Famous Blue Raincoat
Leonard Cohen
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Intro :Am F Dm7 Em7 (2x)
AmIt's four in the morning, Fthe end of December
I'm Dm7writing you now just to Em7see if you're better
AmNew York is cold, but I Flike where I'm living
There'sDm7 music on Clinton Street Em7all through the evening
AmI hear that you'reBm7 building your little Amhouse deep in the dBm7esert
Am7You're living for nGothing now
I hAm7ope you're keeping some kind of reGcord
Yes, andC Jane came by with a lock of your hGair
She said that you gave it to Am7her
That night that you planned to go clBm7ear G
FDid you ever go cleEm7ar ? Am F Em7
Ah, the Amlast time we saw you you loFoked so much older
Your Dm7famous blue raincoat was toEm7rn at the shoulder
You'd Ambeen to the station to meFet every train
And Dm7you came home without Lili MaEm7rlene
AmAnd you treated my Bm7woman to a flAmake of your Bm7life
Am7And when she came bGack
SheAm7 was nobody's wiGfe
Well I Csee you there with the rose in your tGeeth
One more thin gypsy tAm7hief
Well I see Jane's aBm7wake G
FShe sends her regaEm7rds Am F Em7
And whatAm can I tell you my brother, mFy killer
What Dm7can I possibly say ? Em7
I guess Amthat I miss you, I guess I Fforgive you
I'm gDm7lad you stood in my way Em7
AmIf you ever come by Bm7here, for JAmane or for mBm7e
Am7Well, your enemy iGs sleeping,
Am7And his woman is frGee
Yes, and thCanks, for the trouble you toGok from her eyes
I thought it was tAm7here for good
So I never trBm7ied G
And JaCne came by with a lock of your haGir
She said that you gave it to hAm7er
That night that you planned to go cBm7lear G
FSincerely, L CoEm7hen