Famous Blue Raincoat chords by Leonard Cohen (Official Version)
Intro 1
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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
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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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Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair
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She said that you gave it to her
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That night that you planned to go clear
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Em7
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
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One more thin gypsy thief
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Well, I see Jane's awake
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Em7
She sends her regards
Interlude 1
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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
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Yes, and thanks,
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for the trouble you took from her eyes
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I thought it was there
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for good so I never tried
Chorus 4
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And Jane came by with a lock of your hair
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She said that you gave it to her
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That night that you planned to go clear
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Em7
Sincerely, L Cohen
Outro 1
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Famous Blue Raincoat
Leonard Cohen
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