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