FCBbF
I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel,
FCDm
You were talking so brave and so sweet;
FCBbF
Giving me head on an unmade bed,
BbC
While the limousines wait in the street.
DmBb
Those were the reasons and that was New York,
FAmDm
We were running for the money and the flesh.
BbF
And that was called love for the workers in song,
BbC
Probably still is for those of them left.
BbF
Ah, but you got away, didn't you babe,
FAmDm
You just turned your back on the crowd,
BbF
You got away,I never once heard you say:
BbF
"I need you,I don't need you,
BbF
I need you, I don't need you"
BbDmC
And all of that jiving around.
FCBbF
I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel:
FCDm
You were famous, your heart was a legend.
FCBbF
You told me again you preferred handsome men
BbC
But for me you would make an exception.
DmBb
And clenching your fist for the ones like us
FAmDm
Who are oppressed by the figures of beauty,
BbF
You fixed yourself, you said, "Well never mind,
BbC
We are ugly but we have the music."
BbF
Ah, but you got away, didn't you babe,
FAmDm
You just turned your back on the crowd,
BbF
You got away,I never once heard you say:
BbF
"I need you,I don't need you,
BbF
I need you, I don't need you"
BbDmC
And all of that jiving around.
FCBbF
I don't mean to suggest that I loved you the best,
FCDm
I can't keep track of each fallen robin.
FCBbF
I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel,
BbC
That's all, I don't think of you that often.