Saturday, January 7, 2012

Leonard Cohen Famous Blue Raincoat (using only 3 finger chords)

3 Figure Chords version (easy)
Chords by Isabelle Hakala

Leonard Cohen's Famous Blue Raincoat

Strum: down down up down in a 1, 2 &3 count
Am: x02210
Em: 022000
G: 320003
C: x32010

Am                                   
It's
four in the morning, the
end of December I'm
writing you now just to
Em
see if you're better
Am                      
New York is cold, but I
like where I'm livingThere's
music on Clinton Street
 Em
all through the evening.
   Am  
I hear that you're
G
building
Am
your little house deep
G
in the desert
 Am          
You're living for
G
nothing now, I hope you're
Am
keeping some kind of
G
record, Yes, and


Jane came by with a lock of your
 G                                          
hair, She said that you gave it to
 Am
her, That night that you planned to go
G
clear
Am                          
......Did you ever go
Em
clear?

Am                               Am
Ah, the last time we saw you you looked so much older
     Am                                        Em
Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder
Am                           Am
You'd been to the station to meet every train
Am                                        Em
And you came home without Lili Marlene


              Am            G                Am                 G
And you treated my woman to a flake of your life
        Am                   G    Am                     G
And when she came back she was nobody's wife.


       C                                                         G                   
Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth
                                   Am
One more thin gypsy thief
                           G
Well I see Jane's awake
Am             Em
She sends her regards.

Am                         Am
And what can I tell you my brother, my killer
Am                  Em
What can I possibly say?
Am                         Am
I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you
Am                           Em
I'm glad you stood in my way.

        Am              G                Am          G
If you ever come by here, for Jane or for me
Am                   G                       Am           G
Your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is free.

              C                                        G
Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes
                         Am                                  G
I thought it was there for good so I never tried.

    C                                                      G
And Jane came by with a lock of your hair
                                          Am
She said that you gave it to her
                                                     G      
That night that you planned to go clear
Am                 Em
.....Sincerely, A friend

Shorthand of the notes:
(Am)x3 Em
(Am)x3 Em
(Am G)x4

C G Am G
...Am Em

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