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Take This Waltz by 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
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version 2
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 4th fret
* 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]
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 *Bm *Am G 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 Am *G
And it hangs in the Gallery of Frost
C C *G *Am G 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 *Bm *Am G 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 Am *G
In a cry filled with footsteps and sand
C C *G *Am G 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 *Bm *Am G 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 Am *G
With a garland of freshly cut tears?
C C *G *Am G 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 *Bm *Am G 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 Am *G
All your sheep and your lilies of snow
C C *G *Am G 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 *Bm *Am 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 *Bm *Am G 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 *Am G 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 *Bm *Am G B7
La, la, la... La, la, la...
Em Em Em Em
La, la, la... La, la, la...
Am E7 Am Am *G
La, la, la... La, la, la...
C C *G *Am G G
Ay, ay, ay, ay
B7 B7 Em Em
Am7 Am7 C C
D Em D D
G
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version 3
Tuning: Standard
[Intro/Bridge 3]
C G4 G
e|---3--3-|---3--3--|----3--3-|---3--3--|
B|---5--5-|---5--5--|----3--3-|---3--3--|
G|---5--5-|---5--5--|----5--5-|---4--4--| x2
D|--------|---------|---------|---------|
A|-3------|-3-------|---------|---------|
E|--------|---------|--3------|-3-------||
[Verse]
C C Am C E7/h Am
e|-------0--0--------|-----0--0--|----0---0------|-----0----0----|-----0---0-----|-----0----0---|
B|-------1--1--------|-----1--1--|----1---1------|-----1----1----|-----0---0-----|-----1----1---|
G|-------0--0--------|-----0--0--|----2---2------|-----0----0----|-----1---1-----|-----2----2---|
D|-------------------|-----------|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|
A|-----3-------------|--3--------|-0-------------|--3------------|--2------------|--0-----------|
E|-------------------|-----------|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|
Now in Vienna there`s ten pretty woman.There`s a shoulder where death comes to cry. There`s a
F G F C
e|-----1---1--|-----1---1----|-----3----3-------|------1---1----|------------|------0----0---|
B|-----1---1--|-----1---1----|-----3----3-------|------1---1----|------------|------1----1---|
G|-----2---2--|-----2---2----|-----4----4-------|------2---2----|------------|------0----0---|
D|------------|--------------|------------------|---------------|--3---2---0-|---------------|
A|------------|--------------|------------------|---------------|------------|--3------------|
E|--1---------|--1-----------|--3---------------|--1------------|------------|---------------|
lobby with nine hundread windows. There`s a tree where the doves go to die. There`s a
Am Dm A7 Dm
e|------0---0----|-----0---0----|-----0----0----|-----1---1--|-----0---0--|-----1--1--|-----1--1--|
B|------1---1----|-----1---1----|-----1----1----|-----3---3--|-----2---2--|-----3--3--|-----3--3--|
G|------2---2----|-----2---2----|-----2----2----|-----2---2--|-----0---0--|-----2--2--|-----2--2--|
D|---------------|--------------|---------------|--0---------|------------|--0--------|--0--------|
A|--0------------|--0-----------|--0------------|------------|--0---------|-----------|-----------|
E|---------------|--------------|---------------|------------|------------|-----------|-----------|
piece that was torn from the morning and it hangs in the gallery of frost
[Refrain 1]
F C E7 Am Dm7
e|----1---1--|----------|-----0---0----|-----4----4------|------0----0-----|-------1-----1---------------|
B|----1---1--|----------|-----1---1----|-----3----3------|------1----1-----|-------1-----1---------------|
G|----2---2--|----------|-----0---0----|-----4----4------|------2----2-----|-------2-----2---------------|
D|-----------|-3--2--0--|--------------|--2--------------|-----------------|--0--------------------------|
A|-----------|----------|--3-----------|-----------------|--0--------------|-----------------------------|
E|-1---------|----------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------------|
Ay Ay Ay Ay. Take this waltz, take this waltz. Take this waltz with the clamp on it`s
F Bridge 1 G Am7 G/d
e|-----1--1--|-----1--1--|----3--3--|---5--5--|----3--3--|----3--3--|-------------|
B|-----1--1--|-----1--1--|----3--3--|---5--5--|----3--3--|----3--3--|-------------|
