Leonard Norman Cohen CC GOQ (September 21, 1934 – November 7, 2016) was a Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, and novelist. His work explored religion, politics, isolation, sexuality, and romantic relationships. Cohen was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He was invested as a Companion of the Order of Canada, the nation's highest civilian honour. In 2011, Cohen received one of the Prince of Asturias Awards for literature and the ninth Glenn Gould Prize.
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Verse1: CFC I remember you well in the Celsea Hotel GAm You were talking so brave and so sweet CGFC Giving me head on the unmade bed FG While the limousines waitin the street AmF Those were the reasons and that was New York CE/BAm We were running for the money and the flesh FC And that was called love for the workers in song FG Probably still is for those of them left
Chorus1: FC Ah but you got away didn't you babe E/BAm You just turned your back on the crowd FC You got away I never once heard you say FC I need you I don't need you FC I need you I don't need you FAmG And all of that jiving around
Verse2: CGFC I remember you well in the Celsea Hotel GAm You were famous your heart was a legend CGFC You told me again you preferred handsome men FG But for me you would make an exception AmF And clenching your fist for the ones like us CE/BAm Who are oppressed by the figures of beauty FC You fixed yourself you said Well never mind FG We are ugly but we have the music
Chorus2: FC And then you got away didn't you baby E/BAm You just turned your back on the crowd FC You got away I never once heard you say FC I need you I don't need you FC I need you I don't need you FAmG And all of that jiving around
Verse3: CGFC I don't mean to suggest that I loved you the best GAm I can't keep track of each fallen robin CGFC I remember you well in the Celsea Hotel FG That's all aI don't even think of you that often