{"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":1859804,"song":"Take This Waltz","artist":"Leonard Cohen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1859804-take-this-waltz-chords-by-leonard-cohen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1859804?type=chord","rating":4.69986,"votes":94,"content":"* starred chords are optional (they last for one third of the other chords)\r\n\r\n  e.g in Verse 1 the timing should go like:\r\n  line 4: | 1  2  3 | 1   2   3  | 1  2  3 | 1  2  3 |\r\n            [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]  *[ch]Bm[/ch] *[ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]B7[/ch]\r\n\r\n  line 6: | 1  2  3 | 1   2   3  | 1  2  3 | 1  2  3 |\r\n            [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]E7[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]   *[ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n  line 7: | 1  2  3 | 1   2   3  | 1  2  3 | 1  2  3 |\r\n            [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]  *[ch]G[/ch]  *[ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]Dsus4[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nNow in Vienna there's ten pretty women[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThere's a shoulder where death comes to cry[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere's a lobby with nine hundred windows[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]    *[ch]Bm[/ch] *[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nThere's a tree where the doves go  to die[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThere's a piece that was torn from the morning[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]E7[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch] *[ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd it hangs in the Gallery of Frost[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] *[ch]G[/ch]  *[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAy,   ay, ay, ay[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]B7[/ch]     [ch]B7[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTake this waltz, take this waltz[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am7[/ch]            [ch]Am7[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTake this waltz with the clamp on its jaws[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh, I want you, I want you, I want you[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOn a chair with a dead magazine[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn the cave at the tip of the lily[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]     *[ch]Bm[/ch] *[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nIn some hallways where love's ne-ver been[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOn a bed where the moon has been sweating[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]E7[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] *[ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn a cry filled with footsteps and sand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] *[ch]G[/ch]  *[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAy,   ay, ay, ay[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]B7[/ch]     [ch]B7[/ch]        [ch]E7[/ch]    [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nTake this waltz, take this waltz[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am7[/ch]    [ch]Am7[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTake its broken waist in your hand[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Cdim[/ch] [ch]D#dim[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThis waltz, this waltz, this waltz, this waltz[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWith its very own breath of brandy and death[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]          [ch]Am7[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDragging its tail in the sea[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Dsus4[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThere's a concert hall in Vienna[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhere your mouth had a thousand reviews[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere's a bar where the boys have stopped talking[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]    *[ch]Bm[/ch] *[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nThey've been sentenced to death by  the blues[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAh, but who is it climbs to your picture[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]E7[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch] *[ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith a garland of freshly cut tears?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] *[ch]G[/ch]  *[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAy,   ay, ay, ay[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]B7[/ch]     [ch]B7[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTake this waltz, take this waltz[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am7[/ch]              [ch]Am7[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTake this waltz, it's been dying for years[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThere's an attic where children are playing[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhere I've got to lie down with you soon[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn a dream of Hungarian lanterns[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]    *[ch]Bm[/ch] *[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nIn the mist of some sweet af-ter-noon[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd I'll see what you've chained to your sorrow[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]E7[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] *[ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll your sheep and your lilies of snow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] *[ch]G[/ch]  *[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAy,   ay, ay, ay[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]B7[/ch]     [ch]B7[/ch]        [ch]E7[/ch]    [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nTake this waltz, take this waltz[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Am7[/ch]      [ch]Am7[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith its \"I'll never forget you, you know!\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Cdim[/ch] [ch]D#dim[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThis waltz, this waltz, this waltz, this waltz[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWith its very own breath of brandy and death[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]          [ch]Am7[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDragging its tail in the sea[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Dsus4[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd I'll dance with you in Vienna[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI'll be wearing a river's disguise[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe hyacinth wild on my shoulder[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]  *[ch]Bm[/ch] *[ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy mouth on the dew of  your thighs[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd I'll bury my soul in a scrapbook[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWith the photographs there and the moss[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I'll yield to the flood of your beauty[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]  *[ch]Bm[/ch] *[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nMy cheap violin and my cross[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd you'll carry me down on your dancing[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]E7[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTo the pools that you lift on your wrist[/tab]\r\n[tab]   *[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch] *[ch]G[/ch]  *[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, my love,   oh, my love[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]B7[/ch]     [ch]B7[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTake this waltz, take this waltz[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's yours now, it's all that there is[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLa, la, la...         La, la, la...[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLa, la, la...         La, la, la...[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLa, la, la...         La, la, la...[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch] *[ch]Bm[/ch] *[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nLa, la, la...         La, la, la...[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLa, la, la...         La, la, la...[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]E7[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch] *[ch]G[/ch]\r\nLa, la, la...         La, la, la...[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] *[ch]G[/ch]  *[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAy,   ay, ay, ay[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]B7[/ch]  [ch]B7[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]","plain_text":"* starred chords are optional (they last for one third of the other chords)\n\n  e.g in Verse 1 the timing should go like:\n  line 4: | 1  2  3 | 1   2   3  | 1  2  3 | 1  2  3 |\n            C         C  *Bm *Am   G         B7\n\n  line 6: | 1  2  3 | 1   2   3  | 1  2  3 | 1  2  3 |\n            Am        E7           Am        Am   *G\n\n  line 7: | 1  2  3 | 1   2   3  | 1  2  3 | 1  2  3 |\n            C         C  *G  *Am   G         G\n\n\n\n[Intro]\nG Dsus4 D D\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nD Em D D\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCdim D#dim Em B7\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\nDsus4 D\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG G D D\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCdim D#dim Em B7\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\nDsus4 D\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG G D D\n\n\n[Outro]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nB7  B7  Em Em\nAm7 Am7 C  C\n\nD Em D D\nG","chords":["C","Bm","Am","G","B7","E7","Dsus4","D","Em","Am7","Cdim","D#dim"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dsus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,2,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,3]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}