Famous Blue Raincoat

Verse C#m picking pattern: e|----------------------------------------------| B|----5-----5-----------------------------------| G|-------6-----6--------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------| A|-4--------------4-----------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------| A picking pattern e|-----0---0-------------------------------------| B|-------2---2-----------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------| A|-0------------0--------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------| F#m7 picking pattern e|----0-----0-------------------------------------| B|-------2-----2----------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------| E|-2---------------2------------------------------| G#m7 picking pattern e|--------------------------------4-------------| B|-----4-----4------5------4--------------------| G|----------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------| E|-4------4-----4------4------4-----------------| Pre-Chorus C#m picking pattern: e|-----------------------------------------------| B|----5-----5------------------------------------| G|-------6-----6---------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------| A|-4--------------4------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------| D#m picking pattern (building) e|-----------------------------------------------| B|---7-----7-------------------------------------| G|------8-----8----------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------| A|-6-------------6-------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------| D#m picking pattern (desert) e|-----------------6---------------------------------| B|-----7-----7--------7-----7------------------------| G|--------8-----8--------8----8----------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------| A|-6-----------------------------6-------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------| B picking pattern e|-------------------------------------------| B|----------4--------------------------------| G|-----4-------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------| A|--2-----2----------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------| Chorus E picking pattern e|-------------------------------------------------| B|----------9--------------------------------------| G|----9--------9-----------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------| A|-7-----7-----------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------| B picking pattern e|-------------------------------------------------| B|---------4---------------------------------------| G|----4-------4------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------| A|-2----2------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------| C#m picking pattern e|--------------------------------------------------| B|---------5----------------------------------------| G|----6-------6-------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------| A|-4----4-------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| D#m picking pattern e|---------6----------------------------------------| B|----7-------7-------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------| A|-6----6-------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| A picking pattern (only play the first 4 as you lead into it) e|--------------5-----------------------------------| B|---------5------5---------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|-4---5-----5--------------------------------------| G#m7 picking pattern e|---------------4-----------------------------------| B|------4---4----------------------------------------| G|--------4---4--------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------| E|-4-------------------------------------------------| Intro C#m verse 1 C#m A It's four in the morning, the end of December F#m7 G#m7 I'm writing you now just to see if you're better C#m A New York is cold, but I like where I'm living F#m7 G#m7 There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening Pre-Chorus C#m D#m C#m D#m I hear that you're building your little house deep in the desert C#m B C#m B You're living for nothing now; I hope you're keeping some kind of record Chorus 1 E B Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair C#m She said that you gave it to her D#m B That night that you planned to go clear A G#m7 Did you ever go clear? verse 2 C#m A Ah, the last time we saw you, you looked so much older F#m7 G#m7 Your famous blue raincoat was torn to shoulder C#m A You'd been to the station to meet every train F#m7 G#m7 And you came home without Lili Marlene Pre-Chorus C#m D#m C#m D#m And you treated my woman to a flake of your life C#m B C#m B And when she came back she was nobody's wife Chorus 2 E B Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth C#m One more thin gypsy thief D#m B Well I see Jane's awake A G#m7 She sends her regards verse 3 C#m A And what can I tell you my brother, my killer F#m7 G#m7 What can I possibly say? C#m A I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you F#m7 G#m7 I'm glad you stood in my way Pre-Chorus C#m D#m C#m D#m If you ever come by here, for Jane or for me C#m B C#m B Well, your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is free Chorus 3 E B Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes C#m D#m B I thought it was there for good so I never tried E B And Jane came by with a lock of your hair C#m She said that you gave it to her D#m B That night that you planned to go clear A G#m7 Sincerely, L. Cohen Outro C#m A F#m7 G#m7