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 aBmwake G F she sends her reEm7gards
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