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FAMOUS BLUE RAINCOAT

Leonard Cohen

[Am] It's four in the morning, the [F] end of December
I'm [Dm7] writing you now just to [Em7] see if you're better
[Am] New York is cold, but I [F] like where I'm living
There's [Dm7] music on Clinton Street [Em7] all through the evening
[Am] I hear that you're [Bm] building your little [Am] house deep in the [Bm] desert
[Am] You're living for [G] nothing now
I hope you're [Am] keeping some kind of [G] record

Yes, and [C] Jane came by with a lock of your [G] hair
She said that you gave it to [Am] her
That night that you planned to go [Bm] clear [G]
[F] Did you ever go [Em7] clear?

Ah, the [Am] last time we saw you you [F] looked so much older
Your [Dm7] famous blue raincoat was [Em7] torn at the shoulder
You'd [Am] been to the station to [F] meet every train
[Dm7] And you came home without [Em7] Lili Marlene
[Am] And you treated my [Bm] woman to a [Am] flake of your [Bm] life
And [Am] when she came [G] back she was [Am] nobody's [G] wife

Well I [C] see you there with the rose in your [G] teeth,
One more thin gypsy [Am] thief
Well I see Jane's [Bm] awake [G] she [F] sends her [Em7] regards

And [Am] what can I tell you my [F] brother, my killer,
[Dm7] What can I possibly [Em7] say?
[Am] I guess that I miss you, I [F] guess I forgive you,
[Dm7] I'm glad you stood in my [Em7] way
[Am] If you ever come [Bm] by here, [Am] for Jane or for [Bm] me
[[Am] Well, your enemy is [G] sleeping, [Am] and his woman is [G] free

Yes, and [C] thanks, for the trouble you [G] took from her eyes
I thought it was [Am] there for good so I never [G] tried
And [C] Jane came by with a lock of your [G] hair
She said that you gave it to [Am] her
That night that you planned to go [Bm] clear [G]
[F] Sincerely, L [Em7] Cohen