Chelsea Hotel No 2 - Leonard Cohen

Capo: Fret 5
Tuning: F, E A D G B E

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[Verse 1]
             
I remember you

            
 well in the C

             
helsea Hotel
              
You were talki

             
ng so brave an

     
d so sweet
            
Giving me head

             
 on the unmade

      
 bed
             
While the limo

              
usines wait in

     
 the street
            
Those were the

             
 reasons and t

hat was New Yo

rk
             
We were runnin

          
g for the mone

          
y and the fles

h
             
And that was c

              
alled love for

     
 the workers i

n song
             
Probably still

              
 is for those 

        
of them left


[Chorus]
             
Ah, but you go

        
t away, didn't

 you babe?
              
You just turne

          
d your back on

     
 the crowd
             
You got away, 

             
I never once h

eard you say
             
"I need you, I

       
 don't need yo

u
             
I need you, I 

      
don't need you

"
             
And all of tha

            
t jiving aroun

  
d


[Verse 2]
             
I remember you

            
 well in the C

             
helsea Hotel
              
You were famou

             
s, your heart 

      
was a legend
            
You told me ag

              
ain you prefer

             
red handsome m

   
en
             
But for me you

              
 would make an

            
 exception
            
And clenching 

              
your fist for 

    
the ones like 

us
             
Who are oppres

           
sed by the fig

       
ures of beauty
             
You fixed your

              
self, you said

   
: "Well, never

 mind
             
We are ugly, b

              
ut we have the

 
 music"


[Chorus]
             
And then you g

         
ot away, didn'

t you baby?
              
You just turne

          
d your back on

     
 the crowd
             
You got away, 

             
I never once h

eard you say
             
"I need you, I

       
 don't need yo

u
             
I need you, I 

      
don't need you

"
             
And all of tha

            
t jiving aroun

  
d


[Outro]
             
I don't mean t

             
o suggest that

             
 I loved you t

        
he best
              
I can't keep t

             
rack of each f

      
allen robin
             
I remember you

            
 well in the C

              
helsea Hotel
             
That's all, I 

              
don't even thi

              
nk of you that

 
 often

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