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