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