Leonard Cohen – Take This Waltz (Ukulele)

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* 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