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