Lieder/Famous_blue_raincoat.txt

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{title: Famous blue raincoat}
{subtitle: Leonard Cohen}
It's [am]four in the morning, the [F]end of December
[dm]I'm writing you now just to [em]see if you're better
[am]New York is cold, but I [F]like where I'm living,
[dm]There's music on Clinton Street [em]all through the evening
[am]I hear that you're [hm]building your [am]little house deep in the [hm]desert
[am]You're living for [G]nothing now,
I hope you're [am]keeping some kind of [G]records
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Yes, and [C]Jane came by with a lock of your [G]hair
She said that you gave it to [am]her
That night that you planned to go [hm]clear [G].
[F]Did you ever go [em]clear?
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[am]Ah, the last time we saw you, you [F]looked so much older
Your [dm]famous blue raincoat was [em]torn at the shoulder
[am]You'd been to the station to [F]meet every train
[dm]And you came without [em]Lili Marlene
[am]And you treated my [hm]woman to a [am]flake of your [hm]life
[am]And when she came [G]back, [am]she was nobodys [G]wife.
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[C]Well I see you there with the rose in your [G]teeth
One more thin gipsy [am]thief
Well I see Jane's [hm]awake [G] [F]she sends her re[em]gards
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[am]And what can I tell you my [F]brother, my killer
[dm]What can I possibly [em]say?
I [am]guess that I miss you, [F]guess I forgive you
[dm]I'm glad you stood in my [em]way
[am]If you ever come [hm]by here, [am]for Jane or for [hm]me
[am]Well, your enemy's [G]sleeping, [am]and his woman is [G]free
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Yes and [C]thanks for the trouble you [G]took from her eyes
I thought it was [am]there for good so I never [G]tried
[C]And Jane came by with a lock of your [G]hair
She said that you gave it to [am]her
That night that you planned to go [hm]clear. [G] [F]Sincerely L. [em]Cohen
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