Famous Blue Raincoat

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FAMOUS BLUE RAINCOAT- Leonard Cohen

Am F

It's four in the morning, the end of December

Dm7 Em7

I'm writing you now just to see if you're better

Am F

New York is cold, but I like where I'm living

Dm7 Em7

There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening

Am Bm Am Bm

I hear that you're building your little house deep in the desert

Am G

You're living for nothing now

Am G

I hope you're keeping some kind of record

CHORUS #1:

C G

Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair

Am

She said that you gave it to her

Bm G

That night that you planned to go clear

F Em7

Did you ever go clear?

Am

Ah, the last time we saw you you looked so much older

Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder

You'd been to the station to meet every train

And you came home without Lili Marlene

And you treated my woman to a flake of your life

And when she came back she was nobody's wife

CHORUS #2:

C G

Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth

Am

One more thin gypsy thief

Bm G F Em7

Well I see Jane's awake she sends her regards

And what can I tell you my brother, my killer

What can I possibly say?

I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you

I'm glad you stood in my way

If you ever come by here, for Jane or for me

Well, your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is free

CHORUS #3:

C G

Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes

Am G

I thought it was there for good so I never tried

C G

And Jane came by with a lock of your hair

Am

She said that you gave it to her

Bm G

That night that you planned to go clear

F Em7

Sincerely, L Cohen

Dm7: x x 0 2 1 1 Em7: 0 2 2 0 3 0

NOTE: Technically speaking, the bottom E should drop down to D to get a

really low note for the Dm7. All other chords should be changed

accordingly if you feel it worth the bother. Also, the standard Cohen

picking pattern can be used on this song (see Winter Lady).

(from Songs of Love and Hate, 1971)

(sent by Harlan at harlant@hawaii.edu)

I got this off some archive awhile ago, can't remember which. Here are

the chord changes.

VERSE

Am F Dm7 G

Am F Dm7 G

BRIDGE

F F F G

Dm7 Dm7 Dm7 G

CHORUS

C C C C

G G G G

Am7 Am7 Am7 Am7

G G G G

Dm7 G

If you have the music, you can figure it out with these changes. Leonard

Cohen is a genius.