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            This beautiful song is played in Drop D. I have included the chords and picking pattern below. Enjoy!
Chords used: 
Am7   : x0201x
F     : 3332xx
Dm7   : 0xx211
Em    : 2x200x
Bm7   : x2423x
G     : 5554xx
C     : x3201x
 
Picking pattern (x2):
 
     Am7                  F                    Dm7                  Em 
e|--------------------|--------------------|--------1-----1-----|--------------------|
B|--------1-----1-----|--------------------|--------1-----1-----|--------0-----0-----|
G|--------0-----0-----|--------2-----2-----|-----2-----2-----2--|--------0-----0-----|
D|-----2-----2-----2--|--------3-----3-----|--------------------|-----2-----2-----2--|
A|--0-----------------|-----3-----3-----3--|--------------------|--------------------|
D|--------------------|--3-----------------|--0-----------------|--2-----------------|
 
 
     Bm7                   G                   C
e|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B|--------3-----3-----|--------------------|--------1-----1-----|
G|--------2-----2-----|--------4-----4-----|--------0-----0-----|
D|-----4-----4-----4--|--------5-----5-----|-----2-----2-----2--|
A|--2-----------------|-----5-----5-----5--|--3-----------------|
D|--------------------|--5-----------------|--------------------|
 
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
       Am7                       F
It's four in the morning, the end of December
      Dm7                   Em 
I'm writing you now just to see if you're better
   Am7                     F
New York is cold, but I like where I'm living
          Dm7                   Em 
There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening
 Am7                  Bm7                   Am7                Bm7
I hear that you're building your little house deep in the desert
 Am7                 G
You're living for nothing now
   Am7                                G
I hope you're keeping some kind of record
 
 
[Chorus]
 
           C                               G
Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair
                             Am7
She said that you gave it to her
                                    Bm7  G
That night that you planned to go clear
F                  Em 
Did you ever go clear?
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
         Am7                       F
Ah, the last time we saw you you looked so much older
        Dm7                     Em 
Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder
       Am7                     F
You'd been to the station to meet every train
       Dm7                        Em 
And you came home without Lili Marlene
          Am7         Bm7        Am7        Bm7
And you treated my woman to a flake of your life
 
Am7                G   Am7               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
                      Am7
One more thin gypsy thief
                    Bm7  G F               Em 
Well I see Jane's awake   she sends her regards
 
 
[Verse 3]
     Am7                   F
And what can I tell you my brother, my killer
Dm7                  Em 
What can I possibly say?
Am7                         F
I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you
    Dm7                  Em 
I'm glad you stood in my way
Am7               Bm7          Am7         Bm7
If you ever come by here, for Jane or for me
Am7                   G          Am7              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
                   Am7                        G
I thought it was there for good so I never tried
      C                                G
And Jane came by with a lock of your hair
                              Am7
She said that you gave it to her
                                     Bm7  G
That night that you planned to go clear
 F               Em 
Sincerely, L  Cohen