Take This Waltz
Leonard Cohen
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There`s aF E|-----1---1--|-----1---1----|---- B|-----1---1--|-----1---1----|---- G|-----2---2--|-----2---2----|---- D|------------|--------------|---- A|------------|--------------|---- E|--1---------|--1-----------|--3- G F E|-3----3-------|------1---1----|-- B|-3----3-------|------1---1----|-- G|-4----4-------|------2---2----|-- D|--------------|---------------|-- A|--------------|---------------|-- E|--------------|--1------------|-- C E|----------|------0----0---| B|----------|------1----1---| G|----------|------0----0---| D|3---2---0-|---------------| A|----------|--3------------| E|----------|---------------|lobby with nine hundread windows. There`s a tree where the doves go to die. There`s aAm E|------0---0----|-----0---0----|- B|------1---1----|-----1---1----|- G|------2---2----|-----2---2----|- D|---------------|--------------|- A|--0------------|--0-----------|- E|---------------|--------------|- Dm E|----0----0----|-----1---1--|----- B|----1----1----|-----3---3--|----- G|----2----2----|-----2---2--|----- D|--------------|--0---------|----- A|-0------------|------------|--0-- E|--------------|------------|----- A7 Dm E|0---0--|-----1--1--|-----1--1--| B|2---2--|-----3--3--|-----3--3--| G|0---0--|-----2--2--|-----2--2--| D|-------|--0--------|--0--------| A|-------|-----------|-----------| E|-------|-----------|-----------|piece that was torn from the morning and it hangs in the gallery of frost[Refrain 1] F C E|----1---1--|----------|-----0--- B|----1---1--|----------|-----1--- G|----2---2--|----------|-----0--- D|-----------|-3--2--0--|--------- A|-----------|----------|--3------ E|-1---------|----------|--------- E7 E|0----|-----4----4------|------0--- B|1----|-----3----3------|------1--- G|0----|-----4----4------|------2--- D|-----|--2--------------|---------- A|-----|-----------------|--0------- E|-----|-----------------|---------- Am Dm7 E|-0-----|-------1-----1------------ B|-1-----|-------1-----1------------ G|-2-----|-------2-----2------------ D|-------|--0----------------------- A|-------|-------------------------- E|-------|--------------------------Ay Ay Ay Ay. Take this waltz, take this waltz. Take this waltz with the clamp on it`sF Bridge 1 G Am7 G/d E|-----1--1--|-----1--1--|----3-- B|-----1--1--|-----1--1--|----3-- G|-----2--2--|-----2--2--|----4-- D|-----------|-----------|------- A|-----------|-----------|------- E|--1--------|--1--------|--3---- E|3--|---5--5--|----3--3--|----3--3--|-------------| B|3--|---5--5--|----3--3--|----3--3--|-------------| G|4--|---5--5--|----4--4--|----4--4--|-------------| D|---|---------|----------|--5-------|--3--2--0----| A|---|---------|--5-------|----------|-------------| E|---|-5-------|----------|----------|-------------|jaws[Refrain 2] F C E|----1---1--|----------|-----0--- B|----1---1--|----------|-----1--- G|----2---2--|----------|-----0--- D|-----------|-3--2--0--|--------- A|-----------|----------|--3------ E|-1---------|----------|--------- E7 E|0----|-----4----4------|------0--- B|1----|-----3----3------|------2--- G|0----|-----4----4------|------2--- D|-----|--2--------------|---------- A|-----|-----------------|--0------- E|-----|-----------------|---------- A F6 E|-0-----|-------1-----1------|---- B|-2-----|-------3-----3------|---- G|-2-----|-------2-----2------|---- D|-------|--------------------|---- A|-------|--------------------|---- E|-------|--1-----------------|--3- E|3--3---| B|3--3---| G|4--4---| D|-------| A|-------| E|-------|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-- B|----3--3--|-----3--3--|-----6-- G|----4--4--|-----4--4--|-----7-- D|----------|--3--------|--6----- A|----------|-----------|-------- E|--3-------|-----------|-------- E|7--|----5--5--|-----4--4--|----0-- B|6--|----5--5--|-----3--3--|----1-- G|7--|----5--5--|-----4--4--|----2-- D|---|----------|--2--------|------- A|---|----------|-----------|-0----- E|---|--5-------|-----------|------- 0----|-----0--0---|----0--0--| 1----|-----1--1---|----1--1--| 2----|-----2--2---|----2--2--| -----|------------|----------| -----|--0---------|--0-------| -----|------------|----------|This waltz, this waltz, this waltz thisAm Dm Am F6 C (Bridge 3/Intro) E|-----0----0-----|------1----1--- B|-----1----1-----|------3----3--- G|-----2----2-----|------2----2--- D|----------------|--0------------ A|--0-------------|--------------- E|----------------|--------------- E|---|------0----0-----|------1----- B|---|------1----1-----|------3----- G|---|------2----2-----|------2----- D|---|-----------------|------------ A|---|--0--------------|------------ E|---|-----------------|--1--------- E|1------------|-----3---3-----| B|3------------|-----4---4-----| G|2------------|-----4---4-----| D|-------------|---------------| A|-------------|--3------------| E|-------------|---------------|waltz, with its very own breath of brandy and death. Dragging its tail in the sea [Intro/Bridge 3]C Now in Vienna there's ten prettyAm womenC E7 There's a shoulder where deathAm comes to cryF There's a lobby with nine hundredG windowsF There's a tree where the doves goC to dieAm There's a piece that was torn from the morningDm A7 Dm And it hangs in the Gallery of FrostContinues after the ad[Refrain 1]F C Aey, aey, aey, aeyE7 Am Take this waltz, take this waltzDm7 Take this waltz with the clamp onF its jaws [Verse]C E7 Am Oh I want you, I want you, I want youC Am On a chair with a dead magazineF G In the cave at the tip of the lilyF In some hallway where love's neverC beenAm On a bed where the moon has been sweatingDm A7 In a cry filled with footsteps andDm sand [Refrain 2]F C Aey, aey, aey, aeyE7 A Take this waltz, take this waltz F6 G Bridge 2 Take its broken waist in your handAm This waltz, this waltz, this waltz, this waltzDm 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 mossF And I'll yield to the flood of yourG beautyF C My cheap violin and my crossAm And you'll carry me down on your dancingDm A7 To the pools that you lift on yourDm 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