Tango chords by Peggy Lee
Intro 1
Em
C
Em
B
Em
C
Em
C
Em
C
Em
B
Em
C
Em
Am
Eaug
Am
Cdim
Cm
Adim
Cdim
G#
Fm
B
Cm
B
Cdim
B
Em
C
Em
C
B
Cdim
B
E
B
Em
C
Em
C
D
B
Oh the tango is done with a thin black moustache, a wide
Verse 1
D
scarlet sash,
C
black boots and a whip
D
C#
C
Or the tango is done with seafaring trash,
B
callous and brash, fresh off the ship
C
Bb
C
Or the tango is done as a dangerous dance,
B
a treacherous step and if one should trip
C
The frail body breaks with
a snap and a twist,
And a gold watch slips onto
a thick tattooed wrist
C#
C
And a gray merchant ship
turns black in the sun,
B
C
as it heaves to the East when
Am
the tango is done.
Verse 2
E
Butterflies mounted on fields of black velvet
C
F#dim
Neatly arranged in gleaming glass trays
F
One- eyed Etruscans play
follow- the- leader
Esus4
E
Forever around the edge of the vase
Verse 3
D#dim
The phonograph's playing
D
an old broken record
C#
Fm
G#
G#m
Bb
A tango and over and over it plays
G#m
Bb
Over it plays
G#m
Fdim
Bb
Over it plays
E
C
E
Verse 4
Am
E
A medieval tapestry hangs like a warning,
C
D
A needlepoint forest of dark
F#dim
D
green and brown.
F
The scene is the hunt,
you will notice the hunter.
Esus4
He takes careful aim as
E
your eye travels down,
Verse 5
D#dim
D
And finally rests upon the real victim,
C#
Fm
Lying quite still in a silk
Fdim
Bb
dressing gown.
Fdim
Bb
D#m
Lying quite still at the
edge of the carpet.
Cdim
B
C#
One arm flung out for the peacock
Cdim
G#m
Bb
F
Bb
Em
s to peck .
C#dim
Blending in well with the blue
C
and green background
D
F#
Except for the bright scarlet
C
F#
sash round the neck
Verse 6
G#m
He was a collector of
Fdim
E
beautiful strangers
F#
D#m
Bb
And life was a party right
Bbdim
D#
up to the end
D#sus4
Bb
D#
Am
The door always opened
F#dim
F
to love and loves dangers
Esus4
F
Though dead, a lover, a stranger,
E
a friend
Verse 7
Am
E
Butterflies mounted on fields
Am
of black velvet
C
F#dim
Neatly arranged in gleaming
F
glass trays
One- eyed Etruscans play
follow- the- leader
E
Esus4
E
Forever around the
edge of the vase
D#dim
The phonograph's playing
D
an old broken record
C#
G#m
Bb
G#m
Bb
A tango and over and over it plays
Fdim
Bb
G#m
Over it plays
Bb
Tango
Peggy Lee
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