Famous Blue Raincoat Chords

by Leonard Cohen
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: D A D G B E
Key: Am
Capo: no capo
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Chords

Am
F
Dm7
Em7
Bm
G
C

Strumming

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The bass note of the Dm7 is played open on the 6th string.
 
 
[Intro]
Am   F   Dm7   Em7
Am   F   Dm7   Em7
 
 
[Verse 1]
     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                Bm
  I hear that you're building your little house deep in the desert
Am                  G                          Am                   G
  You're living for nothing now, I hope you're keeping some kind of record
 
 
[Chorus 1]
         C         C                      G
Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair
    G                        Am       Am                           Bm    G
She said that you gave it to her that night that you planned to go clear
F                 Em7
  Did you ever go clear?
 
 
[Verse 2]
        Am                        F
Ah, the last time we saw you, you looked so much older
     Dm7                      Em7
Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder
      Am                     F
You'd been to the station to meet every train
Dm7                          Em7
   And you came home without Lili Marlene
        Am         Bm         Am            Bm
And you treated my woman to a flake of your life
Am                  G   Am                 G
  And when she came back, she was nobody's wife
 
 
[Chorus 2]
        C       C                           G     G
Well, I see you there with the rose in your teeth
                   Am    Am                    Bm   G
One more thin gypsy thief, well, I see Jane's awake
F                 Em7
  She sends her regards
 
 
[Instrumental]
Am   F   Dm7   Em7
 
 
[Verse 3]
    Am                     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 you
Dm7                         Em7
   I'm glad you stood in my way
Am                 Bm     Am                Bm
  If you ever come by here, for Jane or for me
Am                    G       Am                 G
  Well, your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is free
 
 
[Chorus 3]
         C     C                    G             G
Yes, and thanks for the trouble you took from her eyes
                 Am        Am               Bm     G
I thought it was there for good, so I never tried
    C         C                      G
And Jane came by with a lock of your hair
    G                        Am       Am                           Bm    G
She said that you gave it to her that night that you planned to go clear
F               Em7
  Sincerely, L. Cohen
 
 
[Outro]
Am   F   Dm7   Em7
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