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