Chelsea Hotel # 2 (cross harp)

by Leonard Cohen

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3-3”-3-3  -3   -3-3”-3”-3”3    33
I  remember  you well in the Chelsea Hotel,
 3   -3”  -3 -4  5   -3   -3  -3”  3
you were talking so brave and so sweet,
-3  -3 -3  -3  -3” -3” -3” 3  3
giving me head on the unmade bed,
 -3   -3  -3 -3”  3   -3  -3” 3    -3”
while the limousines wait in the street.
 5     5    5   5  5    5   5    5   5   5
Those were the reasons and that was New York,
5   5   -4  -4  -4  -3  -3 -3 -3  -3”   3
we were running for the money and the flesh.
 3  -3”  -3”  -3”   -3”   3  -3”  -3 -4  5   -4
And that was called love for the workers in song
 3 3 3    -3   -3” 3   -3   -3”  3  -3”
probably still is for those of them left.
 
CHORUS:
-4 -4   5   5   5 5    -4 -4  -4  -4 -3   
Ah but you got  away,  didn't you baby,
-3   -3    -3   -3    -3  -3 -3”   3
you just turned your back on the crowd,
 5   5   5 6   6  6 5    5    5    -4 -3
you got  away, I never once heard you say,
-3  -3  3    5  5     -4  -3
 I need you, I don't need you,
-4  5    4   5   5    -4  -3
 I need you, I don't need you
-3   -3 -3” 3    -3” 3  3  3
and all of that jiving around.
 
-3 -3 -3 -3 -3   -3 -3” -3”  -3” 3   3 3
 I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel
 3  -3”  -3 -4     5   -3   -3 -3” -3” 3
you were famous, your heart was a legend.
-3   -3  -3 -3 -3 -3”  -3”  -3”   3  3    3
You told me again you preferred handsome men
-3  -3  -3 -3”   3   -3   -3” 3 -3” -3”
but for me you would make an exception.
 5    5  5     5    5    5   5   5    5   5
And clenching your fist for the ones like us
 5   5    5  -4   -4  -3  -3 -3  -3”  3 3 
who are oppressed by the figures of beauty,
 3   -3”   -3” -3”   3   -3”    -3  -4 5   -4
you fixed yourself, you said, "Well never mind,
3   3 -3 -3” 3  -3  -3”  3  -3 -3”
we are ugly but we have the music."
 
(REPEAT CHORUS)

-3  -3    -3  -3  -3 -3  -3” -3”  -3   3   3   3
 I don't mean to suggest that I loved you the best,
3 -3”   -3     4   -3  -3   -3 -3”  3
I can't keep track of each fallen rock.
3 -3” -3 -3  -3  -3 -3” -3”  -3” 3   3 3
I  remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel,
  -3   -3  -3”  3    -3   -3” 3   3   -3 -3”
that's all, I don't think of you that often.