Songs of Love and Hate:

Famous Blue Raincoat

written by Leonard Cohen


Tuning: D G C F A D (standard, full step down)

Chords:

Bm7:      x24232
F#m7:     242222
C#m7:     x46454
Intro: Bm7.. ...|G.. ...|Em.. ...|F#m7.. ...|
       Bm7.. ...|G.. ...|Em.. ...|F#m7.. ...|

     Bm7                      G
It's four in the morning, the end of December
Em                           F#m7
I'm writing you now just to see if you're better
 Bm7                   G
New York is cold, but I like where I'm living
       Em                       F#m7
There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening
Bm7                 C#m7                 Bm7               C#m7
I hear that you're building your little house deep in the desert
Bm7                A                          Bm7                  A
You're living for nothing now, I hope you're keeping some kind of record
          D                                A
Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair
                              Bm7
She said that you gave it to her
                                    C#m7   A
That night that you planned to go clear
G                 F#m7
Did you ever go clear?
Ah, the last time we saw you you looked so much older
Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder
You'd been to the station to meet every train
And you came home without Lili Marlene
And you treated my woman to a flake of your life
And when she came back she was nobody's wife
Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth
One more thin gypsy thief
Well I see Jane's awake
She sends her regards
Bm7.. ...|G.. ...|Em.. ...|F#m7.. ...|
And what can I tell you my brother, my killer
What can I possibly say?
I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you
I'm glad you stood in my way
If you ever come by here, for Jane or for me
Well your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is free
Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes
I thought it was there for good
So I never tried

And Jane came by with a lock of your hair
She said that you gave it to her
That night that you planned to go clear
Sincerely, L. Cohen
Bm7.. ...|G.. ...|Em.. ...|F#m7.. ...|

Intro:

    Bm7                     G
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G:--2-----------2------------------------------------:
D:--------------------------3-----------3------------:

    Em                      F#m7
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C:----2---2---2---2---2---0---2---2---2---2---2---2--:
G:---------------------------------------------------:     (x2)
D:--0-----------0-----------2-----------2------------:


Verse:

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    Em                      F#m7
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    Bm7                     G
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    Em                      F#m7
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G:---------------------------------------------------:
D:--0-----------0-----------2-----------2------------:

    Bm7                     C#m7
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    Bm7                     A
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    Bm7                     A
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D:---------------------------------------------------:


Chorus:

    D
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    A
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    Bm7
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    C#m7                    A
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D:--------------------------5------------------------:

    G                       F#m7
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