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