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Leonard Cohen - Famous Blue Raincoat

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Leonard Cohen - Famous Blue Raincoat (1971)
From album: Songs Of Love And Hate (1971)
Music and Lyrics by Leonard Cohen
Drop low E to D
Use Leonard Cohen standard picking pattern.
Transcribed by Efreet (mailto:catcherintherye@katamail.com)

Chords:

(intro/verse)
    Am       F      Dm7     Em7
e ---0---|---x---|---1---|---0---|
B ---1---|---1---|---1---|---3---|
G ---2---|---2---|---2---|---0---|
D ---2---|---3---|---0---|---2---|
A ---0---|---x---|---x---|---x---|
D ---x---|---3---|---0---|---2---|

Intro: Am F Dm7 Em7
       Am F Dm7 Em7

      Am                      F
It's four in the morning, the end of December 
      Dm7                   Em7
I'm writing you now just to see if you're better
 Am                    F 
New York is cold, but I like where I'm living 
         Dm7                    Em7
There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening  

     Am      Bm      Am      G
e ---0---|---2---|---0---|---3---|
B ---1---|---3---|---1---|---3---|
G ---2---|---4---|---2---|---4---|
D ---2---|---4---|---2---|---5---|
A ---0---|---2---|---0---|---x---|
D ---x---|---x---|---X---|---5---|

 Am                  Bm                   Am                Bm
I hear that you're building your little house deep in the desert 
 Am                 G
You're living for nothing now
   Am                                G
I hope you're keeping some kind of record

(chorus)
     C       G    
e ---3---|---3---|
B ---5---|---3---|
G ---5---|---4---|
D ---5---|---5---|
A ---3---|---x---|
D ---x---|---5---|

           C                               G
Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair
                             Am 
She said that you gave it to her
                                    Bm  G
That night that you planned to go clear
F                  Em7 
Did you ever go clear? 
 
(verse)
         Am
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  

(chorus)
         C                                   G
Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth
                      Am
One more thin gypsy thief
                    Bm  G F               Em7
Well I see Jane's awake   she sends her regards
 
(verse)

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  

(chorus)
           C                          G
Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes
                   Am                        G 
I thought it was there for good so I never tried  
      C                                G
And Jane came by with a lock of your hair
                              Am 
She said that you gave it to her
                                     Bm  G
That night that you planned to go clear
 F               Em7
Sincerely, L. Cohen

* Notes *

(Leonard Cohen's Standard Picking Pattern)
    Am                             F
e ------------------------------|------------------------------|
B -------1---1--------1---1-----|-------1---1--------1---1-----|
G -------2---2--------2---2-----|-------2---2--------2---2-----|
D -----2---2---2----2---2---2---|-----3---2---2----3---3---3---|
A ---0------------0-------------|------------------------------|
D ------------------------------|---3------------3-------------|
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