G|-----2--2--|-----2--2--|----4--4--|---5--5--|----4--4--|----4--4--|-------------|
D|-----------|-----------|----------|---------|----------|--5-------|--3--2--0----|
A|-----------|-----------|----------|---------|--5-------|----------|-------------|
E|--1--------|--1--------|--3-------|-5-------|----------|----------|-------------|
jaws
[Refrain 2]
F C E7 A F6
e|----1---1--|----------|-----0---0----|-----4----4------|------0----0-----|-------1-----1------|----3--3---|
B|----1---1--|----------|-----1---1----|-----3----3------|------2----2-----|-------3-----3------|----3--3---|
G|----2---2--|----------|-----0---0----|-----4----4------|------2----2-----|-------2-----2------|----4--4---|
D|-----------|-3--2--0--|--------------|--2--------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------|
A|-----------|----------|--3-----------|-----------------|--0--------------|--------------------|-----------|
E|-1---------|----------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|--1-----------------|--3--------|
Ay Ay Ay Ay. Take this waltz, take this waltz. Take it`s broken waist in your hand
[Bridge 2] Fdim Bdim Am7 E7 Am
e|----3--3--|-----4--4--|-----7--7--|----5--5--|-----4--4--|----0--0----|-----0--0---|----0--0--|
B|----3--3--|-----3--3--|-----6--6--|----5--5--|-----3--3--|----1--1----|-----1--1---|----1--1--|
G|----4--4--|-----4--4--|-----7--7--|----5--5--|-----4--4--|----2--2----|-----2--2---|----2--2--|
D|----------|--3--------|--6--------|----------|--2--------|------------|------------|----------|
A|----------|-----------|-----------|----------|-----------|-0----------|--0---------|--0-------|
E|--3-------|-----------|-----------|--5-------|-----------|------------|------------|----------|
This waltz, this waltz, this waltz this
Am Dm Am F6 C (Bridge 3/Intro)
e|-----0----0-----|------1----1------|------0----0-----|------1-----1------------|-----3---3-----|
B|-----1----1-----|------3----3------|------1----1-----|------3-----3------------|-----4---4-----|
G|-----2----2-----|------2----2------|------2----2-----|------2-----2------------|-----4---4-----|
D|----------------|--0---------------|-----------------|-------------------------|---------------|
A|--0-------------|------------------|--0--------------|-------------------------|--3------------|
E|----------------|------------------|-----------------|--1----------------------|---------------|
waltz, with its very own breath of brandy and death. Dragging its tail in the sea
[Intro/Bridge 3]
C Am
Now in Vienna there's ten pretty women
C E7 Am
There's a shoulder where death comes to cry
F G
There's a lobby with nine hundred windows
F C
There's a tree where the doves go to die
Am
There's a piece that was torn from the morning
Dm A7 Dm
And it hangs in the Gallery of Frost
[Refrain 1]
F C
Aey, aey, aey, aey
E7 Am
Take this waltz, take this waltz
Dm7 F
Take this waltz with the clamp on its jaws
[Verse]
C E7 Am
Oh I want you, I want you, I want you
C Am
On a chair with a dead magazine
F G
In the cave at the tip of the lily
F C
In some hallway where love's never been
Am
On a bed where the moon has been sweating
Dm A7 Dm
In a cry filled with footsteps and sand
[Refrain 2]
F C
Aey, aey, aey, aey
E7 A
Take this waltz, take this waltz
F6 G Bridge 2
Take its broken waist in your hand
Am
This waltz, this waltz, this waltz, this waltz
Dm Am
With its very own breath of brandy and death
F6 C Intro/Bridge 3
Dragging its tail in the sea
[Verse]
There's a concert hall in Vienna
Where your mouth had a thousand reviews
There's a bar where the boys have stopped talking
They've been sentenced to death by the blues
But who is it climbs to your picture
With a garland of freshly cut tears?
[Refrain 1]
Aey, aey, aey, aey
Take this waltz, take this waltz
Take this waltz it's been dying for years
[Verse]
There's an attic where children are playing
Where I've got to lie down with you soon
In a dream of Hungarian lanterns
In the mist of some sweet afternoon
And I'll see what you've chained to your sorrow
All your sheep and your lilies of snow
[Refrain 2]
Aey, aey, aey, aey
Take this waltz, take this waltz
With its, I'll never forget you, you know
This waltz, this waltz, this waltz, this waltz
With its very own breath of brandy and death
Dragging its tail in the sea
And I'll dance with you in Vienna
I'll be wearing a river's disguise
The hyacinth wild on my shoulder
My mouth on the dew of your thighs
And I'll bury my soul in a scrapbook
With the photographs there, and the moss
F G
And I'll yield to the flood of your beauty
F C
My cheap violin and my cross
Am
And you'll carry me down on your dancing
Dm A7 Dm
To the pools that you lift on your wrist
[Refrain 1]
Oh my love, oh my love
Take this waltz, take this waltz
It's yours now, it's all that there is
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