Song Name: | Famous Blue Raincoat | By: | Leonard Cohen |
Posted By: | ,,, | Difficulty: | Any |
Key: | Bb | Genre: | General |
Harp Type: | Diatonic | ||
Created: | 2012-05-10 04:16:16 | Modified: | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
Song: | Big thanks to Yukon for filling in some gaps for me.
-3 4 -3 -3” 4 -3 -3” 4 -3 -3” 4 -3 It's four in the morning, the end of December 4 4 4 4 4 -3 -3” -3 -3 -3 4 -3 I'm writing you now just to see if you're better 4 4 4 4 -3” -3” 4 4 4 4 -3 New York is cold, but I like where I'm living -3” 4 4 4 4 -3 -3” -3 -3 -3 4 -3 There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening. 4 4 -4 5 -4 -4 -5 -5 -5 5 5 5 5 -4 -4 I hear that you're building your little house deep in the desert 4 4 4 4 -3 -3 -3 You're living for nothing now, -3 -3 -3 4 4 4 4 4 -3 -3 I hope you're keeping some kind of record.
-3” 3 3 5 5 5 -5 6 6 -5 5 -4 Ye-s, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair -4 -4 5 -5 -5 5 -4 4 She said that you gave it to her 4 4 -4 5 5 -4 4 -3 That night that you planned to go clear -3” -3 4 -3 -3” -3 Did you ever go clear?
-3 4 -3 -3” 4 -3 -3” 4 -3 -3” 4 -3 The last time we saw you you looked so much older 4 4 4 4 4 -3 -3” -3 -3 -3 4 -3 Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder 4 4 4 4 -3” -3” 4 4 4 4 -3 You'd been to the station to meet every train -3” 4 4 -3 -3” -3 -3 -3 4 -3 And you came home without Lili Marlene 4 4 4 -4 5 -4 -4 -5 -5 5 5 5 -4 And you treated my woman to a flake of your life -3 -3 -3 4 4 4 4 4 -3 -3 -3 And when she came back she was nobody's wife.
-3” 3 5 5 5 -5 6 6 -5 5 -4 Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth -4 5 -5 5 -4 4 One more thin gypsy thief 4 -4 5 -4 4 -3 Well I see Jane's awake -- -3 4 -3 -3” -3 She sends her regards.
-3 4 -3 -3” 4 -3 -3” 4 -3 -3” 4 -3 And what can I tell you my brother, my killer 4 4 4 4 4 -3 -3 What can I possibly say? -3” -3 -3 -3 4 -3 4 4 4 4 4 I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you -3” -3” 4 4 4 4 -3 I'm glad you stood in my way.
-3” 4 4 4 4 -3 -3” -3 -3 -3 4 -3 If you ever come by here, for Jane or for me 4 4 -4 5 -4 -4 -4 -4 5 5 5 5 -4 -4 Well your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is free. -3” 3 3 5 5 5 -5 6 6 -5 5 -4 Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes -4 -4 5 -5 -5 5 -4 4 5 -4 4 -3 I thought it was there for good so I never tried.
3 5 5 5 -5 6 6 -5 5 -4 And Jane came by with a lock of your hair -4 -4 5 -5 -5 5 -4 4 She said that you gave it to her 4 4 -4 5 5 -4 4 -3 That night that you planned to go clear -- 4 4 -3 -3” -3 -3 Sincerely, L. Cohen |