Intro
Dm
verse 1
DmAm
So you'll be an austrian nobleman
DmCG
Commissioning a symphony in c
BbF
Which defies all earthly descriptions
BbF
Youll be commissioning a symphony in c
verse 2
DmAm
With money you squeeze from the peasants
DmCG
To your nephew you can give it as a present
BbF
This magnificent symphony in c
BbFCm
Youll be commissioning a symphony in c
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verse 3
DmAm
Completely filling the palace concert hall
DmCG
Its warm and golden like an oven thats wide open
BbF
It has a melody both happy and sad
BbF
Built on victorias young triads
verse 4
DmAm
Youve entered the room with great caution
DmCG
Though no one in the hall is even watching
BbF
They are transfixed, they are forgetting just to breath
BbFCm
They are so taken by your symphony... in c
bridge
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verse 5
DmAm
Youre sitting there thinking your thoughts
DmCG
They are not about what is but what is not
BbF
You are sitting there breathing in your breath
BbF
You are seldom breathing life but mostly death
verse 6
DmAm
So youll be an austrian nobleman
DmCG
Commissioning a symphony in c
BbF
Which defies all earthly descriptions
BbF
Youll be commissioning... a symphony... in c
outro
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