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Famous Blue Raincoat

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The bass note of the Dm7 is played open on the 6th string.
[Intro]
Am F Dm7 Em7
Am F Dm7 Em7
[Verse 1]
It's Amfour in the morning, the Fend of December
Dm7I'm writing you now just to Em7see if you're better
AmNew York is cold, but I Flike where I'm living
There's Dm7music on Clinton Street Em7all through the evening
AmI hear that you're Bmbuilding your little Amhouse deep in the Bmdesert
AmYou're living for Gnothing now, I hope you're Amkeeping some kind of Grecord
[Chorus 1]
Yes, and CJane came Cby with a lock of your Ghair
She Gsaid that you gave it to Amher that Amnight that you planned to go BmclearG  
FDid you ever go Em7clear?
[Verse 2]
Ah, the Amlast time we saw you, you Flooked so much older
Your Dm7famous blue raincoat was Em7torn at the shoulder
You'd Ambeen to the station to Fmeet every train
Dm7And you came home without Em7Lili Marlene
And you Amtreated my Bmwoman to a Amflake of your Bmlife
AmAnd when she came GbackAm, she was nobody's Gwife
[Chorus 2]
Well, I Csee you Cthere with the rose in your GteethG  
One more thin gypsy AmthiefAm, well, I see Jane's aBmwakeG  
FShe sends her reEm7gards
[Instrumental]
Am F Dm7 Em7
[Verse 3]
And Amwhat can I tell you my Fbrother, my killer?
Dm7What can I possibly Em7say?
I Amguess that I miss you, FI guess I forgive you
Dm7I'm glad you stood in my Em7way
AmIf you ever come Bmby hereAm, for Jane or for Bmme
AmWell, your enemy is GsleepingAm, and his woman is Gfree
[Chorus 3]
Yes, and Cthanks Cfor the trouble you Gtook from her Geyes
I thought it was Amthere for Amgood, so I never BmtriedG  
And CJane came Cby with a lock of your Ghair
She Gsaid that you gave it to Amher that Amnight that you planned to go BmclearG  
FSincerely, L. Em7Cohen
[Outro]
Am F Dm7 Em7

The story behind the song

"Famous Blue Raincoat" is a song by Leonard Cohen, appearing as the sixth track on his 1971 album Songs of Love and Hate. The lyrics are structured as a letter, telling the story of a love triangle involving the speaker, a woman named Jane, and a man referred to as "my brother, my killer." The song includes references to the German love song "Lili Marlene," to Scientology, and to Clinton Street, where Cohen lived in the 1970s. Cohen noted that the famous blue raincoat mentioned in the song was actually his own, a Burberry he acquired in London in 1959.

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