Take This Waltz chords by
Leonard Cohen (Official Version)

1986Classical317 views

Key: B majorDifficulty: Advanced

Verse 1
B B 
 
F# F# 
 
B B 
 
Now in Vienna
B/F# B/F# 
 
G#m G#m 
 
there's ten    pretty women
B B 
 
There's a shoulder
D#m D#m 
 
G#m G#m 
 
where Death comes to cry
E E 
 
F# F# 
 
There's a lobby with nine hundred windows
E E 
 
There's a tree
B/D# B/D# 
 
C#m C#m 
 
B B 
 
D#7/A# D#7/A# 
 
where the doves go     to    die
G#m G#m 
 
There's a piece
G#m/D# G#m/D# 
 
G#m G#m 
 
G#m/D# G#m/D# 
 
that was torn      from the morning
C#m C#m 
 
G#7 G#7 
 
C#m C#m 
 
B/D# B/D# 
 
And it hangs in the Gallery of Frost

Chorus 1

E

B/D#

C#m

B

Aey, aey, aey, aey

D#7/G

G#m

Take this waltz, take this waltz

C#/F

Emaj7

Take this waltz with the clamp on its jaws

F#

C#7/G#

F#/A#

F#

Verse 2
B B 
 
D#m/A# D#m/A# 
 
Oh, I want you, I want      you,
G#m G#m 
 
G#sus2 G#sus2 
 
I want  you
B B 
 
G#m G#m 
 
On a chair with a dead magazine
E E 
 
F# F# 
 
In the cave at the tip of the lily
E E 
 
In some hallway
B/D# B/D# 
 
C#m C#m 
 
B B 
 
D#7/A# D#7/A# 
 
where love's nev    er    been
G#m G#m 
 
On a bed
G#mMaj7 G#mMaj7 
 
G#m7 G#m7 
 
G#m6 G#m6 
 
where the moon        has been sweating
C#m C#m 
 
In a cry
G#7 G#7 
 
C#m C#m 
 
B/D# B/D# 
 
filled with footsteps and sand

Chorus 2

E

B/D#

C#m

B

Aey, aey, aey, aey

D#7/G

G#7/F#

Take this waltz, take this waltz

C#m/E

Fm7b5

Take its broken waist in your hand

E

Gdim7

G#m

D#7

Bridge 1

G#m

This waltz, this waltz, this waltz, this waltz

C#m

G#m

With its very own breath of brandy and death

Em6

B

B/F#

F#

Dragging its tail in the sea

Verse 3
B B 
 
B/F# B/F# 
 
G#m G#m 
 
There's a concert hall   in Vienna
B B 
 
D#m D#m 
 
G#m G#m 
 
Where your mouth had a thousand reviews
E E 
 
There's a bar
F# F# 
 
where the boys have stopped talking
E E 
 
They've been sentenced to death
B/D# B/D# 
 
C#m C#m 
 
B B 
 
D#7/A# D#7/A# 
 
by    the blues
G#m G#m 
 
Ah, but who   is it
G#mMaj7 G#mMaj7 
 
G#m7 G#m7 
 
G#m6 G#m6 
 
climbs      to your picture
C#m C#m 
 
G#7 G#7 
 
C#m C#m 
 
B/D# B/D# 
 
With a garland of freshly cut tears?

Chorus 3

E

B/D#

C#m

B

Aey, aey, aey, aey

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#sus4

F#

Verse 4
B B 
 
D#m/A# D#m/A# 
 
G#m G#m 
 
There's an attic where children  are playing
B B 
 
G#m G#m 
 
Where I've got to lie down with you soon
E E 
 
F# F# 
 
In a dream of Hungarian lanterns
E E 
 
In the mist
B/D# B/D# 
 
C#m C#m 
 
B B 
 
D#7/A# D#7/A# 
 
of some sweet af     ter   noon
G#m G#m 
 
And I'll see   what
G#mMaj7 G#mMaj7 
 
G#m7 G#m7 
 
G#m6 G#m6 
 
you've chained     to your sorrow
C#m C#m 
 
G#7 G#7 
 
C#m C#m 
 
B/D# B/D# 
 
All your sheep and your lilies of snow

Chorus 4

E

B/D#

C#m

B

Aey, aey, aey, aey

D#7/G

G#7/F#

Take this waltz, take this waltz

C#m/E

Fm7b5

With its "I'll never forget you, you know"

