Key: F minor
Intro 1
C#m
A
C#m
G#
C#m
A
C#m
A
C#m
A
C#m
G#
C#m
A
C#m
F#m
C#aug
F#m
Adim
Am
F#dim
Adim
F
Dm
G#
Am
G#
Adim
G#
C#m
A
C#m
A
G#
Adim
G#
C#
G#
C#m
A
C#m
A
B
G#
Oh the tango is done with a thin black moustache, a wide
Verse 1
B
scarlet sash,
B
Bb
A
Or the tango is done with seafaring trash,
A
G
A
Or the tango is done as a dangerous dance,
G#
a treacherous step and if one should trip
a snap and a twist,
And a gold watch slips onto
a thick tattooed wrist
Bb
A
And a gray merchant ship
turns black in the sun,
G#
A
as it heaves to the East when
Verse 2
C#
Butterflies mounted on fields of black velvet
A
D#dim
Neatly arranged in gleaming glass trays
follow- the- leader
C#sus4
C#
Forever around the edge of the vase
Verse 3
Bb
Dm
F
Fm
G
A tango and over and over it plays
Fm
G
Over it plays
Fm
Ddim
G
Over it plays
C#
A
C#
Verse 4
F#m
C#
A medieval tapestry hangs like a warning,
A
B
A needlepoint forest of dark
D#dim
B
green and brown.
you will notice the hunter.
Verse 5
Cdim
B
And finally rests upon the real victim,
Bb
Dm
Lying quite still in a silk
Ddim
G
dressing gown.
Ddim
G
Cm
Lying quite still at the
edge of the carpet.
Adim
G#
Bb
One arm flung out for the peacock
Adim
Fm
G
D
G
C#m
s to peck.
B
D#
Except for the bright scarlet
A
D#
sash round the neck
Verse 6
Ddim
C#
beautiful strangers
D#
Cm
G
And life was a party right
Gdim
C
up to the end
Csus4
G
C
F#m
The door always opened
D#dim
D
to love and loves dangers
C#sus4
D
Though dead, a lover, a stranger,
Verse 7
F#m
A
D#dim
Neatly arranged in gleaming
One- eyed Etruscans play
follow- the- leader
C#
C#sus4
C#
Forever around the
edge of the vase
Bb
Fm
G
Fm
G
A tango and over and over it plays
Ddim
G
Fm
Over it plays
G
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