The bass note of the Dm7 is played open on the 6th string.
[Intro]
Am F Dm7 Em7
Am F Dm7 Em7
[Strophe]
[Refrain]
     Am                       F 
It's four in the morning, the end of December 
    Dm7                     Em7 
I'm writing you now just to see if you're better 
Am                      F 
New York is cold, but I like where I'm living 
        Dm7                     Em7 
There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening 
Am                   Bm                   Am                Bm 
  I hear that you're building your little house deep in the desert 
Am                  G                          Am                   G 
  You're living for nothing now, I hope you're keeping some kind of record
[Refrain]
         C         C                      G 
Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair 
    G                        Am       Am                           Bm    G 
She said that you gave it to her that night that you planned to go clear 
F                 Em7 
  Did you ever go clear?
[Strophe]
        Am                        F 
Ah, the last time we saw you, you looked so much older 
     Dm7                      Em7 
Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder 
      Am                     F 
You'd been to the station to meet every train 
    Dm7                   Em7 
And you came home without Lili Marlene 
        Am         Bm         Am            Bm 
And you treated my woman to a flake of your life 
Am                  G   Am                 G 
  And when she came back, she was nobody's wife
[Refrain]
        C       C                           G     G 
Well, I see you there with the rose in your teeth 
                    Am   Am                    Bm   G 
One more thin gypsy thief, well, I see Jane's awake 
F                 Em7 
  She sends her regards
[Strophe]
    Am                     F 
And what can I tell you my brother, my killer? 
Dm7                 Em7 
What can I possibly say? 
  Am                       F 
I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you 
    Dm7                  Em7 
I'm glad you stood in my way 
Am                 Bm     Am                Bm 
  If you ever come by here, for Jane or for me 
Am                    G       Am                 G 
  Well, your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is free
[Refrain]
         C     C                    G             G 
Yes, and thanks for the trouble you took from her eyes 
                 Am        Am               Bm     G 
I thought it was there for good, so I never tried 
    C         C                      G 
And Jane came by with a lock of your hair 
    G                        Am       Am                           Bm    G 
She said that you gave it to her that night that you planned to go clear 
F               Em7 
  Sincerely, L. Cohen
[Outro]
Am F Dm7 Em7