E

Gdim7

G#m

D#7

Bridge 2

G#m

This waltz, this waltz, this waltz, this waltz

C#m

G#m

With its very own breath of brandy and death

Em6

B

B/F#

F#

Dragging its tail in the sea

Verse 5
B B 
 
B/F# B/F# 
 
G#m G#m 
 
And I'll dance with you    in Vienna
B B 
 
D#m D#m 
 
G#m G#m 
 
I'll be wearing a river's disguise
E E 
 
F# F# 
 
The hyacinth wild on my shoulder
E E 
 
B/D# B/D# 
 
C#m C#m 
 
B B 
 
F# F# 
 
My mouth on the dew of     your  thighs
B B 
 
B/F# B/F# 
 
And I'll bury my soul
G#m G#m 
 
in a scrap book
B B 
 
D#m D#m 
 
With the photographs there,
G#m G#m 
 
and the moss
E E 
 
F# F# 
 
And I'll yield to the flood of your beauty
E E 
 
B/D# B/D# 
 
C#m C#m 
 
B B 
 
D#7/A# D#7/A# 
 
My cheap violin and my    cross
G#m G#m 
 
G#mMaj7 G#mMaj7 
 
And you'll carry me down
G#m7 G#m7 
 
G#m6 G#m6 
 
on your dancing
C#m C#m 
 
G#7 G#7 
 
C#m C#m 
 
To the pools that you lift  on your wrist
B/D# B/D# 
 
Oh my     love,

Chorus 5

E

B/D#

C#m

B

oh my love

D#7/G

G#m

Take this waltz, take this waltz

C#m

E

B

F#

It's yours now, it's all that there is

Outro 1
B B 
 
B/F# B/F# 
 
G#m G#m 
 
(La-la-la, la-la-la)
B B 
 
D#m D#m 
 
G#m G#m 
 
(La-la-la, la-la-la)
E E 
 
F# F# 
 
(La-la-la, la-la-la)
E E 
 
B/D# B/D# 
 
C#m C#m 
 
B B 
 
D#7/A# D#7/A# 
 
(La-la-la, la-la-la)
G#m G#m 
 
G#m/D# G#m/D# 
 
G#m G#m 
 
G#m/D# G#m/D# 
 
(La-la-la, la-la-la)
C#m C#m 
 
G#7 G#7 
 
C#m C#m 
 
B/D# B/D# 
 
(La-la-la, la-la-la)
E E 
 
B/D# B/D# 
 
C#m C#m 
 
B B 
 
(Aey, aey,   aey,  aey)
D#7/G D#7/G 
 
G#m G#m 
 
[Fade out]

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsB F# B/F# G#m D#m...

Chords

B
F#
B/F#
G#m
D#m
E
B/D#
C#m
D#7/A#
G#m/D#
G#7
D#7/G
C#/F
Emaj7
C#7/G#
F#/A#
D#m/A#
G#sus2
G#mMaj7
G#m7
G#m6
G#7/F#
C#m/E
Fm7b5
Gdim7
D#7
Em6
F#sus4

Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

B: x-2-4-4-4-x
F#: 2-4-4-3-2-2
B/F#: 2-x-4-4-4-x
G#m: 4-6-6-4-4-4
D#m: x-6-8-8-7-x
E: 0-2-2-1-0-0
B/D#: x-6-4-4-7-x
C#m: x-4-6-6-5-x
D#7/A#: 6-x-5-6-4-x
G#m/D#: x-6-6-4-4-4
G#7: 4-6-4-5-4-4
D#7/G: 3-x-1-3-2-x
C#/F: x-x-3-1-2-1
Emaj7: x-x-2-4-4-4
C#7/G#: 4-x-3-4-2-x
F#/A#: 6-4-4-6-x-x
D#m/A#: 6-x-8-8-7-x
G#sus2: 4-x-x-3-4-4
G#mMaj7: 4-x-5-4-4-x
G#m7: 4-6-4-4-4-4
G#m6: 4-x-3-4-4-x
G#7/F#: 2-x-1-1-1-x
C#m/E: x-7-6-6-9-x
Fm7b5: x-x-3-4-4-4
Gdim7: 3-x-2-3-2-x
D#7: x-x-1-3-2-3
Em6: 0-2-2-0-2-0
F#sus4: x-x-4-4-2-2

Capo: No capo

Transpose: 0

0

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This is the definitive original version of Take This Waltz by Leonard Cohen, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of B major. It is designed for experienced players looking to reproduce the full sonic intent and artistic expression of Leonard Cohen.

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