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Famous Blue Raincoat by Leonard Cohen - Guitar Chords

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            SONG: Famous Blue Raincoat
ARTIST: Leonard Cohen
ALBUM: Songs of Love and Hate (1971)

All credits go to Harlan L Thompson who tabbed it first; I just put the chords on all the lyrics.

[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                               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 2]
        Am                        F
Ah, the last time we saw you, you looked so much older
    Dm7                       Em7
Your famous blue raincoat was torn to 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                                  G
Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth
                   Am
One more thin gypsy thief
                    Bm  G
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                           G
Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes
                   Am                        Bm   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

[Outro]
Am F Dm7 Em7 
        

We also have 43 songs by Leonard Cohen

• Aint No Cure For Love
• Anthem
• Avalanche
• Bird On The Wire
• Chelsea Hotel 2
• Chelsea Hotel No 2
• Closing Time
• Coming Back To You
• Dance Me To The End Of Love
• Diamonds In The Mine
• Dress Rehearsal Rag
• Everybody Knows
• Famous Blue Raincoat
• First We Take Manhattan
• Hallelujah
• Hey Thats No Way To Say Goodbye
• If It Be Your Will
• Im Your Man
• Is This What You Wanted
• Lady Midnight
• Last Years Man
• Lover Lover Lover
• Master Song
• Night Comes On
• One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong
• Passing Through
• Seems So Long Ago Nancy
• Sisters Of Mercy
• So Long Marianne
• Songs Of Leonard Cohen
• Stories Of The Street
• Story Of Isaac
• Suzanne
• Take This Waltz
• The Future
• The Old Revolution
• The Partisan
• The Stranger Song
• Tonight Will Be Fine
• Tower Of Song
• Who By Fire
• Winter Lady
• You Know Who I Am

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