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Song title:      Famous Blue Raincoat
Original Album:	 Songs Of Love And Hate

Words and Music by Leonard Cohen
Copyright © 1971 Columbia Records
Published by Sony Music Publishing

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (www.gartfrets.net)


NOTES:
Timing is 3/4 (Waltz time).


INTRO:

  Am7                                                 F
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------1-------1-------|---------1-------1-------|---------1-------1-------|---------1-------1-------|
|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|---------2-------2-------|---------2-------2-------|
|-----2-------2-------2---|-----2-------2-------2---|-----3-------3-------3---|-----3-------3-------3---|
|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-1-----------------------|-1-----------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - |



  Dm7                                                 Em
|---------1-------1-------|---------1-------1-------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------1-------1-------|---------1-------1-------|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|
|-----2-------2-------2---|-----2-------2-------2---|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|
|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-----2-------2-------2---|-----2-------2-------2---|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - |



VERSE1:
Notes:
The second two VERSE lines follow the same chords as the first two.
So, they follow as shown below.

It's...

  Am7                                                 F
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------1-------1-------|---------1-------1-------|---------1-------1-------|---------1-------1-------|
|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|---------2-------2-------|---------2-------2-------|
|-----2-------2-------2---|-----2-------2-------2---|-----3-------3-------3---|-----3-------3-------3---|
|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-1-----------------------|-1-----------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - |
  Am7                                                 F
  four    in      the      morn  - ing,    the        end     of      De -cem - ber     I'm



  Dm7                                                 Em
|---------1-------1-------|---------1-------1-------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------1-------1-------|---------1-------1-------|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|
|-----2-------2-------2---|-----2-------2-------2---|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|
|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-----2-------2-------2---|-----2-------2-------2---|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - |
  Dm7                                                 Em
  wri  -  ting    you       now     just    to        see     if      you're    better



  Am7                                                 F
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------1-------1-------|---------1-------1-------|---------1-------1-------|---------1-------1-------|
|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|---------2-------2-------|---------2-------2-------|
|-----2-------2-------2---|-----2-------2-------2---|-----3-------3-------3---|-----3-------3-------3---|
|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-1-----------------------|-1-----------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - |
  Am7                                                 F
  New     York    is        cold,   but     I         like    where   I'm       living          There's



  Dm7                                                 Em
|---------1-------1-------|---------1-------1-------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------1-------1-------|---------1-------1-------|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|
|-----2-------2-------2---|-----2-------2-------2---|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|
|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-----2-------2-------2---|-----2-------2-------2---|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - |
  Dm7                                                 Em
  mu   -  sic     on        Clin  - ton     Street    all     through the       eve  -  ning




PRE-CHORUS1:
Chords:
D6 x2423x


  Am7                                                 D6
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------1-------1-------|----------1-------1------|---------3-------3-------|---------2-------2-------|
|---------0-------0-------|----------0-------0------|---------2-------2-------|---------2-------2-------|
|-----2-------2-------2---|-----2--------2-------2--|-----4-------4-------4---|-----4-------4-------4---|
|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-2-----------------------|-2-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - |
  Am7                                                 D6
              I   hear      that    you're            building                  your little



  Am7                                                 D6
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------1-------1-------|----------1-------1------|---------3-------3-------|---------2-------2-------|
|---------0-------0-------|----------0-------0------|---------2-------2-------|---------2-------2-------|
|-----2-------2-------2---|-----2--------2-------2--|-----4-------4-------4---|-----4-------4-------4---|
|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-2-----------------------|-2-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - |
  Am7                                                 D6
  house                     deep    in      the       desert



   Am7                                                G
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------1-------1-------|----------1-------1------|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|
|---------0-------0-------|----------0-------0------|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|
|-----2-------2-------2---|-----2--------2-------2--|-----0-------0-------0---|-----0-------0-------0---|
|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-3-----------------------|-3-----------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - |
  Am7                                                 G
  You're                    liv  -  ing     for       noth  - ing     now;      I       hope    you're



  Am7                                                G
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------1-------1-------|----------1-------1------|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|
|---------0-------0-------|----------0-------0------|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|
|-----2-------2-------2---|-----2--------2-------2--|-----0-------0-------0---|-----0-------0-------0---|
|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-3-----------------------|-3-----------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - |
  Am7                                                 G
  keep  - ing               some    kind    of        record                    yes     and...




