capo 1 (version live)



Bm		      G
It's four in the morning, the end of december

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

  Bm			  G
New york is cold, but I like where I'm living

Em				F#m
There's music on clinton street all through the evening.


 Bm		    C#m		         Bm                 C#m	
I hear that you're building your little house deep in the desert

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


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

                             Bm
She said that you gave it to her

                                    C#m    A
That night that you planned to go clear 

G		  F#m
Did you ever go clear? 

 
         Bm	                   G  		
Ah, the last time we saw you you looked so much older

Em                             F#m
Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder

       Bm       	      G
You'd been to the station to meet every train

  Em			  F#m
And you came home without Lili Marlene


          Bm	      C#m	Bm	      C#m
And you treated my woman to a flake of your life

Bm		   A   Bm		  A
And when she came back she was nobody's wife.


        D			   	     A
Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth

                     Bm
One more thin gypsy thief

                   C#m    A
Well I see Jane's awake

G	         F#m
She sends her regards.



     Bm			     G
And what can I tell you my brother, my killer

Em                  F#m
What can I possibly say ? 

   Bm			 G
I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you

Em			  F#m
I'm glad you stood in my way.


Bm		   C#m     Bm		  C#m
If you ever come by here, for Jane or for me

Bm 		A       Bm		  A
Your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is free.



      	   D			      A
Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes
                  Bm			     C#m         A
I thought it was there for good so I never tried.


     D				      A
And Jane came by with a lock of your hair

                             Bm
She said that you gave it to her

                                    C#m      A
That night that you planned to go clear

G	       F#m
Sincerely, L. Cohen