Famous Blue Raincoat chords by
Leonard Cohen

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Key: A minor

Intro 1

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Dm

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Em

Em

Am

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Em

Em

Verse 1
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It's four in the morning, the end of December
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I'm writing you now
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just to see if you feel better
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New York is cold,
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but I  like where I'm living
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There's music on Clinton Street
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all through the evening

Pre-chorus 1

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I hear that you're building

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your little house deep in the desert

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You're living for nothing now,

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I hope you're keeping some kind of record

Chorus 1

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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

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Did you ever go clear?

Verse 2
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Ah, the last time we saw you
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you looked so much older
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Your famous blue raincoat
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was torn at the shoulder
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You'd been to the station
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to meet every train, and
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You came home without
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Lili Marlene

Pre-chorus 2

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And you treated my woman

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to a flake of your life

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And when she came back

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she was nobody's wife

Chorus 2

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Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth

Am

One more thin gypsy thief

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G

Well, I see Jane's awake

F

Em

She sends her regards

Interlude 1

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Dm

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Verse 3
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And what can I tell you
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my brother, my killer
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What can I possibly say?
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I guess that I miss you,
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I guess I forgive you
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I'm glad you stood in my way

Pre-chorus 3

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If you ever come by here,

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for Jane or for me

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Well, your enemy is sleeping,

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and his woman is free

Chorus 3

C

Yes, and thanks,

G

for the trouble you took from her eyes

Am

I thought it was there

Bm

G

for good so I never tried

Chorus 4

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

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Em

Sincerely, L Cohen

Outro 1

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Dm

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