Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen - Famous Blue Raincoat guitar tab

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Date: Sun, 6 Nov 1994 19:32:05 +0000 (GMT)

From: Simon Holliday

X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL21]

Leonard Cohen : Famous Blue Raincoat

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Tabbed by Simon Holliday (pl2023@bristol.ac.uk)

Tune your low E string down to a D.

Section 1:

Am7 Am7 F F

E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

B|-----1---1---|-----1---1---|-------------|-------------|

G|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|-----2---2---|-----2---2---|

D|---2---2---2-|---2---2---2-|-----3---3---|-----3---3---|

A|-0-----------|-0-----------|---3---3---3-|---3---3---3-|

D|-------------|-------------|-3-----------|-3-----------|

1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 +

It's 4 In The Morning The End Of De - cember I'm

Dm Dm Em7 Em7

E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

B|-------------|-------------|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|

G|-----2---2---|-----2---3---|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|

D|-----3---3---|-----3---3---|---0---0---0-|---0---0---0-|

A|---0---0---0-|---0---0---0-|-------------|-------------|

D|-0-----------|-0-----------|-2-----------|-2-----------|

1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 +

Writing You Now Just To See If You're Better

Section 2:

Am7 Am7 Bm7 Bm7

E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

B|-----1---1---|-----1---1---|-----3---2---|-----3---2---|

G|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|-----2---3---|-----2---3---| repeat x 2

D|---2---2---2-|---2---2---2-|---0---0---0-|---0---0---0-|

A|-0-----------|-0-----------|-2-----------|-2-----------|

D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 +

1) I HearThatYou'reBuilding Your Little

2)House Deep In The Desert

Am7 Am7 G G

E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

B|-----1---1---|-----1---1---|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|

G|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|-----0---0---| repeat x 2

D|---2---2---2-|---2---2---2-|---0---0---0-|---0---0---0-|

A|-0-----------|-0-----------|-------------|-------------|

D|-------------|-------------|-5-----------|-5-----------|

1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 +

1) You'reLiving For NothingNow I Hope You're

2)Keeping Some Kind Of Record Yes

Section 3:

C6 C6 C6 C6

E|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|

B|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

G|-----2---2---|-----2---2---|-----2---2---|-----2---2---|

D|---5---5---5-|---5---5---5-|---5---5---5-|---5---5---5-|

A|-3-----------|-3-----------|-3-----------|-3-----------|

D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 +

And Jane Came By With A Lock Of Your

G G G G

E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

B|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

G|-----2---4---|-----2---4---|-----2---4---|-----2---4---|

D|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|

A|---5---5---5-|---5---5---5-|---5---5---5-|---5---5---5-|

D|-5-----------|-5-----------|-5-----------|-5-----------|

1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 +

Hair She SaidThatYou GaveIt To

Am7 Am7 Am7 Am7

E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

B|-----1---1---|-----1---1---|-----1---1---|-----1---1---|

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

D|---2---2---2-|---2---2---2-|---2---2---2-|---2---2---2-|

A|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|

D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 +

Her That NightThatYou PlannedToGo

Bm7 Bm7 G G

E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

B|-----3---3---|-----3---3---|-----3---3---|-----3---3---|

G|-----2---2---|-----2---2---|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|

D|---0---0---0-|---0---0---0-|---0---0---0-|---0---0---0-|

A|-2-----------|-2-----------|-------------|-2-----------|

D|-------------|-------------|-5-----------|-------------|

1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 +

Clear

F F Em7 Em7

E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

B|-------------|-------------|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|

G|-----2---2---|-----2---2---|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|

D|-----3---3---|-----3---3---|---0---0---0-|---0---0---0-|

A|---3---3---3-|---3---3---3-|-------------|-------------|

D|-3-----------|-3-----------|-2-----------|-2-----------|

1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 +

DidYouEver Go Clear?

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

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

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

There's music on Clinton Street all thru the evening.

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

You're living for nothing now

I hope you're keeping some kind of record

Yes and Jane came by with a lock of your hair

She said that you gave it to her

That night that you planned to go clear

Did you ever go clear?

Oh 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

Well, I see you there with a rose in your teeth

One more thin gypsy thief

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

Yes, and thanks for the trouble you took from her eyes

I thought it was there for good so I never tried.

And Jane came by with a lock of your hair

She said that you gave it to her

That night that you planned to go clear

Sincerely, L. Cohen.

