Key: F minor
Intro 1
Bm
G
Bm
F#
Bm
G
Bm
G
Bm
G
Bm
F#
Bm
G
Bm
Em
Baug
Em
Gdim
Gm
Edim
Gdim
D#
Cm
F#
Gm
F#
Gdim
F#
Bm
G
Bm
G
F#
Gdim
F#
B
F#
Bm
G
Bm
G
A
F#
Oh the tango is done with a thin black moustache, a wide
Verse 1
A
scarlet sash,
A
G#
G
Or the tango is done with seafaring trash,
G
F
G
Or the tango is done as a dangerous dance,
F#
a treacherous step and if one should trip
a snap and a twist,
And a gold watch slips onto
a thick tattooed wrist
G#
G
And a gray merchant ship
turns black in the sun,
F#
G
as it heaves to the East when
Verse 2
B
Butterflies mounted on fields of black velvet
G
C#dim
Neatly arranged in gleaming glass trays
follow- the- leader
Bsus4
B
Forever around the edge of the vase
Verse 3
G#
Cm
D#
D#m
F
A tango and over and over it plays
D#m
F
Over it plays
D#m
Cdim
F
Over it plays
B
G
B
Verse 4
Em
B
A medieval tapestry hangs like a warning,
G
A
A needlepoint forest of dark
C#dim
A
green and brown.
you will notice the hunter.
Verse 5
A#dim
A
And finally rests upon the real victim,
G#
Cm
Lying quite still in a silk
Cdim
F
dressing gown.
Cdim
F
A#m
Lying quite still at the
edge of the carpet.
Gdim
F#
G#
One arm flung out for the peacock
Gdim
D#m
F
C
F
Bm
s to peck .
A
C#
Except for the bright scarlet
G
C#
sash round the neck
Verse 6
Cdim
B
beautiful strangers
C#
A#m
F
And life was a party right
Fdim
A#
up to the end
A#sus4
F
A#
Em
The door always opened
C#dim
C
to love and loves dangers
Bsus4
C
Though dead, a lover, a stranger,
Verse 7
Em
G
C#dim
Neatly arranged in gleaming
One- eyed Etruscans play
follow- the- leader
B
Bsus4
B
Forever around the
edge of the vase
G#
D#m
F
D#m
F
A tango and over and over it plays
Cdim
F
D#m
Over it plays
F
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