Famous Blue Raincoat Uke tab by Leonard Cohen (Baritone Chords)

7 Chords used in the song: Am, F, Dm7, Em7, Bm, G, C

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Artist: 
Year:  1971
Difficulty: 
3.64
(Intermediate)
Key: C, AmChords
Am Am                       F F
It's four in the morning, the end of December
Dm7 Dm7 Em7 Em7
I'm writing you now just to see if you're better
Am Am F F
New York is cold, but I like where I'm living
Dm7 Dm7 Em7 Em7
There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening
Am Am Bm Bm Am Am Bm Bm
I hear that you're building your little house deep in the desert
Am Am G G
You're living for nothing now
Am Am G G
I hope you're keeping some kind of record

CHORUS #1:
C C G G
Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair
Am Am
She said that you gave it to her
Bm Bm G G
That night that you planned to go clear
F F Em7 Em7
Did you ever go clear?

Am Am
Ah, the last time we saw you you looked so much older
Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder
You'd been to the station to meet every train
And you came home without Lili Marlene
And you treated my woman to a flake of your life
And when she came back she was nobody's wife

CHORUS #2:
C C G G
Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth
Am Am
One more thin gypsy thief
Bm Bm G G F F Em7 Em7
Well I see Jane's awake she sends her regards

And what can I tell you my brother, my killer
What can I possibly say?
I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you
I'm glad you stood in my way
If you ever come by here, for Jane or for me
Well, your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is free

CHORUS #3:
C C G G
Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes
Am Am G G
I thought it was there for good so I never tried
C C G G
And Jane came by with a lock of your hair
Am Am
She said that you gave it to her
Bm Bm G G
That night that you planned to go clear
F F Em7 Em7
Sincerely, L Cohen

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About this song: Famous Blue Raincoat

"Famous Blue Raincoat" is one of Leonard Cohen's better-known songs. It appears on his third album, Songs of Love and Hate, released 1971. The song is written in the form of a letter, and tells the story of a three-sided affair between the speaker, a woman named Jane, and the addressed person, who is identified only briefly as, "my brother, my killer." Implied in the song is that Jane was either engaged to or married to the speaker, but after the events, "And you treated my woman to a flake of your life, and when she came back she was nobody's wife."

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