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Famous Blue Raincoat ( Leonard Cohen )

from the Songs of Love and Hate album 1970

Transcribed by : Jean-Marc Orliaguet

( jmo@fy.chalmers.se, http://fy.chalmers.se/~jmo )

Intro :

Am7 F

e-|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------

B-|--------1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----|-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1

G-|--------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----|-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2

D-|-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2--|--------3-----3-----3-----3-----3---

A-|--0-----------------------------------|------------------------------------

E-|--------------------------------------|--1---------------------------------

Dm7 Em

e-|-------(1)---(1)---(1)---(1)---(1)----|------------------------------------

B-|--------1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0

G-|-----2--2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0

D-|--0--------0-----0-----0-----0-----0--|--------2-----2-----2-----2-----2---

A-|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------

E-|--------------------------------------|--0---------------------------------

Verses :

Am7 F

e-|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------

B-|--------1-----1-----------1-----1-----|-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1

G-|--------0-----0-----------0-----0-----|-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2

D-|-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2--|--------3-----3-----------3-----3---

A-|--0-----------------0-----------------|------------------------------------

E-|--------------------------------------|--1-----------------1---------------

1. It's four in the morning, the end of December I'm

2. New York is cold but I like where I'm living there's

Dm7 Em

e-|-------(1)---(1)---(1)---(1)---(1)----|------------------------------------

B-|--------1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0

G-|-----2--2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0

D-|--0--------0-----0-----0-----0-----0--|--------2-----2-----------2-----2---

A-|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------

E-|--------------------------------------|--0-----------------0---------------

1. writing you now just to see if you're better

2. music on Clinton Street all through the evening.

Bridge :

Am7 Bm7 ( repeat twice )

e-|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------

B-|--------1-----1-----------1-----1-----|--------3-----3-----------3-----3---

G-|--------0-----0-----------0-----0-----|--------2-----2-----------2-----2---

D-|-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2--|-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4

A-|--0-----------------0-----------------|--2-----------------2---------------

E-|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------

I hear that you're building your little

house deep in the desert

Am7 G ( repeat twice )

e-|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------

B-|--------1-----1-----------1-----1-----|--------0-----0-----------0-----0---

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

D-|-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2--|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0

A-|--0-----------------0-----------------|------------------------------------

E-|--------------------------------------|--3-----------------3---------------

you're living for nothing now I hope you're

keeping some kind of record yes, and

Chorus :

C

e-|--------0-----0-----------0-----0-----|--------0-----0-----------0-----0---

B-|--------1-----1-----------1-----1-----|--------1-----1-----------1-----1---

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

D-|--------2-----2-----------2-----2-----|--------2-----2-----------2-----2---

A-|--3-----------------3-----------------|--3-----------------3---------------

E-|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------

Jane came by with a lock of your

G

e-|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------

B-|--------0-----0-----------0-----0-----|--------0-----0-----------0-----0---

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

D-|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0

A-|--------0-----2-----------0-----2-----|--------0-----2-----------0-----2---

E-|--3-----------------3-----------------|--3-----------------3---------------

hair she said that you gave it to

Am7

e-|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------

B-|--------1-----1-----------1-----1-----|--------1-----1-----------1-----1---

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

D-|--------2-----2-----------2-----2-----|--------2-----2-----------2-----2---

A-|--0-----------------0-----------------|--0-----------------0---------------

E-|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------

her that night that you planned to go

Bm7 G

e-|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------

B-|--------3-----3-----------3-----3-----|--------3-----3-----------3-----3---

G-|-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2--|-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4

D-|--------4-----4-----------4-----4-----|--------5-----5-----------5-----5---

A-|--2-----------------2-----------------|------------------------------------

E-|--------------------------------------|--3-----------------3---------------

clear

F Em

e-|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------

B-|--------1-----1-----------1-----1-----|--------0-----0--------0-----0------

G-|-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2--|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0------

D-|--------3-----3-----------3-----3-----|--------2-----2-----------2-----2---

A-|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------

E-|--1-----------------1-----------------|--0-----------------0---------------

did you ever go clear ? Ah, the

Chord voicings :

Am7 : x02010

F : 133211

Dm7 : xx0211

Em : 022000

Bm7 : x24232

G : 320003

C : 332010

G bar : 355433

Lyrics :

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

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

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

There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening.

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

You're living for nothing now, I hope you're keeping some kind of record

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

She said that you gave it to her

That night that you planned to go clear

Did you ever go clear?

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.

Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth

One more thin gypsy thief

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

Your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is free.

Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes

I thought it was there for good so I never tried.

And Jane came by with a lock of your hair

She said that you gave it to her

That night that you planned to go clear --

Sincerely, L. Cohen

jmo@fy.chalmers.se http://fy.chalmers.se/~jmo

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