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