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