[Intro]
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Am   F   Dm7   Em7


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


[Chorus 1]
         C         C                      G
Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair
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She said that you gave it to her that night that you planned to go clear
F                 Em7
  Did you ever go clear?


[Verse 2]
        Am                        F
Ah, the last time we saw you, you looked so much older
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Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder
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You'd been to the station to meet every train
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   And you came home without Lili Marlene
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And you treated my woman to a flake of your life
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  And when she came back, she was nobody's wife


[Chorus 2]
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Well, I see you there with the rose in your teeth
                   Am    Am                    Bm   G
One more thin gypsy thief, well, I see Jane's awake
F                 Em7
  She sends her regards


[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
    Am                     F
And what can I tell you my brother, my killer?
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   What can I possibly say?
  Am                    F
I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you
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   I'm glad you stood in my way
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  If you ever come by here, for Jane or for me
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  Well, your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is free


[Chorus 3]
         C     C                    G             G
Yes, and thanks for the trouble you took from her eyes
                 Am        Am               Bm     G
I thought it was there for good, so I never tried
    C         C                      G
And Jane came by with a lock of your hair
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She said that you gave it to her that night that you planned to go clear
F               Em7
  Sincerely, L. Cohen


[Outro]
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