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Famous Blue Raincoat

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SONG: Famous Blue Raincoat
ARTIST: Leonard Cohen
ALBUM: Songs of Love and Hate (1971)
All credits go to Harlan L Thompson who tabbed it first; I just put the chords on all the lyrics.
[Intro]
Am F Dm7 Em7
Am F Dm7 Em7
[Verse 1]
      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                    Bm                   Am                Bm
  I hear that you're building your little house deep in the desert
Am                   G                          Am                   G
  You're living for nothing now; I hope you're keeping some kind of record
[Chorus 1]
          C                               G
Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair
                             Am
She said that you gave it to her
                                    Bm  G
That night that you planned to go clear
F                   Em7
  Did you ever go clear?
[Verse 2]
        Am                        F
Ah, the last time we saw you, you looked so much older
    Dm7                       Em7
Your famous blue raincoat was torn to shoulder
      Am                     F
You'd been to the station to meet every train
   Dm7                    Em7
And you came home without Lili Marlene
        Am         Bm         Am            Bm
And you treated my woman to a flake of your life
Am                  G   Am                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
                   Am
One more thin gypsy thief
                    Bm  G
Well I see Jane's awake
F                   Em7
  She sends her regards
[Instrumental]
Am F Dm7 Em7
[Verse 3]
     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                 Bm      Am               Bm
  If you ever come by here, for Jane or for me
Am                    G        Am                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
                   Am                        Bm   G
I thought it was there for good so I never tried
     C                               G
And Jane came by with a lock of your hair
                              Am
She said that you gave it to her
                                     Bm  G
That night that you planned to go clear
F                Em7
  Sincerely, L. Cohen
[Outro]
Am F Dm7 Em7

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SONG: Famous Blue Raincoat
ARTIST: Leonard Cohen
ALBUM: Songs of Love and Hate (1971)
All credits go to Harlan L Thompson who tabbed it first; I just put the chords on all the lyrics.
[Intro]
Am F Dm7 Em7
Am F Dm7 Em7
[Verse 1]
[Chorus 1]
[Verse 2]
[Chorus 2]
[Instrumental]
Am F Dm7 Em7
[Verse 3]
[Chorus 3] 
[Outro]
Am F Dm7 Em7

Famous Blue Raincoat Chords by Leonard Cohen

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The chords for "Famous Blue Raincoat" show the original chord names (including Am, F, Dm7, Em7, Bm, G). Use transpose to move the song into any key that fits your voice or capo.