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Chelsea Hotel No. 2 Chords

Music by: Leonard Cohen · 1974
Genre Folk / World Views 2196
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[Verse 1]
[C]
I re[C]member you [G]well in the [F]Chelsea [C]Hotel
You were [C]talking so [G]brave and so [Am]sweet
[C]Giving me [G]head on the [F]unmade [C]bed
While the [F]limousines wait in the [G]street
[Am]Those were the reasons
and [F]that was New York
We were [C]running for the [E]money and the [Am]flesh
And [F]that was called love
for the [C]workers in song
Probably [F]still is for those of them [G]left

[Bridge 1]
Ah, but [F]you got away, [C]didn't you babe?
You [C]just turned your [G]back on the [Am]crowd
[F]You got away, I never once [C]heard you say
I [F]need you, I don't [C]need you
I [F]need you, I don't [C]need you
And [F]all of that jiving [Am]around[G]

[Verse 2]
I re[C]member you [G]well in the Chel[F]sea [C]Hotel
You were [C]famous, your [G]heart was a leg[Am]end
You [C]told me again
[G]you preferred [F]handsome [C]men
But for [F]me you would make an [G]exception
And [Am]clenching your fist
for the [F]ones like us
Who are op[C]pressed by the [E]figures of [Am]beauty
You [F]fixed yourself, you said, [C]"well, never mind
We are [F]ugly but we have the [G]music"

[Bridge 2]
And then [F]you got away, [C]didn't you baby?
You [C]just turned your [G]back on the [Am]crowd
[F]You got away, I never once [C]heard you say
I [F]need you, I don't [C]need you
I [F]need you, I don't [C]need you
And [F]all of that jiving [Am]around[G]

[Verse 3]
I don't [C]mean to [G]suggest
that I loved you the [F]best[C]
I can't [C]keep track of [G]each fallen rob[Am]in
I re[C]member you [G]well in the Chel[F]sea [C]Hotel
That's [F]all, I don't even think of you that [G]often
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