Famous blue raincoat
Am - F - Dm - Em
(2x)
Am F
2. It's four in the morning, the end of December,
Dm Em
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,
- Dm Em
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.
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 Em
Did you ever go clear?
Am F
2. Ah, the last time we saw you, you looked so much older,
Dm Em
your famous blue raincoat was
torn at the shoulder.
Am F
You'd been to the station to
meet every train,
Dm Em
and you came home without Lili
Marlene.
Am Bm Am Bm
And you treated my woman to a
flake of your life,
Am G
- Am G
and when she came back she was nobody's wife.
C G
Well, I see you there with the
rose in your teeth,
Am
one more thin gypsy thief,
Bm - G
well, I see Jane's awake.
F Em
She sends her regards. + Am - F - Dm - Em
Am F
3. And what can I tell you, my brother, my killer ?
Dm Em
What can I possibly say?
Am - F
I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you,
Dm Em
I'm glad you stood in my way.
Am Bm - Am Bm
If you ever come by here, for Jane or for me,
Am G
- Am G
well, your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is free.
C G
Yes, and thanks, for the
trouble you took from her eyes,
Am Bm -
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 Em
Sincerely, L Cohen.
+ Am - F - Dm - Em
(orig.=no capo; live=capo 2nd) (Leonard Cohen)