Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen - Famous Blue Raincoat Ver 2 guitar tab
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Tuning: Drop D (DADGBE)
I tabbed out a verse and chorus, but it's really not all that complex. Once you establish the
picking pattern, you can just play the chords as shown using the lowest note that's not an "x" as
the base note in the picking pattern (and move the rest of the picking pattern up a string in
response).
Chords (in drop D): Basic Picking Pattern
Am: x02210 |------------|
F: 3332xx |------------|
Dm7: 0032xx |----x---x---|
Em7: 2221xx |------x---x-|
Bm: x24432 |--x-x---x---|
G: 5553xx |x-----------|
C: x32010 ^ . ^ . ^ .
F: 3332xx 1 & 2 & 3 &
Am F
It's four in the morning, the end of December
Dm7 Em7
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 Em7
There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening
Am Bm Am Bm
I hear that you're building your little house deep in the desert
Am G
You're living for nothing now
Am G
I hope you're keeping some kind of record
C G
Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair
Am
She said that you gave it to her
Bm G
That night that you planned to go clear
F Em7
Did you ever go clear?
Am F
Oh, the last time we saw you, you looked so much older
Dm7 Em7
Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder
Am F
You'd been to the station to meet every train
Dm7 Em7
You came home without Lili Marlene
Am Bm Am Bm
And you treated my woman to a flake of your life
Am G
And when she came back
Am G
She was nobody's wife
C G
Well, I see you there with a rose in your teeth
Am
One more thing gypsy thief
Bm G
Well I see Jane's awake
F Em7
She sends her regards.
Am F
And what can I tell you my brother, my killer
Dm7 Em7
What can I possibly say
Am F
I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you
Dm7 Em7
I'm glad you stood in my way.
Am Bm Am Bm
If you ever come by here for Jane or for me
Am G
Well, your enemy is sleeping
Am G
And your woman is free
C G
Yes, and thanks for the trouble you took from her eyes
Am
I thought it was there for good
Bm G
So I never tried.
C G
And Jane came by with a lock of your hair
Am
She said that you gave it to her
Bm G
That night you planned to go clear
F Em7
Sincerely, L. Cohen.
Verses:
Am Am F F
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|
B|----1---1---|----1---1---|------------|------------|
G|------2---2-|------2--2--|----2---2---|----2---2---|
D|--2-2---2---|--2-2---2---|------3---3-|------3---3-|
A|0-----------|0-----------|--3-3---3---|--3-3---3---|
E|------------|------------|3-----------|3-----------|
|^ . ^ . ^ . |^ . ^ . ^ . |^ . ^ . ^ . |^ . ^ . ^ . |
Dm7 Dm7 Em7 Em7
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|
B|----2---2---|----1---1---|------------|------------|
G|------3---3-|------3---3-|----1---1---|----1---1---|
D|----0---0---|----0---0---|------2---2-|------2---2-|
A|--0---------|--0---------|--2-2---2---|--2-2---2---|
E|0-----------|0-----------|2-----------|2-----------|
|^ . ^ . ^ . |^ . ^ . ^ . |^ . ^ . ^ . |^ . ^ . ^ . |
Am Am F F
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|
B|----1---1---|----1---1---|------------|------------|
G|------2---2-|------2--2--|----2---2---|----2---2---|
D|--2-2---2---|--2-2---2---|------3---3-|------3---3-|
A|0-----------|0-----------|--3-3---3---|--3-3---3---|
E|------------|------------|3-----------|3-----------|
|^ . ^ . ^ . |^ . ^ . ^ . |^ . ^ . ^ . |^ . ^ . ^ . |
Dm7 Dm7 Em7 Em7
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|
B|----2---2---|----1---1---|------------|------------|
G|------3---3-|------3---3-|----1---1---|----1---1---|
D|----0---0---|----0---0---|------2---2-|------2---2-|
A|--0---------|--0---------|--2-2---2---|--2-2---2---|
