Famous Blue Raincoat Leonard Cohen -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Tori Amos Guitar Archive http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Adam_Klein/tori.htm -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Am7] [F] [Dm7] [Em7] It's [Am]four in the morning, the [F]end of December I'm [Dm7]writing you now, just to [Em7]see if you're better [Am]New York is cold but I [F]like where I'm living There's [Dm7]music on Clinton street [Em7]all through the evening [Am]I hear that you're [Bm7]building your little [Am]house deep in [Bm7]the desert [Am7]You're living for [G]nothing now, I hope you're [Am7]keeping some kind of [G]record Yes and [C]Jane came by with a lock of your [G]hair She said that you gave it to [Am]her That night that you planned to go [Bm7]clear [G] [F]Did you ever go [Em7]clear [Am7] [F] [Dm7] [Em7] The [Am]last time we saw you, you [F]looked so much older Your [Dm7]famous blue raincoat was [Em7]torn at the shoulder You [Am]been to the station to [F]meet every train You [Dm7]came home without [Em7]Lily Marlene [Am]And you treated my [Bm7]woman [Am]to a flake of your [Bm7]life [Am7]And when she came [G]back, [Am7]she was nobody's [G]wife Well, I [C]see you there with a rose in your [G]teeth One more thin gipsy [Am]thief Well, I see Jane's a[Bm7]wake [G] [F]She sends her re[Em7]gards [Am7] [F] [Dm7] [Em7] And [Am]what can I tell you my [F]brother, my killer [Dm7]What can I possibly [Em7]say I [Am]guess that I miss you, I [F]guess I forgive you I'm [Dm7]glad you stood in my [Em7]way [Am]If you ever come [Bm7]by here [Am]for Jane or for [Bm7]me [Am7]Well, your enemy's [G]sleeping [Am7]and his woman is [G]free Yes, [C]thanks for the trouble you [G]took from her eyes I thought it was [Am7]there for good so I never [Bm7]tried[G] And [C]Jane came by with a lock of your [G]hair She said that you gave it to [Am7]her That night that you planned to go [Bm7]clear [G] [F]Sincerely, L. [Em7]Cohen [Am7] [F] [Dm7] [Em7]