C When a zither starts to play Dm You'll remember yesterday G7 In its haunting strain G7 Vienna lives again Am G Free and bright and gay C In your mind a sudden gleam Dm Of a half forgotten dream G7 C G Seems to glimmer when you hear the third man theme C Once again there comes to mind Dm Someone that you left behind G7 Love that somehow didn't last Am In that happy city of the past A7 Does she still recall the dream Dm That rapture so supreme G7 C When first she heard the haunting third man theme? C Am Carnivals and carousels and Ferris wheels and parasols C Am The Danube nights, the dancing lights again will shine G The zither's sweet refrain G Keeps swirling in your brain G Like new may wine G7 Strauss waltzes, candle-glow G7 And the laughter of long ago C Fill the magic chords and make it seem like today C You never knew that you could be G Enchanted by a melody G7 The years will never drive it out G7 You don't know why C It's something you can't live without C You hear it in the twilight hush G And in the morning traffic rush G7 A song that's always new C In your heart a part of you C When a zither starts to play Dm You'll remember yesterday G7 In its haunting strain G7 Vienna lives again Am G Free and bright and gay C In your mind a sudden gleam Dm Of a new-remembered dream G7 C G shines so brightly when you hear the third man theme G7 C G shines so brightly when you hear the third man theme G7 C G shines so brightly when you hear the third man theme