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