Chords for Leonard Cohen - Take This Waltz (Live in London)

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Now in [B] Vienna there's ten [Abm] pretty women.
[B] There's a shoulder [Gb] where death [Abm] comes to cry.
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[E] There's a lobby with five [Gb] hundred windows.
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There's this [E] tree where the doves [Gb] of [B] death.
[Bbm] [Abm] There's a piece [Eb] torn from [Abm] the morning.
[F] .
[Dbm] and it hangs in the gallery of frost.
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[E] [Abm] Aye, [Dbm].
[B] aye, aye.
[Eb] Take this waltz, take [Abm] this waltz.
Take [Db] this waltz with the clam [E] on its jaws.
[Gb] [Abm] .
[Bbm] [Gb] [Abm] [Bbm] [B] I want you, [Gb] I want [Abm] you, I want you.
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[B] On a chair with a dead [Abm] magazine.
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[E] In that cave at the [Gb] tip of a lily.
[E] Some hallway [B] where [Dbm] love's [B] never won.
[Eb] On [Abm] our bed [Eb] where the moon has [Abm] been sweating.
In [Dbm] a cry filled [Ab] with footsteps [Dbm] and sand.
[Ebm] [E] I will, [B] I, I, I .
Take [Eb] this waltz, take [Ab] this waltz.
Take [Dbm] its broken waist [F] in your hand.
[E] .
[Eb] [Db] [Eb] .
[Abm] This waltz, this waltz, this waltz, this waltz.
[Dbm] With its very own breath [Abm] of brandy and death.
[Db] Dragging its tail [B] in the sea .
[Gb] [B] There's a concert hall [Abm] in Vienna.
Where your [B] mouth [Gb] had a thousand [Abm] reviews.
[E] There's this bar where the boys have stopped [Gb] talking.
They've [E] been sentenced to [Ebm] death [Dbm] by [B] the blues.
[Bbm] .
[Abm] Ah, but who is [Eb] it climbed [Abm] to your [Eb] picture.
[Dbm] With a garland [Ab] of [Dbm] freshly cut tears.
[Ebm] [E] I, [Dbm] I, [B] I, I .
[Eb] Take this waltz, take [Abm] this waltz.
[Dbm] Take this waltz, it's been dying [E] for years.
[B] .
There's [Gb] .
[B] an attic [Gb] where children [Abm] are playing.
Where [B] I've got to lie down with [Abm] you soon.
In [E] a dream of [Gb] hungary and lanterns.
In [E] the midst of some [Abm] sweet [B] afternoon .
[Eb] And [Abm] I'll see [Eb] what you've [Abm] chained to your [F] sorrow.
[Dbm] All your sheep .
[Ab] and your [Dbm] lilies of snow.
[Ebm] .
[E] I, [B] I, I, I.
Take [Eb] this waltz, take [Ab] this waltz.
With [Dbm] its, I'll never forget you, [F] you know .
[E] [Eb] [Db] .
[Eb] [Abm] This waltz, this waltz, this waltz, this waltz.
With [Dbm] its very own breath [Abm] of brandy and death .
[Db] Dragging its tail [B] in the sea.
[Gb] And [Bb].
[B] I'll dance with [Gb] you [Abm] in Vienna .
I'll [B] be wearing [Ebm] a river's [Abm] disguise.
[E] The highest of cloud on [Gb] my shoulder.
My [E] mouth on [Abm] the door [B] of your [Gb] thighs.
And [B] I'll bury my soul [Abm] in a scrapper.
[B] With the [Gb] photographs there [Abm] in the moss.
And [E] I'll yield to the flood of [Gb] your beauty.
[E] My cheap violin [Dbm] and [B] my [Bbm] cross.
And [Abm] you'll carry me down on your [Ebm] dancing.
To [Dbm] the pools [Ab] that [Gb] you lift on [Dbm] your wrist.
Oh [E] my love, [B] [Dbm] oh my [B] love.
Take [Gm] this waltz, [Eb] take [Abm] this waltz.
Take this [Dbm] waltz now, it's all [E] that there is.
[B] [Gb] .
[Ab] [Gb] [B] .
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[B] [Ebm] [Abm] .
[E] .
[Gb] The [E] .
[Dbm] [B] [Bbm] .
[Abm] [Eb] sweet shepherd [Abm] of [F] strings.
On [Dbm] the loud of the air [Ab] moss.
[Dbm].
La la la, [Ebm] [E] la la [B] la.
[Dbm] [B] The [G] .
[Abm] master of [Db] breath on the instrument of [Dbm] wind, [E].
Dino Soldo.
[B] La .
[Gb] [Ab] [Gb] [B] .
la la, [Abm] la la la.
The [B] signature of steady [Gb] on the [Abm] pedal steel.
On the electric guitar, [E] Bob Metzger .
[Gb] La la la, [E] la la la.
[Dbm] [B] [Bbm] The .
[Abm] [Eb] [Abm] prince of [F] decision, [Dbm] our timekeeper [Ab] on the [Dbm] drum, Rafael [Ebm] Bernardo [E] Gallo .
[B] [Dbm] [B] On [Eb] .
[Abm] .
[Dbm] the Hammond B3 and the keyboards, [E].
the impeccable [B] Neil Larson .
[Gb] [Abm] [Gb] [B] .
[Gb] [Abm] La la la, .
[B] la la [Gb] la.
[Abm] .
[E] My collaborator, [Gb] the incomparable Sharon [E] Robinson.
La la la, [Dbm] [B] [Bbm] .
[Abm] [Eb] [Abm] la la [F] la.
[Dbm] [Ab] .
[Dbm] Patti and [Eb] Charlie [E] Webb, the [B] supplier of the X-System.
Our [Eb] [Abm] .
[Dbm] [E] .
[B] guardian and sentry, our [Gb] musical director [Bbm] on the upright [B] and the electric bass, [Abm] Roscoe Beck.
La la la, [B] la la [Gb] la.
[Abm] .
[E] .
[Gb] Thank [E] you so much dear [B] friends, [B] thank you for this [Bbm] memorable evening.
[Abm] La [Eb] la [Abm] la, la [Ebm] [F] [Dbm] la [Ab] la .
[Dbm] [Ebm] [E] .
[B] [Dbm] [B] .
[G] [Abm] [Bb] .
[Abm] [Db] [Dbm] .
[E] [B] .
[Gb] [Abm] .
[Bbm] [B] .
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