Chords for Esther Cohen: A Life Of Enthusiasm

[B] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ Now in [B] Vienna there's two [Abm] pretty women. _
[B] There's a shoulder [Ebm] where death is [Abm] crying. _
[E] There's a lobby with nine [Gb] hundred windows. _
[E] There's a tree where [Ebm] the [Dbm] doves go [B] to die.
_ [Eb] _
[Abm] There's a piece that was torn from the morning
and [Dbm] it hangs in [Ab] the gallery [Dbm] of frost.
_ _ [E] _
Aye, [B] [B] aye, aye, aye.
[Eb] Take this waltz, [Abm] take this _ waltz,
[Db] take this waltz with a clamp [E] on its jaw.
_ _ [Gb] _
_ [Db] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Ebm] Oh [B] I want you, [Gb] I want you, [Abm] I want you
_ [B] on a chair with a dead [Abm] magazine.
_ _ [E] In the cave at the tip [Gb] of the village,
In [E] some hallway where [Dbm] love's never [B] been.
[Eb] On [Abm] a bed where [Eb] the moon has [Abm] been sweating.
In [Dbm] a car [Ab] filled with footsteps [Dbm] and sand.
_ [Ebm] [E] Ay, _ [B] [Dbm] ay, [B] ay, ay.
Take [G] this waltz, take [Ab] this waltz.
Take [Dbm] its broken waist in [Db] your hand.
_ _ [Gb] _
[E] _ [Eb] _ _ [Abm] _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ [Abm] This waltz, this waltz, this waltz, this waltz.
[Dbm] With its very own [Abm] breath of brandy and [Em] death.
Dragging its [B] tail in the sea. _ _ _
_ [Gb] _ There's a [B] concert hall [Abm] in Vienna.
_ [B] Where your [Ebm] mouth had a [Abm] thousand reviews.
[E] There's a bar where the boys [Gb] have stopped talking.
_ [E] They've been sentenced [Dbm] to death [B] by the [Eb] blues.
[Abm] How about who's it cries to your picture?
_ [Dbm] With a garland [Ab] of freshly [Dbm] cut tears.
[B] _ [E] Ay, _ [E] [B] ay, ay, ay.
[Eb] Take this _ waltz, take [Abm] this waltz.
Take [Dbm] this waltz, it's been dying [E] for years.
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gb] _ _ [B] _ [Gb] Where children are [Abm] playing.
_ _ _ [B] But I've got to lie down [Abm] with you soon.
_ [E] In a dream of Hungarian [Gb] land.
_ In [E] the midst of some [Dbm] sweet [B] afternoon.
_ [Eb] And [Abm] I'll see what [G] you've changed, [Abm] your sorrow.
All [Dbm] your sheep and [Ab] your lilies of [Dbm] snow.
_ _ [Ebm] _ [E] _ Ay, ay, [B] ay, ay.
Take [G] this [Eb] waltz, take [Ab] this waltz.
With its [Dbm] own never forget you, [Db] you know.
You know, [E] you know.
_ [Eb] _ [Abm] _ _
[Eb] _ [Abm] This waltz, this waltz, this waltz, this [Dbm] waltz.
With its very own breath [Abm] of brandy and death.
[Db] Dragon and tail [B] in the sea.
_ _ _ _ [Gb] And [B] I'll dance with you [Abm] in Vienna.
_ [B] I'll be [Ebm] wearing a ribbon.
[Abm] _ _ _ [E] The highest wild [Gb] on my shoulder. _
[E] My bow on [Ebm] the heel [Dbm] of [B] your thigh.
[Abm] _ [Gb]
[B] And I'll bury my soul [Abm] in a scrapbook. _
[B] With the photographs [Ebm] in [Abm] and the moss. _
[E] And I'll yield to the flood [Gb] of your beauty. _
[E] My chief flower and [Dbm] [B] my cross.
[Eb] _
[Abm] And you'll carry me down on your dancing.
[Dbm] To the [Ab] pools that you lift [Dbm] on your wrists. _
[E] Oh my love, [B] oh my love.
Take [G] this _ waltz, take [Abm] this waltz.
[Dbm] It's yours now, it's [Abm] all [E] that there is. _
[B] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Abm] _ [Gb] _
_ _ [B] La, la, _ _ [Abm] _
_ _ [B] la, la, la, [Ebm] la, [Abm] la, la.
La, la, _ [E] la, la, la, _ [Gb] la, la, la, _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Dbm] _ _ _ [Abm] [E] la. Ay.
_ [Dbm] _ [B] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Abm] _ _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ [Abm] _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ [B] _
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