Chelsea Hotel # 2 (cross harp)
by Leonard Cohen · posted by ,,,
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How to read this tab — notation key
- +
- Blow note
- −
- Draw note
- b or '
- Half-step bend
- bb or ''
- Two half-step bend
- bbb or '''
- Three half-step bend
- (###)
- Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
- < or *
- Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)
Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.
3-3”-3-3 -3 -3-3”-3”-3”3 33
I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel,
3 -3” -3 -4 5 -3 -3 -3” 3you were talking so brave and so sweet,
-3 -3 -3 -3 -3” -3” -3” 3 3
giving me head on the unmade bed,
-3 -3 -3 -3” 3 -3 -3” 3 -3”while the limousines wait in the street.
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5Those were the reasons and that was New York,
5 5 -4 -4 -4 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3” 3we were running for the money and the flesh.
3 -3” -3” -3” -3” 3 -3” -3 -4 5 -4And that was called love for the workers in song
3 3 3 -3 -3” 3 -3 -3” 3 -3”
probably still is for those of them left.
CHORUS:
-4 -4 5 5 5 5 -4 -4 -4 -4 -3Ah but you got away, didn't you baby,
-3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3” 3you just turned your back on the crowd,
5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 -4 -3you got away, I never once heard you say,
-3 -3 3 5 5 -4 -3
I need you, I don't need you,
-4 5 4 5 5 -4 -3I need you, I don't need you
-3 -3 -3” 3 -3” 3 3 3
and all of that jiving around.
-3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3” -3” -3” 3 3 3
I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel3 -3” -3 -4 5 -3 -3 -3” -3” 3
you were famous, your heart was a legend.-3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3” -3” -3” 3 3 3
You told me again you preferred handsome men
-3 -3 -3 -3” 3 -3 -3” 3 -3” -3”but for me you would make an exception.
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5And clenching your fist for the ones like us
5 5 5 -4 -4 -3 -3 -3 -3” 3 3
who are oppressed by the figures of beauty,
3 -3” -3” -3” 3 -3” -3 -4 5 -4you fixed yourself, you said, "Well never mind,
3 3 -3 -3” 3 -3 -3” 3 -3 -3”we are ugly but we have the music."
(REPEAT CHORUS)
-3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3” -3” -3 3 3 3I don't mean to suggest that I loved you the best,
3 -3” -3 4 -3 -3 -3 -3” 3I can't keep track of each fallen rock.
3 -3” -3 -3 -3 -3 -3” -3” -3” 3 3 3
I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel,
-3 -3 -3” 3 -3 -3” 3 3 -3 -3”that's all, I don't think of you that often.