Key: F minor
Intro 1
Gm
Eb
Gm
D
Gm
Eb
Gm
Eb
Gm
Eb
Gm
D
Gm
Eb
Gm
Cm
Gaug
Cm
Ebdim
Ebm
Cdim
Ebdim
B
Abm
D
Ebm
D
Ebdim
D
Gm
Eb
Gm
Eb
D
Ebdim
D
G
D
Gm
Eb
Gm
Eb
F
D
Oh the tango is done with a thin black moustache, a wide
Verse 1
F
scarlet sash,
F
E
Eb
Or the tango is done with seafaring trash,
Eb
C#
Eb
Or the tango is done as a dangerous dance,
a snap and a twist,
And a gold watch slips onto
a thick tattooed wrist
E
Eb
And a gray merchant ship
turns black in the sun,
D
Eb
as it heaves to the East when
Verse 2
G
Butterflies mounted on fields of black velvet
Eb
Adim
Neatly arranged in gleaming glass trays
follow- the- leader
Gsus4
G
Forever around the edge of the vase
Verse 3
E
Abm
B
Bm
C#
A tango and over and over it plays
Bm
C#
Over it plays
Bm
Abdim
C#
Over it plays
G
Eb
G
Verse 4
Cm
G
A medieval tapestry hangs like a warning,
Eb
F
A needlepoint forest of dark
Adim
F
green and brown.
you will notice the hunter.
Verse 5
F#dim
F
And finally rests upon the real victim,
E
Abm
Lying quite still in a silk
Abdim
C#
dressing gown.
Abdim
C#
F#m
Lying quite still at the
edge of the carpet.
Ebdim
D
E
One arm flung out for the peacock
Ebdim
Bm
C#
Ab
C#
Gm
s to peck.
F
A
Except for the bright scarlet
Eb
A
sash round the neck
Verse 6
Abdim
G
beautiful strangers
A
F#m
C#
And life was a party right
C#dim
F#
up to the end
F#sus4
C#
F#
Cm
The door always opened
Adim
Ab
to love and loves dangers
Gsus4
Ab
Though dead, a lover, a stranger,
Verse 7
Cm
Eb
Adim
Neatly arranged in gleaming
One- eyed Etruscans play
follow- the- leader
G
Gsus4
G
Forever around the
edge of the vase
E
Bm
C#
Bm
C#
A tango and over and over it plays
Abdim
C#
Bm
Over it plays
C#
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