The Third Man Theme

When a zither starts to play,

(G7)you'll remember yesterday.

In its haunting strain,

Vienna lives again, (C)free and bright and gay.

In your mind a sudden gleam (G7)of a half forgotten dream seems to glimmer when you hear "The Third

Man (C)Theme."

(C)Once again there comes to mind (G7)someone that you left behind,

love that somehow didn't last (C)in that happy city of the past.

(A7)Does she still recall the dream,

that (Dm)rapture so (A7)(Dm)supreme when (G7)first she heard the haunting "Third

Man (C)Theme"?

(C)Carnivals and carousels and Ferris wheels and parasols,

the Danube nights, the dancing lights again will shine.

The zither's sweet refrain keeps swirling in your brain (G7)like new

May wine.

Strauss waltzes, candle glow, and the laughter of long ago fill the magic chords and make it seem like (C)today.

(G7)You (C)never knew that you could be enchanted by a (G7)melody.

The years will never drive it out;

you don't know why it's something (C)you can't live without.

You hear it in the twilight hush and in the morning traffic (G7)rush;

a song that's always new in your heart,

a part of (C)you.

(G7)Oh. of a wellremembered dream shines so brightly when you hear "The Third

Man (C)Theme."