Em Bm
So you'll be an Austrian nobleman
Em D A
Commissioning a symphony in c
C G
Which defies all earthly descriptions
C G
You'll be commissioning a symphony in c
Em Bm
With money you squeeze from the peasants
C G
To your nephew you can give it as a present
Em D A
This magnificent symphony in c
Em Bm D A
You'll be commissioning a symphony in c
G D Em A D G D
A D
Em Bm
Completely filling the palace concert hall
C G
Its warm and golden like an oven that's wide open
Em Bm
It has a melody both happy and sad
Em D A
Built on victorious young triads
Em Bm
You've entered the room with great caution
C G
Though no one in the hall is even watching
Em Bm
They are transfixed
Em D A
They are forgetting just to breath
Em D
They are so taken by your symphony...
A
In D
G D Em A D G D
A D G D Em A D
Em D A
You're sitting there thinking your thoughts
C G
They are not about what is but what is not
Em Bm
You are sitting there breathing in your breath
Em D A
You are seldom breathing life but mostly death
Em Bm
So you'll be an Austrian nobleman
Em D A
Commissioning a symphony in c
C G
Which defies all earthly descriptions
C
Youll be commissioning...
G
B symphony...
A
In C