Am F It's four in the morning, the end of DecemberDm7 Em7 I'm writing you now just to see if you're betterAm F New York is cold, but I like where I'm livingDm7 Em7 There's music on Clinton Street all through the eveningAm Bm Am Bm I hear that you're building your little house deep in the desertAm G You're living for nothing nowAm G I hope you're keeping some kind of recordC G Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hairAm She said that you gave it to herBm G That night that you planned to go clearF Em7 Did you ever go clear?Continues after the adAm F Ah, the last time we saw you, you looked so much olderDm7 Em7 Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulderAm F You'd been to the station to meet every trainDm7 Em7 And you came home without Lili MarleneAm Bm Am Bm And you treated my woman to a flake of your lifeAm G Am G And when she came back, she was nobody's wifeC G Well, I see you there with the rose in your teethAm One more thin gypsy thiefBm G Well, I see Jane's awakeF Em7 She sends her regardsAm F And what can I tell you my brother, my killer?Dm7 Em7 What can I possibly say?Am F I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive youDm7 Em7 I'm glad you stood in my wayAm Bm Am Bm If you ever come by here, for Jane or for meAm Bm Am G Well, your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is freeC G Yes, and thanks for the trouble you took from her eyesAm G I thought it was there for good so I never triedC G And Jane came by with a lock of your hairAm She said that you gave it to herBm G That night that you planned to go clearF Em7 Sincerely, L. Cohen
Famous Blue Raincoat
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