Tablature famous blue raincoat - Leonard Cohen

          



 

  

  From: Harlan L Thompson <harlant@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu>

  

  FAMOUS BLUE RAINCOAT- Leonard Cohen

  

         Am                       F

  It's four in the morning, the end of December 

        Dm7                   Em7

  I'm writing you now just to see if you're better

     Am                     F 

  New York is cold, but I like where I'm living 

            Dm7                   Em7

  There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening  

   Am                  Bm                   Am                Bm

  I hear that you're building your little house deep in the desert 

   Am                 G

  You're living for nothing now

     Am                                G

  I hope you're keeping some kind of record

  

  CHORUS #1:

             C                               G

  Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair

                               Am 

  She said that you gave it to her

                                      Bm  G

  That night that you planned to go clear

  F                  Em7 

  Did you ever go clear? 

   

           Am

  Ah, the last time we saw you you looked so much older 

  Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder 

  You'd been to the station to meet every train 

  And you came home without Lili Marlene 

  And you treated my woman to a flake of your life 

  And when she came back she was nobody's wife  

  

  CHORUS #2:

           C                                   G

  Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth

                        Am

  One more thin gypsy thief

                      Bm  G F               Em7

  Well I see Jane's awake   she sends her regards

   

  And what can I tell you my brother, my killer 

  What can I possibly say? 

  I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you 

  I'm glad you stood in my way  

  If you ever come by here, for Jane or for me 

  Well, your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is free  

  

  CHORUS #3:

             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

                                       Bm  G

  That night that you planned to go clear

   F               Em7

  Sincerely, L  Cohen 

  

  

  Dm7: x x 0 2 1 1  Em7: 0 2 2 0 3 0

  

  NOTE: Technically speaking, the bottom E should drop down to D to get a 

  really low note for the Dm7.  All other chords should be changed 

  accordingly if you feel it worth the bother.  Also, the standard Cohen 

  picking pattern can be used on this song (see Winter Lady).

   (from Songs of Love and Hate, 1971)

  (sent by Harlan at harlant@hawaii.edu)

  

  

  

  From: johngalt@grove.ufl.edu (JONATHAN M NEWMAN)

  Subject: CRD: Leonard Cohen, "Famous Blue Raincoat"

  

  I got this off some archive awhile ago, can't remember which. Here are 

  the chord changes.

  VERSE

  Am F Dm7 G

  Am F Dm7 G

  

  BRIDGE

  F F F G

  Dm7 Dm7 Dm7 G

  

  CHORUS

  C C C C

  G G G G

  Am7 Am7 Am7 Am7

  G G G G

  Dm7 G

  

  If you have the music, you can figure it out with these changes. Leonard 

  Cohen is a genius.  

  

   


========================================================

 Famous blue raincoat, de Leonard cohen 

========================================================