Famous Blue Raincoat
Leonard Cohen
Intro: [Am] [F] [Dm] [Em7] [Am] [F] [Dm] [Em7]
It’s [Am] four in the morning [F] the end of December
[Dm] I’m 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 [Dm] 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
Oh the [Am] last time we saw you you [F] looked so much older
Your [Dm] famous blue raincoat was [Em7] torn at the shoulder
You’d [Am] been to the station to [F] meet every train
[Dm] And you came home without [Em7] Lilli Marlene
And you [Am] treated my [Bm] woman to a [Am] flake of your [Bm] life
[Am] And when she came [G] back [Am] she was 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 a[Bm]wake [G] [F] she sends her re[Em7]gards
[Am] [F] [Dm] [Em7]
And [Am] what can I tell you my [F] brother my killer
[Dm] What can I possibly [Em7] say?
I [Am] guess that I miss you [F] I guess I forgive you
[Dm] 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 [Bm] tried
[G] 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
[Am] [F] [Dm] [Em7]
Famous Blue Raincoat [Am]Leonard Cohen
IntroAmFDmEm7AmFDmEm7
It’s Am four in the morning F the end of December Dm I’m 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 Dm 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 GF did you ever go Em7 clear
Oh the Am last time we saw you you F looked so much older Your Dm famous blue raincoat was Em7 torn at the shoulder You’d Am been to the station to F meet every train Dm And you came home without Em7 Lilli Marlene And you Am treated my Bm woman to a Am flake of your Bm life Am And when she came G back Am she was 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 aBmwake GF she sends her reEm7gards
AmFDmEm7
And Am what can I tell you my F brother my killer Dm What can I possibly Em7 say? I Am guess that I miss you F I guess I forgive you Dm 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 Bm tried G 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