Chelsea Hotel No. 2 chords by Leonard Cohen (Official Version)
Verse 1
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I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel
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Am
You were talking so brave and so sweet
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Giving me head on the unmade bed
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While the limousines wait in the street
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Those were the reasons
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and that was New York
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E/B
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We were running for the money and the flesh
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And that was called love
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for the workers in song
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Probably still is for those of them left
Bridge 1
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Ah, but you got away, didn't you babe?
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You just turned your back on the crowd
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You got away, I never once heard you say
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I need you, I don't need you
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I need you, I don't need you
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Am
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And all of that jiving around
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Verse 2
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I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel
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You were famous, your heart was a legend
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You told me again
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you preferred handsome men
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But for me you would make an exception
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And clenching your fist
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for the ones like us
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E/B
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Who are oppressed by the figures of beauty
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You fixed yourself, you said, "well, never mind
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We are ugly but we have the music"
Bridge 2
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And then you got away, didn't you baby?
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You just turned your back on the crowd
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You got away, I never once heard you say
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I need you, I don't need you
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I need you, I don't need you
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Am
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And all of that jiving around
Verse 3
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I don't mean to suggest
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that I loved you the best
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I can't keep track of each fallen robin
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I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel
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That's all, I don't even think of you that often
Chelsea Hotel No. 2
Leonard Cohen
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