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