Leonard Cohen (21 Septiembre 1934 – 7 Noviembre 2016) nació en una familia judía de clase media de ascendencia polaca en Montreal y creció en Westmount. Su padre, Nathan Cohen, era propietario de una tienda de corte y confección y falleció cuando el joven poeta contaba nueve años. Según la tradición familiar, los Cohen descienden de los Kohanim. "Fui querido como un mesías", contó Cohen a Richard Golstein en 1967, "y se me decía que descendía de Aarón".
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
[Verse 1] CGFC I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel GAm You were talking so brave and so sweet CGFC Giving me head on the unmade bed FG While the limousines wait in 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
[Chorus] 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
[Verse 2] CGFC I remember you well in the Chelsea 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"
[Chorus] 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
[Outro] 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 Chelsea Hotel FG That's all, I don't even think of you that often