Chelsea Hotel No 2 chords by Leonard Cohen

capo on fifth fret


Verse1:   C           F       C
    I remember you well in the Celsea Hotel,
              G       Am
    You were talking so brave and so sweet;
    C     G      F      C
    Giving me head on the unmade bed,
         F            G
    While the limousines waitin the street.
    Am             F
    Those were the reasons and that was New York,
        C        E/B      Am
    We were running for the money and the flesh.
      F              C
    And that was called love for the workers in song,
         F              G
    Probably still is for those of them left.

Chorus1:      F       C
      Ah, but you got away, didn't you babe,
                 E/B     Am
      You just turned your back on the crowd,
      F             C
      You got away,I never once heard you say:
       F         C
      "I need you,I don't need you,
       F         C
      I need you, I don't need you"
        F          Am    G
      And all of that jiving around.


Verse2:   C     G      F       C
     I remember you well in the Celsea Hotel:
                G      Am
     You were famous, your heart was a 🏷Legend.
       C    G         F      C
     You told me again you preferred handsome men
         F                G
     But for me you would make an exception.
       Am             F
     And clenching your fist for the ones like us
          C       E/B    Am
     Who are oppressed by the figures of beauty,
       F             C
     You fixed yourself, you said, "Well never mind,
        F          G
     We are ugly but we have the music."



Chorus2:      F        C
      And then you got away, didn't you baby,
                E/B     Am
      You just turned your back on the crowd,
      F             C
      You got away, I never once heard you say:
       F         C
      "I need you,I don't need you,
       F         C
      I need you, I don't need you"
        F          Am    G
      And all of that jiving around.



Verse3:      C      G      F          C
     I don't mean to suggest that I loved you the best,
                G       Am
     I can't keep track of each fallen robin.
       C     G      F       C
     I remember you well in the Celsea Hotel,
         F                  G
     That's all, aI don't even think of you that often.