CHORUS1:

  C
|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|
|---------1-------1-------|---------1-------1-------|---------1-------1-------|---------1-------1-------|
|-----0-------0-------0---|-----0-------0-------0---|-----0-------0-------0---|-----0-------0-------0---|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-3-----------------------|-3-----------------------|-3-----------------------|-3-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - |
  C
  Jane                      came                      by              with a    lock    of      your



  G
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|
|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|
|-----0-------0-------0---|-----0-------0-------0---|-----0-------0-------0---|-----0-------0-------0---|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-3-----------------------|-3-----------------------|-3-----------------------|-3-----------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - |
  G
  hair                                         She    said    that    you       gave    it      to



  Am7
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------1-------1-------|---------1-------1-------|---------1-------1-------|---------1-------1-------|
|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|
|-----2-------2-------2---|-----2-------2-------2---|-----2-------2-------2---|-----2-------2-------2---|
|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - |
  Am7
  her                                           that  night   that    you       planned      to go



  D6                                                  G
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------3-------3-------|---------3-------3-------|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|
|---------2-------2-------|---------2-------2-------|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|
|-----4-------4-------4---|-----4-------4-------4---|-----0-------0-------0---|-----0-------0-------0---|
|-2-----------------------|-2-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-3-----------------------|-3-----------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - |

  clear



  F                                                   Em
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|
|---------2-------2-------|---------2-------2-------|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|
|---------3-------3-------|---------3-------3-------|-----2-------2-------2---|-----2-------2-------2---|
|-----3-------3-------3---|-----3-------3-------3---|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-1-----------------------|-1-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - |

  did     you     ever      go                        clear?                                    Ah, the...




VERSE2:
Notes:
Play as for VERSE1.

Chords:
Am7 x02010    Dm7 xx0211
F   x33211    Em  022000


3/4
        | Am7        | %         | F
(Ah, the) last time we saw you you looked so much older

   | Dm7       | %          | Em
Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder

    | Am7       | %        | F
You'd been to the station to meet every train

| Dm7     | %               | Em
    And you came home without Lili Marlene



PRE-CHORUS2:
Chords:
Am7 x02010
D6  x2423x
G   320003


      | Am7      | D6       | Am7         | D6
And you treated my woman to a flake of your life

| Am7               | G  | Am7     | %      | G
    And when she came back   she was nobody's wife



CHORUS2:
Notes:
Play as for CHORUS1.

Chords:
C   x32010    D6 x2423x
G   320003    F  133211
Am7 x02010    Em 022000


    | C       | %            | %          | G
Well, I see you there with the rose in your teeth,

  | G             | Am7
One more thin gypsy thief

     | %         | D6  | G F               | Em
Well I see Jane's awake      she sends her regards



[play: 3/4| Am7 | F | Dm7 | G |]



VERSE3:
Notes:
Play as for VERSE1.

Chords:
Am7 x02010    Em 022000
F   x33211    D6 x2423x
Dm7 xx0211    G  320003


  | Am7      | %         | F         | %
And what can I tell you my brother, my killer

| Dm7        | %      | Em
    What can I possibly say?

| Am7        | %         | F        | %
I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you

| Dm7        | %         | Em
  I'm glad you stood in my way



PRE-CHORUS3:
Chords:
Am7 x02010
D6  x2423x
G   320003


| Am7              | D6     |Am7               | D6
    If you ever come by here,    for Jane or for me

| Am7                 | G       | Am7                  G
    Well, your enemy is sleeping,     and his woman is free



CHORUS3:
Notes:
Play as for CHORUS1.

Chords:
C   x32010    D6 x2423x
G   320003    F  133211
Am7 x02010    Em 022000


       | C            | %         | G           | %
Yes, and thanks for the trouble you took from her eyes

               | Am7                       G
I thought it was there for good so I never tried

  | C       | %       | %          | G
And Jane came by with a lock of your hair

  | %           | %        | Am7
She said that you gave it to her

   | %            | %           | D6   | G  F            | Em
That night that you planned to go clear,      Sincerely, L Cohen


[play: 3/4| Am7 | F | Dm7 |]

[end on arpeggiated G]