FAMOUS BLUE RAINCOAT Leonard Cohen
¾ | Dm7 // | /// | Bb // | /// | Gm // | /// | Am7 // | // Its |
Dm Bb
||: four in n^the | morn ing g^the | end of De | cem ber r ~ |
||: last time e^we | saw you u^you | looked so much | old er r ~ |
||: what can I | tell you u^my | broth er my | kil ler r ~ |
Gm Am
| ~ ^Im writing you | now just to | see e^if youre | better rr / |
| ~ ^Your famous blue | rain coat was | torn n^at the | shoulder rr / |
| ~ ^What can I | possi bly say | // I^guess | that^I miss^you / |
Dm Bb
| New York is | cold d^but I | like where Im | living gg There’s |
| You'd been to | the sta tion | to meet every | train nn / |
| I^guess I forgive | you // | Im glad you | stood in^my way |
Gm Am
| mus ic on | Clin ton Street | all ll thru^the | evening gg / |
| And you came | home with out | Li li Mar | lene ee / |
| // If^you | ever come by | here ee / | for^Jane or^for me |
Dm Em7 Dm7
| // I | hear that youre | build ing gg | your r^lit tle | house ee ee |
| // And | you treated dd | my woman nn | / to a | flake ee ee |
| // Well | your enemy yy | is sleeping / | and^his woman / | is^free ee ee |
Em7 Dm7 C
| deep pp in^the | desert tt / | /// | // Youre | living gg for | nothing now ww |
| of your life | ee ee / | /// | // And | when nn she | came back kk |
| Yes and thanks | ss ss / | /// | // for^the | trouble ee you | took kk kk |
Dm7 C
| ~ ^I hope youre | keep ing gg | some kind of | rec ord dd | Yes ss and |
| // she | was ss no | oo bo dy's | wife ee ee | Well ll I |
| ~ ^from her eyes | I thought it | was there ee | / for^good so^I | nev er tried |
F C
| Jane ee ee | came ee ee | by with a | lock of your | hair rr rr | // She | said that you |
| see ee ee | you uu uu | there with the | rose in your | teeth hh hh | // One | more ee thin |
| Jane ee ee | came ee ee | by with a | lock of your | hair rr rr | // She | said that you |
Dm7 Em7 C
| gave it to | her rr rr.| rr / that | night that you | planned to go | clear rr rr | /// | /// | /// |
| gyp sy yy | thief ff ff.| ff // | Well I see | ee Jane's a | wake ee ee | /// | /// | /// |
| gave it to | her rr rr.| rr / that | night that you | planned to go | clear rr rr | /// | /// | /// |
Bb Am7
1. | // Did^you | ever rr go | clear rr rr | // Ah^the :||
Bb Am7 Dm Bb Gm Am7
2. | // She | sends her re | gards ss ss | /// | /// | /// | /// | /// | /// | /// | /// | // And |
Bb Am7
3. | // Sin | cerely yy L | Cohen nn nn.| nn nn nn ||
About this song:
Famous Blue Raincoat is performed by Leonard Cohen.
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