Intro: [Am] [F] [Dm] [Em7] [Am] [F] [Dm] [Em7]

It’s [Am] four in the morning [F] the end of December

[Dm] I’m 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 [Dm] 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 hope you’re [Am] keeping some kind of [G] record

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] clear [G] [F] did you ever go [Em7] clear

Oh the [Am] last time we saw you you [F] looked so much older

Your [Dm] famous blue raincoat was [Em7] torn at the shoulder

You’d [Am] been to the station to [F] meet every train

[Dm] And you came home without [Em7] Lilli Marlene

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

[Am] And when she came [G] back [Am] she was nobody’s [G] wife

Well I [C] see you there with the rose in your [G] teeth

One more thin gypsy [Am] thief

Well I see Jane’s a[Bm]wake [G] [F] she sends her re[Em7]gards

[Am] [F] [Dm] [Em7]

And [Am] what can I tell you my [F] brother my killer

[Dm] What can I possibly [Em7] say?

I [Am] guess that I miss you [F] I guess I forgive you

[Dm] I’m glad you stood in my [Em7] way

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

[Am] Well your enemy is [G] sleeping [Am] and his woman is [G] free

Yes and [C] thanks for the trouble you [G] took from her eyes

I thought it was [Am] there for good so I never [Bm] tried [G]

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] clear [G] [F] sincerely L [Em7] Cohen

[Am] [F] [Dm] [Em7]