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[Verse 1]
Dm Am
So you'll be an Austrian nobleman
Dm C G
Commissioning a symphony in C
Bb F
Which defies all earthly descriptions
Bb F
You'll be commissioning a symphony in C
[Verse 2]
Dm Am
With money you squeeze from the peasants
Dm C G
To your nephew you can give it as a present
Bb F
This magnificent symphony in C
Bb F
You'll be commissioning a symphony in C
[Interlude]
|(F) C | Dm G | C |
| F C | Dm G | C | C
[Verse 3]
Dm Am
Completely filling the palace concert hall
Dm C G
It's warm and golden like an oven that's wide open
Bb F
It has a melody both happy and sad
Bb F
Built on victorious young triads
[Verse 4]
Dm Am
You've entered the room with great caution
Dm C G
Though no one in the hall is even watching
Bb F
They are transfixed, they are forgetting just to breathe
Bb F
They are so taken by your symphony... in C
[Instrumental]
|(F) C | Dm G | C |
| F C | Dm G | C |
| F C | Dm G | C | C |
| Dm | Am |
| Dm C | G |
| Bb | F |
| Bb | F
[Verse 5]
Dm Am
You're sitting there thinking your thoughts
Dm C G
They are not about what is but what is not
Bb F
You are sitting there breathing in your breath
Bb F
You are seldom breathing life but mostly death
[Verse 6]
Dm Am
So you'll be an Austrian nobleman
Dm C G
Commissioning a symphony in C
Bb F
Which defies all earthly descriptions
Bb F
You'll be commissioning a symphony... in C
[Outro]
|(F) C | Dm G | C |
| F C | Dm G | C | x3
| F C | Dm G | C
