Leonard Cohen - Take This Waltz

intro : B . . | F#sus4 . . | F# . . | . . . |

B G#m
now in vienna there’s ten pretty women
B D#m/A# G#m
there’s a shoulder where death comes to cry
E F#
there’s a lobby with nine hundred windows
E E D#m C#m B D#7/A#
there’s a tree where the doves go to die
G#m
there’s a piece that was torn from the morning
C#m G#7 C#m . . | . . B/D# |
and it hangs in the gallery of frost
E B/D# C#m B
ay , ay , ay , ay
D#7/G G#m
take this waltz , take this waltz
C#/F E . . | . . . |
take this waltz with the clamp on its jaws

F# . . | G#m . . | F#/A# . . | F# . . |

B D#m/A# G#m
oh i want you , i want you , i want you
B G#m
on a chair with a dead magazine
E F#
in the cave at the tip of the lily
E E D#m C#m B D#7/A#
in some hallways where love’s never been
G#m
on a bed where the moon has been sweating
C#m G#7 C#m . . | . . B/D# |
in a cry filled with footsteps and sand
E B/D# C#m B
ay , ay , ay , ay
D#7/G G#7/F#
take this waltz , take this waltz
E6 Fm7 – 5 . . | . . . |
take its broken waist in your hand

Edim . . | Gdim . . | G#m . . | D# . . |
G#m
this waltz , this waltz , this waltz , this waltz
C#m G#m
with its very own breath of brandy and death
E6 B . . | . . . | F#sus4 . . | F# . . |
dragging its tail in the sea
B G#m
there’s a concert hall in vienna
B D#m/A# G#m
where your mouth had a thousand reviews
E F#
there’s a bar where the boys have stopped talking
E E D#m C#m B D#7/A#
they’ve been sentenced to death by the blues
G#m
ah , but who is it climbs to your picture
C#m G#7 C#m . . | . . B/D# |
with a garland of freshly cut tears?
E B/D# C#m B
ay , ay , ay , ay
D#7/G G#m
take this waltz , take this waltz
C#m E . . | . . . |
take this waltz it’s been dying for years

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

B D#m/A# G#m
there’s an attic where children are playing
B G#m
where i’ve got to lie down with you soon
E F#
in a dream of hungarian lanterns
E E D#m C#m B D#7/A#
in the mist of some sweet afternoon
G#m
and i’ll see what you’ve chained to your sorrow
C#m G#7 C#m . . | . . B/D# |
all your sheep and your lilies of snow
E B/D# C#m B
ay , ay , ay , ay
D#7/G G#7/F#
take this waltz , take this waltz
E6 Fm7 – 5 . . | . . . |
with its “i’ll never forget you , you know!”

Edim . . | Gdim . . | G#m . . | D# . . |
G#m
this waltz , this waltz , this waltz , this waltz
C#m G#m
with its very own breath of brandy and death
E6 B . . | . . . | F#sus4 . . | F# . . |
dragging its tail in the sea
B G#m
and i’ll dance with you in vienna
B D#m/A# G#m
i’ll be wearing a river’s disguise
E F#
the hyacinth wild on my shoulder
E E D#m C#m B
my mouth on the dew of your thighs
B G#m
and i’ll bury my soul in a scrapbook
B D#m/A# G#m
with the photographs there , and the moss
E F#
and i’ll yield to the flood of your beauty
E E D#m C#m B D#7/A#
my cheap violin and my cross
G#m
and you’ll carry me down on your dancing
C#m G#7 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
D#7/G G#m
take this waltz , take this waltz
C#m E . . | . . . |
it’s yours now , it’s all that there is

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

B G#m
la , la , la . . . la , la , la . . .
B D#m/A# G#m
la , la , la . . . la , la , la . . .
E F#
la , la , la . . . la , la , la . . .
E E D#m C#m B D#7/A#
la , la , la . . . la , la , la . . .
G#m
la , la , la . . . la , la , la . . .
C#m G#7 C#m C#m B/D#
la , la , la . . . la , la , la . . .
E B/D# C#m B D#7/G
ay , ay , ay , ay