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Version 1 Version 2 Version 3This 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