)(hold)

This (Am)waltz, (A4)this (Am)waltz, (A4)this (Am)waltz, (A4)this (Am)waltz,
With its (Dm)very own breath (Dm6)of (Am)brandy (A4)and (Am)Death,
(Fm6)Dragging its tail in the (C)sea. (C/G) (G)

There's (G7)a (C)concert hall in Vi(Am)enna,
Where your (C)mouth had a (G6/B)thousand re(Am)views.
There's a (F)bar where the boys have stopped (G)talking,
They've been (F)sentenced to death (Em)by (Dm)the (C)blues. (E/B)
Ah, but (Am)who is it (Amj7)climbs to your (Am)picture
With a (Dm)garland of (A7short/E)freshly cut (Dm)tears? (C/E)
(F)Ay,(hold) (Em)ay, (Dm)ay, (C)ay,
Take this (E/G#)waltz, take this (Am)waltz,
Take this (D/F#)waltz, it's been dying for (F)years. (G) (D7/A) (G/B) (G7)

There's (G7/B)an (C)attic where (G6/B)children are (Am)playing,
Where I've (C)got to lie (G6/B)down with you (Am)soon,
In a (F)dream of Hungarian (G)lanterns,
In the (F)mist of some sweet (Em)af(Dm)ter(C)noon. (E/B)
And I'll (Am)see what you've (Amj7)chained to your (Am7)sorrow, (Am)
All your (Dm)sheep and your (A7short/E)lillies of (Dm)snow. (C/E)
(F)Ay,(hold) (Em)ay, (Dm)ay, (C)ay,
Take this (E/G#)waltz, take this (A/G)waltz,
With its "I'll (Dm/F)never forget you, you (D7/F#)know!" (G/F) (E/G#) (Am) (E/B)(hold)

This (Am)waltz, (A4)this (Am)waltz, (A4)this (Am)waltz, (A4)this (Am)waltz,
With its (Dm)very own breath (Dm6)of (Am)brandy (A4)and (Am)Death,
(Fm6)Dragging its tail in the (C)sea. (C/G) (G)

And I'll (C)dance with you in Vi(Am)enna,
I'll be (C)wearing a (G6/B)river's dis(Am)guise,
The (F)hyacinth wild on my (G)shoulder,
My (F)mouth on the dew (Em)of (Dm)your (C)thighs.
And I'll bury my soul in a (Am)scrapbook,
With the (C)photographs (G6/B)there, and the (Am)moss,
And I'll (F)yield to the flood of your (G)beauty
My (F)cheap violin (Em)and (Dm)my (C)cross. (E/B)
And you'll (Am)carry me (Amj7)down on your (Am)dancing
To the (Dm)pools that you (A7short/E)lift on your (Dm)wrist.
Oh (Em)my (F)love, (Em)oh (Dm)my (C)love,
Take this (E/G#)waltz, take this (Am)waltz
It's (Dm)yours now, it's all that (Em)there (F)is. (C) (G)

(C)La la la, (Am)la la la, (C)la la la,(G6/B) (Am)la la la,
(F)La la la, (G)la la la, (F)la la la,(Em) (Dm) (C)la la la. (E/B)
(Am)La la la,(Amj7) (Am)la la la, (Dm)la la la,(A7short/E) (Dm)la la la,
(F)Ay,(hold) (Em)ay, (Dm)ay, (C)ay…(E/G#) (Am) (D/F#) (F)

© Leonard Cohen, All Rights Reserved

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