Leonard Cohen - Take This Waltz

Now in Vi^Henna there's ten pretty ^G#mwomen There's a ^Hshoulder where ^F#Death comes to ^G#mcry There's a ^Elobby with nine hundred ^F#windows There's a ^Etree where the ^Edoves ^Hgo ^C#mto ^Hdie ^D#

There's a ^G#mpiece that was torn from the morning And it ^C#mhangs in the ^G#Gallery of ^C#mFrost ^{H E}Ay, ^HAy, ^C#mAy, ^HAy, take this ^D#waltz, take this ^G#mwaltz Take this ^C#mwaltz with the clamp on its ^Ejaws ^F#, ^G#m, ^F#, ^F#

Oh I ^Hwant you, I ^F#want you, I ^G#mwant you On a ^Hchair with a dead maga^G#mzine In the ^Ecave at the tip of the ^F#lilly In some hallways where ^Elove's ^Hne^C#mver ^Hbeen ^D#

On a ^G#mbed where the ^D#moon has been ^G#msweating In a ^C#mcry filled with ^G#footsteps and ^C#msand ^{H E}Ay, ^HAy, ^C#mAy, ^HAy Take this ^D#waltz, take this ^G#mwaltz Take its ^E6broken waist in your ^Fdimhand ^E, ^Gdim, ^G#m, ^D#

This ^G#mwaltz, this waltz, this waltz, this waltz With its ^C#mvery own breath of ^G#mbrandy and Death ^E6Dragging its tail in the ^Hsea ^F#4, ^F#

There's a ^Hconcert hall in Vi^G#menna Where your ^Hmouth had a ^F#thousand re^G#mviews There's a ^Ebar where the boys have stopped ^F#talking They've been ^Esentenced to ^Edeath ^Hby ^C#mthe ^Hblues ^D#

Ah, but ^G#mwho is it ^D#climbs to your ^G#mpicture With a ^G#mgarland of ^G#freshly cut ^C#mtears H ^EAy, ^HAy, ^C#mAy, ^HAy, take this ^D#waltz, take this ^G#mwaltz Take this ^C#mwaltz it's been dying for ^Eyears ^H, ^F#

There's an ^Hattic where ^F#children are ^G#mplaying Where I've ^Hgot to lie down with you ^G#msoon In a ^Edream of Hungarian ^F#lanterns In the ^Emist of some ^Esweet ^Haf^C#mter ^Hnoon ^D#

And I'll ^G#msee what you've ^D#chained to your ^G#msorrow All your ^C#msheep and your ^G#lillies of ^C#msnow ^{H E}Ay, ^HAy, Ay, ^HAy Take this ^D#waltz, take this ^G#m7waltz With its "I'll ^E6never forget you, you ^Fdimknow!" E, Gdim, G#m, D#

This ^G#mwaltz, this waltz, this waltz, this waltz With its ^C#mvery own breath of ^G#mbrandy and Death ^E6Dragging its tail in the ^Hsea ^F#4, ^F#

And I'll ^Hdance with you in Vi^G#menna I'll be ^Hwearing a ^F#river's dis^G#mguise The ^Ehyacinth wild on my ^F#shoulder My ^Emouth on the ^Edew ^Hof ^C#myour ^Hthighs

And I'll ^Hbury my soul in a ^G#mscrapbook With the ^Hphotographs ^F#there, and the ^G#mmoss And I'll ^Eyield to the flood of your ^F#beauty My ^Echeap violin ^Hand ^C#mmy ^Hcross ^D#

And you'll ^G#mcarry me ^D#down on your ^G#mdancing To the ^C#mpools that you ^G#lift on your ^C#mwrist Oh ^Hmy ^Elove, ^HOh ^C#mmy ^Hlove Take this ^D#waltz, take this ^G#mwaltz It's ^C#myours now, it's all that there ^Eis ^H, ^F#

^HLa, la, la... ^G#mLa, la, la... ^HLa, la, ^F#la... ^G#mLa, la, la... ^ELa, la, la... ^F#La, la, la... ^ELa, ^Ela, ^Hla... ^C#mLa, ^Hla, ^D#la... ^G#mLa, la, la... La, la, la... ^C#mLa, la, ^G#la... ^C#mLa, la, la... ^{H E}Ay, ^HAy, ^C#mAy, ^HAy ^D#, ^G#m