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