Leonard Cohen

21. 11. 2024

: Famous Blue Raincoat

1. It's Am 
four in the morning, the F 
end of December
I'm Dm7 
writing you now just to Em7 
see if you're better
Am 
New York is cold, but I F 
like where I'm living
There's Dm7 
music on Clinton Street Em7 
all through the evening
Am 
I hear that you're Bm 
building your little Am 
house deep in the Bm 
desert
Am 
You're living for G 
nothing now
I Am 
hope you're keeping some kind of G 
record

R: Yes, and C 
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 Bm 
clearG 
 
F 
Did you ever go Em7 
clear?

2. 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

R:Well I C 
see you there with the rose in your G 
teeth
One more thin gypsy Am 
thief
Well I see Jane's Bm 
awakeG 
 
F 
she sends her reEm7 
gards

C#mol 
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

R: Yes, and C 
thanks, for the trouble you G 
took from her eyes
I thought it was Am 
there for good so I never G 
tried
And C 
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 Bm 
clearG 
 
F 
Sincerely, L. Em7 
Cohen
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: Hallelujah

1. I C 
heard there was a Am 
secret chord
That C 
David played and it Am 
pleased the lord
But F 
you don't really G 
care for music, C 
do you?  G 
 
Well it C 
goes like this the F 
fourth, the G 
fifth
The Am 
minor fall and the F 
major lift
The G 
baffled king Em 
composing halleAm 
lujah

R: HalleF 
lujah, halleAm 
lujah, halleF 
lujah, halleC 
lu-u-G 
u-u-C 
jah…

2. Your faith was strong but you needed proof, 
you saw her bathing on the roof, 
her beauty and the moonlight overthrew ya. 
She tied you to a kitchen chair, 
she broke your throne, she cut your hair 
and from your lips she drew the Hallelujah. 

R: Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah 
3. You say I took the name in vain, 
I don't even know the name 
but if I did, well really, what's it to ya? 
There's a blaze of light in every word, 
it doesn't matter which you heard, 
the holy or the broken Hallelujah. 

R: Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah 

4. I did my best, it wasn't much, 
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch, 
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool ya. 
And even though it all went wrong, 
I'll stand before the Lord of Song 
with nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah 

R: Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah 
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah 
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah 
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah 
Hallelujah 
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: So Long, Marianne

"I began this on Aylmer Street in Montreal and finished it a year or so later at the Chelsea Hotel in New York. I didn't think I was saying goodbye, but I guess I was." (Leonard Cohen)
1. Come A 
over to the window, my little Bm 
darling,
D 
I'd like to try to read your A 
palm.
G 
I used to think I was some kind of D 
Gypsy boy,
F#m 
before I let you take me E 
home.Esus4 
 

R: E E7 
NowA 
 so long, Marianne,
F#m 
it's time that we began
to E 
laugh Esus4 
and E 
cry E7 
and E 
cry Esus4/E 
and
E 
laugh aE7 
bout it allA 
 again.Asus4 A Asus4 A 
 

2. Well you know that I love to live with you,
but you make me forget so very much.
I forget to pray for the angels
and then the angels forget to pray for us.

R: Now so long, Marianne…

3. We met when we were almost young
deep in the green lilac park.
You held on to me like I was a crucifix,
as we went kneeling through the dark.

R: Oh so long, Marianne…

4. Your letters they all say that you're beside me now.
Then why do I feel alone?
I'm standing on a ledge and your fine spider web
is fastening my ankle to a stone.

R: Now so long, Marianne…
5. For now I need your hidden love.
I'm cold as a new razor blade.
You left when I told you I was curious,
I never said that I was brave.

R: Oh so long, Marianne…

6. Oh, you are really such a pretty one.
I see you've gone and changed your name again.
And just when I climbed this whole mountainside,
to wash my eyelids in the rain!

R: Oh so long, Marianne…

(last two verses not on CD)

7. Oh your eyes, well I forgot Your eyes
Your body's at home in every sea.
How come you gave away your news to everyone
That you said was a secret for me.

R: Oh so long, Marianne…

8. If you leave, where will I keep you then
In my heart as some men say
But I who was born to love everyone
Why should I keep you so far away?

R: Oh so long, Marianne…
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: Suzanne

1. SuE 
zanne takes you down to her place by the river
You can F#m 
hear the boats go by, you can spend the night beside her
And you kE 
now that she's half crazy but that's why you want to be there
And she G#m 
feeds you tea and oranges that come A 
all the way from China
And jE 
ust when you mean to tell her that you F#m 
have no love to give her
Then she E 
gets you on her wavelength
And she F#m 
lets the river answer that you've E 
always been her lover

R: And you G#m 
want to travel with her
And you A 
want to travel blind
And you kE 
now that she will trust you
For you've toF#m 
uched her perfect body with your mE 
ind 

2. And Jesus was a sailor when He walked upon the water 
And He spent a long time watching from his lonely wooden tower
And when He knew for certain only drowning men could see Him 
He said, "All men will be sailors then until the sea shall free them"
But He Himself was broken long before the sky would open
Forsaken, almost human, He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone 

R: And you want to travel with him…

3. Suzanne takes your hand, and she leads you to the river  
She is wearing rags and feathers from Salvation Army counters
And the sun pours down like honey on our lady of the harbor 
And she shows you where to look among the garbage and the flowers
There are heroes in the seaweed, there are children in the morning  
They are leaning out for love and they will lean that way forever  
while Suzanne holds the mirror 

R: And you want to travel with her…
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