Judy Collins – Blue Raincoat (Guitar)

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[Intro] Am F Am [Verse 1]
                              F
It's four in the morning, the end of December

Dm7                         Em
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                     Em
There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening

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

Am                G           Am                                  G
You're living for nothing now, I hope you're keeping some kind of record
[Chorus]
         C                                G
Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair

             E7         Am
She said you gave it to her

                                  Bm     G
That night that you planned to go clear

F               Em      Am   G
Did you ever go clear?
[Verse 2]
    Am                        F
The last time we saw you, you looked so much older

Dm7                           Em
Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder

Am                           F
You'd been to the station to meet every train

Dm7                        Em
Then you came home without Lili Marlene

        Am         Bm         Am            Bm
And you treated my woman to a flake of your life

Am                G    Am                G
And when she came home, she was nobody's wife
[Chorus]
       C                                   G
Yes, I see you there with the rose in your teeth

              E7    Am
One more thin gypsy thief

                    Bm    G
Well, I see Jane's awake

F               Em      Am   G
She sends her regards
[Verse 3]
    Am                     F
And what can I tell you my brother, my killer

Dm7                 Em
What can I possibly say?

  Am                       F
I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you

Dm7                           Em
I'm glad that you stood in my way

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

Am                  G        Am                G
Well, your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is free
[Chorus]
         C                           G
Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes

E7               Am                         G
I thought it was there for good, so I never tried

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

                  E7         Am
She said that you gave it to her

                                Bm     Am  G
That night that you meant to go clear

F               Em
Sincerely, L  Cohen
[Outro]
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