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