Take This Waltz chords by Jennifer Warnes, Leonard Cohen
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Verse 1
(G major) (D major) Now in Vi (G major) enna there are ten
(D major) pretty (E minor) wo men
There's a (G major) shoulder where Death
(D major) comes to (E minor) cry
There's a (C major) lobby with nine
(C minor) hundred (D major) windows
There's a (C major) tree where the doves go to (G major) die
(B major) There's a (E minor) piece that (B major) was torn
from the (E minor) morning (B major)
And it (A minor) hangs in the Gal (E major) lery
of Frost
(A minor) (C major) (G major)
Verse 2
Aey, aey, aey, aey
Take this (B major) waltz, take this (E minor) waltz
Take this (A major) waltz with the clamp
on its (C major) jaws
(D major) (E minor)
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Verse 3
(D major)
Oh, I want (G major) you, I want (D major) you, I (E minor) want you
On a (G major) chair with a dead magazine (E minor)
In the (C major) cave at the tip of the (D major) lilly
In some hall (C major) way where
love's never been (G major) (B major)
On a (E minor) bed where (B major) the moon has
been sweat (E minor) ing (B major)
In a cry (A minor) filled with foot (E major) steps
and sand
(A minor) (C major)
Verse 4
(G major)
Aey, aey, aey, aey
Take this (B major) waltz, take this (D major) waltz (E major)
Take its (A minor) broken waist (C major) in your
(C sharpdim) hand
(D major) (B major)
Verse 5
(E minor) (B major)
This (E minor) waltz, this waltz,
this waltz, this waltz
With its (A minor) very own breath of
(E minor) brandy and Death
(C minor) Dragging its tail in the sea
(G major)
Verse 6
(D major)
There's a (G major) concert hall
(D major) in Vi (E minor) enna
Where your (G major) mouth had a thou
(B minor) sand re (E minor) views
There's a (C major) bar where the boys
have stopped (D major) talking
They've been sen (C major) tenced
to death by the (G major) blues
(B major) Ah, but (E minor) who is (B major) it climbs
to your (E minor) picture (B major)
With a (A minor) gar land of freshly (E major) cut
tears?
(A minor) (C major) (G major)
Verse 7
Aey, aey, aey, aey
Take this (B major) waltz, take this (E minor) waltz
Take this (A minor) waltz,
it's been dying for (C major) years
(G major)
Verse 8
(D major)
There's an (G major) attic where chil
(B major) dren are (E minor) playing
Where I've (G major) got to lie down with you (E minor) soon
In a (C major) dream of Hungarian (D major) lanterns
In the (C major) mist of some sweet
(G major) afternoon (B major)
And I'll (E minor) see what (B major) you've chained
to your sor (E minor) row (B major)
All your (A minor) sheep and your lil (E major) lies
of snow
(A minor) (C major)
Verse 9
(G major)
Aey, aey, aey, aey
Take this (B major) waltz, take this waltz
(E major) With its "I'll (A minor) never forget (C major) you,
you know"
(C sharpdim) (D major) (B major)
Verse 10
(E minor) (B major)
This (E minor) waltz, this waltz,
this waltz, this waltz
With its (A minor) very own breath of
(E minor) brandy and Death
(C minor) Dragging its tail in the (G major) sea (D major)
Verse 11
And I'll (G major) dance with you (D major) in Vi (E minor) enna
I'll be (G major) wearing a river (B minor) 's dis (E minor) guise
The (C major) hy acinth wild on my (D major) shoulder
My mouth (C major) on the dew of your (G major) thighs
And I'll bury my soul in a scrap (E minor) book
With the photo (G major) graphs there,
(D major) and the moss (E minor)
And I'll yield (C major) to the flood of your (D major) beauty
My (C major) cheap violin (G major) and my cross
(B major) And you'll (E minor) carry (B major) me down on
your (E minor) dancing (B major)
To the pools (A minor) that you lift (E major) on your (A minor) wrist
Oh my love, (C major) (G major) oh my love
Take this (B major) waltz, take this (E minor) waltz
It's (A minor) yours now,
it's all that there is (La- la- la, la- la- la)
(C major) (La- la- la, la- la- la)
(La- la- la, la- la- la)
(La- la- la, la- la- la)
(La- la- la, la- la- la)
(La- la- la, la- la- la)
Outro 1
(Aey, aey, aey, aey)
(G major) (D major) (G major) (E minor) (G major) (D major) (E minor)
(C major) (D major)
(C major) (G major) (B major) (E minor) (B major) (E minor) (A minor)
(E major) (A minor) (C major) (G major) (B major) (E minor)
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