Famous Blue Raincoat Uke tab by Leonard Cohen

8 Chords used in the song: Am7, F, Dm, Em7, Bm7, G, C, Bm

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Artist: 
Year:  1971
Difficulty: 
2.75
(Beginner)
Key: C, G, Am, EmChords
Intro: Am7 chordAm7    F chordF      Dm chordDm     Em7 chordEm7
Am7 chordAm7 F chordF Dm chordDm Em7 chordEm7


Am7 chordAm7 F chordF
It's four in the morning, the end of December
Dm chordDm Em7 chordEm7
I'm writing you now just to see if you're better
Am7 chordAm7 F chordF
New York is cold, but I like where I'm living
Dm chordDm Em7 chordEm7
There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening


Am7 chordAm7 Bm7 chordBm7 Am7 chordAm7 Bm7 chordBm7
I hear that you're building your little house deep in the desert
Am7 chordAm7 G chordG Am7 chordAm7 G chordG
You're living for nothing now, I hope you're keeping some kind of record


C chordC G chordG
Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair
Am7 chordAm7
She said that you gave it to her
Bm7 chordBm7 G chordG
That night that you planned to go clear
F chordF Em7 chordEm7
Did you ever go clear?


Am7 chordAm7 F chordF
Ah, the last time we saw you you looked so much older
Dm chordDm Em7 chordEm7
Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder
Am7 chordAm7 F chordF
You'd been to the station to meet every train
Dm chordDm Em7 chordEm7
And you came home without Lili Marlene


Am7 chordAm7 Bm7 chordBm7 Am7 chordAm7 Bm7 chordBm7
And you treated my woman to a flake of your life
Am7 chordAm7 G chordG Am7 chordAm7 G chordG
And when she came back she was nobody's wife


C chordC G chordG
Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth
Am7 chordAm7
One more thin gypsy thief
Bm7 chordBm7 G chordG
Well I see Jane's awake
F chordF Em7 chordEm7
She sends her regards


Am7 chordAm7 F chordF Dm chordDm Em7 chordEm7


Am7 chordAm7 F chordF
And what can I tell you my brother, my killer
Dm chordDm Em7 chordEm7
What can I possibly say?
Am7 chordAm7 F chordF
I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you
Dm chordDm Em7 chordEm7
I'm glad you stood in my way


Am7 chordAm7 Bm7 chordBm7 Am7 chordAm7 Bm chordBm
If you ever come by here, for Jane or for me
Am7 chordAm7 G chordG Am7 chordAm7 G chordG
Well your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is free


C chordC G chordG
Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes
Am7 chordAm7
I thought it was there for good
Bm7 chordBm7 G chordG
So I never tried


C chordC G chordG
And Jane came by with a lock of your hair
Am7 chordAm7
She said that you gave it to her
Bm7 chordBm7 G chordG
That night that you planned to go clear
F chordF Em7 chordEm7
Sincerely, L. Cohen


Am7 chordAm7 F chordF Dm chordDm Em7 chordEm7

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