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