Famous blue coat – Leonard Cohen

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                Bm7                   Am                 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


         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                  Em7   Am  F  Em7 
 Did you ever go clear`?


         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                 Bm7          Am          Bm7 
 And you treated my woman to a flake of your life
 Am7                G 
 And when she came back
    Am7             G 
 She was nobody's wife


        C                                    G 
 Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth
                      Am7 
 One more thin gypsy thief
                    Bm7  G 
 Well I see Jane's awake
 F                 Em7   Am  F  Em7 
 She sends her regards


         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                  Bm7        Am          Bm7 
 If you ever come by here, for Jane or for me
 Am7               G 
 Well, your enemy is sleeping,
 Am7                G 
 And his woman is free


            C                           G 
 Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes
                   Am7 
 I thought it was there for good
              Bm7  G 
 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               Em7 
 Sincerely, L  Cohen