E|0-----------|0-----------|2-----------|2-----------|
|^ . ^ . ^ . |^ . ^ . ^ . |^ . ^ . ^ . |^ . ^ . ^ . |
Am Am Bm Bm
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|
B|----1---1---|----1---1---|----3---3---|----3---3---|
G|------2---2-|------2---2-|------4---4-|------4---4-|
D|--2-2---2---|--2-2---2---|--4-4---4---|--4-4---4---|
A|0-----------|0-----------|2-----------|2-----------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|
|^ . ^ . ^ . |^ . ^ . ^ . |^ . ^ . ^ . |^ . ^ . ^ . |
Am Am Bm Bm
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|
B|----1---1---|----1---1---|----3---3---|----3---3---|
G|------2---2-|------2---2-|------4---4-|------4---4-|
D|--2-2---2---|--2-2---2---|--4-4---4---|--4-4---4---|
A|0-----------|0-----------|2-----------|2-----------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|
|^ . ^ . ^ . |^ . ^ . ^ . |^ . ^ . ^ . |^ . ^ . ^ . |
Am Am G G
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|
B|----1---1---|----1---1---|------------|------------|
G|------2---2-|------2---2-|----4---4---|----4---4---|
D|--2-2---2---|--2-2---2---|------5---5-|------5---5-|
A|0-----------|0-----------|--5-5---5---|--5-5---5---|
E|------------|------------|5-----------|5-----------|
|^ . ^ . ^ . |^ . ^ . ^ . |^ . ^ . ^ . |^ . ^ . ^ . |
Am Am G G
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|
B|----1---1---|----1---1---|------------|------------|
G|------2---2-|------2---2-|----4---4---|----4---4---|
D|--2-2---2---|--2-2---2---|------5---5-|------5---5-|
A|0-----------|0-----------|--5-5---5---|--5-5---5---|
E|------------|------------|5-----------|5-----------|
|^ . ^ . ^ . |^ . ^ . ^ . |^ . ^ . ^ . |^ . ^ . ^ . |
Choruses:
C C C C
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|
B|----1---1---|----1---1---|----1---1---|----1---1---|
G|------2---2-|------2---2-|------2---2-|------2---2-|
D|--3-3---3---|--3-3---3---|--3-3---3---|--3-3---3---|
A|0-----------|0-----------|0-----------|0-----------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|
|^ . ^ . ^ . |^ . ^ . ^ . |^ . ^ . ^ . |^ . ^ . ^ . |
G G G G
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|
B|------------|------------|------------|------------|
G|----4---4---|----4---4---|----4---4---|----4---4---|
D|------5---5-|------5---5-|------5---5-|------5---5-|
A|--5-5---5---|--5-5---5---|--5-5---5---|--5-5---5---|
E|5-----------|5-----------|5-----------|5-----------|
|^ . ^ . ^ . |^ . ^ . ^ . |^ . ^ . ^ . |^ . ^ . ^ . |
Am Am Am Am
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|
B|----1---1---|----1---1---|----1---1---|----1---1---|
G|------2---2-|------2---2-|------2---2-|------2---2-|
D|--2-2---2---|--2-2---2---|--2-2---2---|--2-2---2---|
A|0-----------|0-----------|0-----------|0-----------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|
|^ . ^ . ^ . |^ . ^ . ^ . |^ . ^ . ^ . |^ . ^ . ^ . |
Bm Bm G G
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|
B|----3---3---|----3---3---|------------|------------|
G|------4---4-|------4---4-|----4---4---|----4---4---|
D|--4-4---4---|--4-4---4---|------5---5-|------5---5-|
A|2-----------|2-----------|--5-5---5---|--5-5---5---|
E|------------|------------|5-----------|5-----------|
|^ . ^ . ^ . |^ . ^ . ^ . |^ . ^ . ^ . |^ . ^ . ^ . |
F F Em7 Em7
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|
B|----2---2---|----2---2---|------------|------------|
G|------3---3-|------3---3-|----1---1---|----1---1---|
D|----3---3---|----3---3---|------2---2-|------2---2-|
A|--3---------|--3---------|--2-2---2---|--2-2---2---|
E|3-----------|3-----------|2-----------|2-----------|
|^ . ^ . ^ . |^ . ^ . ^ . |^ . ^ . ^ . |^ . ^ . ^ . |
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