{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1096986,"song":"Take This Waltz","artist":"Leonard Cohen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11243574-take-this-waltz-chords-by-leonard-cohen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1096986?type=chord","rating":4.66228,"votes":114,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]B[/ch] . . |[ch]F#sus4[/ch] . . |[ch]F#[/ch] . . |. . . |\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]         [ch]B[/ch]                        [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nNow in Vienna there's ten pretty women[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]B[/ch]               [ch]D#m/A#[/ch]          [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nThere's a shoulder where Death comes to cry[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]                        [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nThere's a lobby with nine hundred windows[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]D#m[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]D#7/A#[/ch]\r\nThere's a tree where the doves go to die[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nThere's a piece that was torn from the morning[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C#m[/ch]          [ch]G#7[/ch]        [ch]C#m[/ch] . . |. . [ch]B/D#[/ch] |\r\nAnd it hangs in the Gallery of Frost[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]  [ch]B/D#[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAy, Ay, Ay, Ay[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D#7/G[/ch]            [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nTake this waltz, take this waltz[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C#/F[/ch]                        [ch]E[/ch] . . |. . . |\r\nTake this waltz with the clamp on its jaws[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]F#[/ch] . . |[ch]G#m[/ch] . . |[ch]F#/A#[/ch] . . |[ch]F#[/ch] . . |\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]      [ch]B[/ch]           [ch]D#m/A#[/ch]       [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nOh I want you, I want you, I want you[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]B[/ch]                    [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nOn a chair with a dead magazine[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nIn the cave at the tip of the lily[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]D#m[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]D#7/A#[/ch]\r\nIn some hallways where love's never been[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nOn a bed where the moon has been sweating[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C#m[/ch]              [ch]G#7[/ch]           [ch]C#m[/ch] . . |. . [ch]B/D#[/ch] |\r\nIn a cry filled with footsteps and sand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]  [ch]B/D#[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAy, Ay, Ay, Ay[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D#7/G[/ch]            [ch]G#7/F#[/ch]\r\nTake this waltz, take this waltz[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E6[/ch]                  [ch]Fm7-5[/ch] . . |. . . |\r\nTake its broken waist in your hand[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Edim[/ch] . . |[ch]Gdim[/ch] . . |[ch]G#m[/ch] . . |[ch]D#[/ch] . . |\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nThis waltz, this waltz, this waltz, this waltz[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C#m[/ch]                [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nWith its very own breath of brandy and Death[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E6[/ch]                      [ch]B[/ch] . . |. . . |[ch]F#sus4[/ch] . . |[ch]F#[/ch] . . |\r\nDragging its tail in the sea[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]           [ch]B[/ch]                [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nThere's a concert hall in Vienna[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]B[/ch]             [ch]D#m/A#[/ch]    [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nWhere your mouth had a thousand reviews[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]                               [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nThere's a bar where the boys have stopped talking[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]D#m[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]    [ch]D#7/A#[/ch]\r\nThey've been sentenced to death by the blues[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nAh, but who is it climbs to your picture[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C#m[/ch]         [ch]G#7[/ch]        [ch]C#m[/ch] . . |. . [ch]B/D#[/ch] |\r\nWith a garland of freshly cut tears?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]  [ch]B/D#[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAy, Ay, Ay, Ay[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D#7/G[/ch]            [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nTake this waltz, take this waltz[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C#m[/ch]                       [ch]E[/ch] . . |. . . |\r\nTake this waltz it's been dying for years[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]B[/ch] . . |. . . |[ch]F#[/ch] . . |. . . |\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]            [ch]B[/ch]            [ch]D#m/A#[/ch]        [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nThere's an attic where children are playing[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]B[/ch]                        [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nWhere I've got to lie down with you soon[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nIn a dream of Hungarian lanterns[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch] [ch]D#m[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]    [ch]D#7/A#[/ch]\r\nIn the mist of some sweet afternoon[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nAnd I'll see what you've chained to your sorrow[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C#m[/ch]             [ch]G#7[/ch]        [ch]C#m[/ch] . . |. . [ch]B/D#[/ch] |\r\nAll your sheep and your lilies of snow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]  [ch]B/D#[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAy, Ay, Ay, Ay[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D#7/G[/ch]            [ch]G#7/F#[/ch]\r\nTake this waltz, take this waltz[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]E6[/ch]                     [ch]Fm7-5[/ch] . . |. . . |\r\nWith its \"I'll never forget you, you know!\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Edim[/ch] . . |[ch]Gdim[/ch] . . |[ch]G#m[/ch] . . |[ch]D#[/ch] . . |\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nThis waltz, this waltz, this waltz, this waltz[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C#m[/ch]                [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nWith its very own breath of brandy and Death[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E6[/ch]                      [ch]B[/ch] . . |. . . |[ch]F#sus4[/ch] . . |[ch]F#[/ch] . . |\r\nDragging its tail in the sea[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]          [ch]B[/ch]                  [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nAnd I'll dance with you in Vienna[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]B[/ch]        [ch]D#m/A#[/ch]     [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nI'll be wearing a river's disguise[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nThe hyacinth wild on my shoulder[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]D#m[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]\r\nMy mouth on the dew of your thighs[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]B[/ch]                  [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nAnd I'll bury my soul in a scrapbook[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]B[/ch]              [ch]D#m/A#[/ch]     [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nWith the photographs there, and the moss[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]                          [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nAnd I'll yield to the flood of your beauty[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]D#m[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]    [ch]D#7/A#[/ch]\r\nMy cheap violin and my cross[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nAnd you'll carry me down on your dancing[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C#m[/ch]            [ch]G#7[/ch]           [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nTo the pools that you lift on your wrist[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]B/D#[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]B/D#[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nOh my love, Oh my love[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D#7/G[/ch]            [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nTake this waltz, take this waltz[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C#m[/ch]                           [ch]E[/ch] . . |. . . |\r\nIt's yours now, it's all that there is[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]B[/ch] . . |. . . |[ch]F#[/ch] . . |. . . |\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab] [ch]B[/ch]           [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nLa, la, la... La, la, la...[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]B[/ch]      [ch]D#m/A#[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nLa, la, la... La, la, la...[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nLa, la, la... La, la, la...[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]D#m[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]            [ch]D#7/A#[/ch]\r\nLa, la, la... La, la, la...[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nLa, la, la... La, la, la...[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C#m[/ch]    [ch]G#7[/ch]    [ch]C#m[/ch]         [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]B/D#[/ch]\r\nLa, la, la... La, la, la...[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]  [ch]B/D#[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]      [ch]D#7/G[/ch]\r\nAy, Ay, Ay, Ay[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nB . . |F#sus4 . . |F# . . |. . . |\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nF# . . |G#m . . |F#/A# . . |F# . . |\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEdim . . |Gdim . . |G#m . . |D# . . |\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nB . . |. . . |F# . . |. . . |\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEdim . . |Gdim . . |G#m . . |D# . . |\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nB . . |. . . |F# . . |. . . |\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["B","F#sus4","F#","G#m","D#m/A#","E","D#m","C#m","D#7/A#","G#7","B/D#","D#7/G","C#/F","F#/A#","G#7/F#","E6","Fm7-5","Edim","Gdim","D#"],"chord_diagrams":{"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}