Written by Leonard Cohen
F C Bb F I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel, F C Dm You were talking so brave and so sweet; F C Bb F Giving me head on an unmade bed, Bb C While the limousines wait in the street. Dm Bb Those were the reasons and that was New York, F Am Dm We were running for the money and the flesh. Bb F And that was called love for the workers in song, Bb C Probably still is for those of them left. Bb F Ah, but you got away, didn't you babe, F Am Dm You just turned your back on the crowd, Bb F You got away,I never once heard you say: Bb F "I need you,I don't need you, Bb F I need you, I don't need you" Bb Dm C And all of that jiving around. F C Bb F I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel: F C Dm You were famous, your heart was a legend. F C Bb F You told me again you preferred handsome men Bb C But for me you would make an exception. Dm Bb And clenching your fist for the ones like us F Am Dm Who are oppressed by the figures of beauty, Bb F You fixed yourself, you said, "Well never mind, Bb C We are ugly but we have the music." Bb F Ah, but you got away, didn't you babe, F Am Dm You just turned your back on the crowd, Bb F You got away,I never once heard you say: Bb F "I need you,I don't need you, Bb F I need you, I don't need you" Bb Dm C And all of that jiving around. F C Bb F I don't mean to suggest that I loved you the best, F C Dm I can't keep track of each fallen robin. F C Bb F I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel, Bb C That's all, I don't think of you that often.