Take This Waltz

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* starred chords are optional (they last for one third of the other chords)
e.g in Verse 1 the timing should go like:
line 4: | 1 2 3 | 1 2 3 | 1 2 3 | 1 2 3 |
C C BmAm G B7
* *
line 6: | 1 2 3 | 1 2 3 | 1 2 3 | 1 2 3 |
Am E7 Am Am G
*
line 7: | 1 2 3 | 1 2 3 | 1 2 3 | 1 2 3 |
C C G Am G G
* *
[Intro]
G Dsus4 D D
[Verse 1]
G G Em Em
Now in Vienna there's ten pretty women
G Bm Em Em
There's a shoulder where death comes to cry
C C D D
There's a lobby with nine hundred windows
C C BmAmG B7
* *
There's a tree where the doves go to die
Em Em Em Em
There's a piece that was torn from the morning
Am E7 Am AmG
*
And it hangs in the Gallery of Frost
C C G AmG G
* *
Ay, ay, ay, ay
B7 B7 Em Em
Take this waltz, take this waltz
Am7 Am7 C C
Take this waltz with the clamp on its jaws
D Em D D
[Verse 2]
G Bm Em Em
Oh, I want you, I want you, I want you
G G Em Em
On a chair with a dead magazine
C C D D
In the cave at the tip of the lily
C C BmAmG B7
* *
In some hallways where love's ne-ver been
Em Em Em Em
On a bed where the moon has been sweating
Am E7 Am AmG
*
In a cry filled with footsteps and sand
C C G AmG G
* *
Ay, ay, ay, ay
B7 B7 E7 E7
Take this waltz, take this waltz
Am7 Am7 C C
Take its broken waist in your hand
Cdim D#dim Em B7
[Chorus]
Em Em Em Em
This waltz, this waltz, this waltz, this waltz
Am Am Em Em
With its very own breath of brandy and death
Am7 Am7 G G
Dragging its tail in the sea
Dsus4 D
[Verse 3]
G G Em Em
There's a concert hall in Vienna
G Bm Em Em
Where your mouth had a thousand reviews
C C D D
There's a bar where the boys have stopped talking
C C BmAmG B7
* *
They've been sentenced to death by the blues
Em Em Em Em
Ah, but who is it climbs to your picture
Am E7 Am AmG
*
With a garland of freshly cut tears?
C C G AmG G
* *
Ay, ay, ay, ay
B7 B7 Em Em
Take this waltz, take this waltz
Am7 Am7 C C
Take this waltz, it's been dying for years
G G D D
[Verse 4]
G Bm Em Em
There's an attic where children are playing
G G Em Em
Where I've got to lie down with you soon
C C D D
In a dream of Hungarian lanterns
C C BmAmG B7
* *
In the mist of some sweet af-ter-noon
Em Em Em Em
And I'll see what you've chained to your sorrow
Am E7 Am AmG
*
All your sheep and your lilies of snow
C C G AmG G
* *
Ay, ay, ay, ay
B7 B7 E7 E7
Take this waltz, take this waltz
Am7 Am7 C C
With its "I'll never forget you, you know!"
Cdim D#dim Em B7
[Chorus]
Em Em Em Em
This waltz, this waltz, this waltz, this waltz
Am Am Em Em
With its very own breath of brandy and death
Am7 Am7 G G
Dragging its tail in the sea
Dsus4 D
[Verse 5]
G G Em Em
And I'll dance with you in Vienna
G Bm Em Em
I'll be wearing a river's disguise
C C D D
The hyacinth wild on my shoulder
C C BmAm G G
* *
My mouth on the dew of your thighs
G G Em Em
And I'll bury my soul in a scrapbook
G Bm Em Em
With the photographs there and the moss
C C D D
And I'll yield to the flood of your beauty
C C BmAmG B7
* *
My cheap violin and my cross
Em Em Em Em
And you'll carry me down on your dancing
Am E7 Am Am
To the pools that you lift on your wrist
G C C G AmG G
* * *
Oh, my love, oh, my love
B7 B7 Em Em
Take this waltz, take this waltz
Am Am C C
It's yours now, it's all that there is
G G D D
[Outro]
G G Em Em
La, la, la... La, la, la...
G Bm Em Em
La, la, la... La, la, la...
C C D D
La, la, la... La, la, la...
C C BmAmG B7
* *
La, la, la... La, la, la...
Em Em Em Em
La, la, la... La, la, la...
Am E7 Am AmG
*
La, la, la... La, la, la...
C C G AmG G
* *
Ay, ay, ay, ay
B7 B7 Em Em
Am7 Am7 C C
D Em D D
G

Take This Waltz chords and lyrics

Free chords for Take This Waltz by Leonard Cohen. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

* starred chords are optional (they last for one third of the other chords)
  e.g in Verse 1 the timing should go like:
  line 4: | 1  2  3 | 1   2   3  | 1  2  3 | 1  2  3 |
            C         C  *Bm *Am   G         B7
  line 6: | 1  2  3 | 1   2   3  | 1  2  3 | 1  2  3 |
            Am        E7           Am        Am   *G
  line 7: | 1  2  3 | 1   2   3  | 1  2  3 | 1  2  3 |
            C         C  *G  *Am   G         G
[Intro]
G Dsus4 D D
[Verse 1]
D Em D D
[Verse 2]
Cdim D#dim Em B7
[Chorus]
Dsus4 D
[Verse 3]
G G D D
[Verse 4]
Cdim D#dim Em B7
[Chorus]
Dsus4 D
[Verse 5]
G G D D
[Outro]
B7  B7  Em Em
Am7 Am7 C  C
D Em D D
G

Take This Waltz Chords by Leonard Cohen

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