Leonard Cohen – Take This Waltz (Ukulele)
Capo 1
Key
-
Versions
(4)
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
* starred chords are optional (they last for one third of the other chords)
e.g in Verse 1 the timing should go like:
line 4: | 1 2 3 | 1 2 3 | 1 2 3 | 1 2 3 |
Eb Eb *Dm *Cm Bb D7
line 6: | 1 2 3 | 1 2 3 | 1 2 3 | 1 2 3 |
Cm G7 Cm Cm *Bb
line 7: | 1 2 3 | 1 2 3 | 1 2 3 | 1 2 3 |
Eb Eb *Bb *Cm Bb Bb
[Intro]
Bb Fsus4 F F
[Verse 1]
Bb Bb Gm Gm Now in Vienna there's ten pretty women Bb Dm Gm Gm There's a shoulder where death comes to cry Eb Eb F F There's a lobby with nine hundred windows Eb Eb *Dm *Cm Bb D7 There's a tree where the doves go to die Gm Gm Gm Gm There's a piece that was torn from the morning Cm G7 Cm Cm *Bb And it hangs in the Gallery of Frost Eb Eb *Bb *Cm Bb Bb Ay, ay, ay, ay D7 D7 Gm Gm Take this waltz, take this waltz Cm7 Cm7 Eb Eb Take this waltz with the clamp on its jaws
F Gm F F
[Verse 2]
Bb Dm Gm Gm Oh, I want you, I want you, I want you Bb Bb Gm Gm On a chair with a dead magazine Eb Eb F F In the cave at the tip of the lily Eb Eb *Dm *Cm Bb D7 In some hallways where love's ne-ver been Gm Gm Gm Gm On a bed where the moon has been sweating Cm G7 Cm Cm *Bb In a cry filled with footsteps and sand Eb Eb *Bb *Cm Bb Bb Ay, ay, ay, ay D7 D7 G7 G7 Take this waltz, take this waltz Cm7 Cm7 Eb Eb Take its broken waist in your hand
Ebdim Cm7 Gm D7
[Chorus]
Gm Gm Gm Gm This waltz, this waltz, this waltz, this waltz Cm Cm Gm Gm With its very own breath of brandy and death Cm7 Cm7 Bb Bb Dragging its tail in the sea
Fsus4 F
[Verse 3]
Bb Bb Gm Gm There's a concert hall in Vienna Bb Dm Gm Gm Where your mouth had a thousand reviews Eb Eb F F There's a bar where the boys have stopped talking Eb Eb *Dm *Cm Bb D7 They've been sentenced to death by the blues Gm Gm Gm Gm Ah, but who is it climbs to your picture Cm G7 Cm Cm *Bb With a garland of freshly cut tears? Eb Eb *Bb *Cm Bb Bb Ay, ay, ay, ay D7 D7 Gm Gm Take this waltz, take this waltz Cm7 Cm7 Eb Eb Take this waltz, it's been dying for years
Bb Bb F F
[Verse 4]
Bb Dm Gm Gm There's an attic where children are playing Bb Bb Gm Gm Where I've got to lie down with you soon Eb Eb F F In a dream of Hungarian lanterns Eb Eb *Dm *Cm Bb D7 In the mist of some sweet af-ter-noon Gm Gm Gm Gm And I'll see what you've chained to your sorrow Cm G7 Cm Cm *Bb All your sheep and your lilies of snow Eb Eb *Bb *Cm Bb Bb Ay, ay, ay, ay D7 D7 G7 G7 Take this waltz, take this waltz Cm7 Cm7 Eb Eb With its "I'll never forget you, you know!"
Ebdim Cm7 Gm D7
[Chorus]
Gm Gm Gm Gm This waltz, this waltz, this waltz, this waltz Cm Cm Gm Gm With its very own breath of brandy and death Cm7 Cm7 Bb Bb Dragging its tail in the sea
Fsus4 F
[Verse 5]
Bb Bb Gm Gm And I'll dance with you in Vienna Bb Dm Gm Gm I'll be wearing a river's disguise Eb Eb F F The hyacinth wild on my shoulder Eb Eb *Dm *Cm Bb Bb My mouth on the dew of your thighs Bb Bb Gm Gm And I'll bury my soul in a scrapbook Bb Dm Gm Gm With the photographs there and the moss Eb Eb F F And I'll yield to the flood of your beauty Eb Eb *Dm *Cm Bb D7 My cheap violin and my cross Gm Gm Gm Gm And you'll carry me down on your dancing Cm G7 Cm Cm To the pools that you lift on your wrist *Bb Eb Eb *Bb *Cm Bb Bb Oh, my love, oh, my love D7 D7 Gm Gm Take this waltz, take this waltz Cm Cm Eb Eb It's yours now, it's all that there is
Bb Bb F F
[Outro]
Bb Bb Gm Gm La, la, la... La, la, la... Bb Dm Gm Gm La, la, la... La, la, la... Eb Eb F F La, la, la... La, la, la... Eb Eb *Dm *Cm Bb D7 La, la, la... La, la, la... Gm Gm Gm Gm La, la, la... La, la, la... Cm G7 Cm Cm *Bb La, la, la... La, la, la... Eb Eb *Bb *Cm Bb Bb Ay, ay, ay, ay
D7 D7 Gm Gm
Cm7 Cm7 Eb Eb
F Gm F F
Bb