Key: F minor
Intro 1
Dm
Bb
Dm
A
Dm
Bb
Dm
Bb
Dm
Bb
Dm
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Dm
Bb
Dm
Gm
Daug
Gm
Bbdim
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Gdim
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F#
Ebm
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Bbm
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Bbdim
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Dm
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Dm
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D
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C
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Oh the tango is done with a thin black moustache, a wide
Verse 1
C
scarlet sash,
C
B
Bb
Or the tango is done with seafaring trash,
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Ab
Bb
Or the tango is done as a dangerous dance,
a snap and a twist,
And a gold watch slips onto
a thick tattooed wrist
B
Bb
And a gray merchant ship
turns black in the sun,
A
Bb
as it heaves to the East when
Verse 2
D
Butterflies mounted on fields of black velvet
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Edim
Neatly arranged in gleaming glass trays
follow- the- leader
Dsus4
D
Forever around the edge of the vase
Verse 3
B
Ebm
F#
F#m
Ab
A tango and over and over it plays
F#m
Ab
Over it plays
F#m
Ebdim
Ab
Over it plays
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Bb
D
Verse 4
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A medieval tapestry hangs like a warning,
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C
A needlepoint forest of dark
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green and brown.
you will notice the hunter.
Verse 5
C#dim
C
And finally rests upon the real victim,
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Ebm
Lying quite still in a silk
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Ab
dressing gown.
Ebdim
Ab
C#m
Lying quite still at the
edge of the carpet.
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A
B
One arm flung out for the peacock
Bbdim
F#m
Ab
Eb
Ab
Dm
s to peck .
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E
Except for the bright scarlet
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sash round the neck
Verse 6
Ebdim
D
beautiful strangers
E
C#m
Ab
And life was a party right
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C#
up to the end
C#sus4
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C#
Gm
The door always opened
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to love and loves dangers
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Eb
Though dead, a lover, a stranger,
Verse 7
Gm
Bb
Edim
Neatly arranged in gleaming
One- eyed Etruscans play
follow- the- leader
D
Dsus4
D
Forever around the
edge of the vase
B
F#m
Ab
F#m
Ab
A tango and over and over it plays
Ebdim
Ab
F#m
Over it plays
Ab
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