[Verso 1]


 F         C           Bb        F 
I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel 
         C                       Dm 
You were talking so brave and so sweet 
F         C           Bb 
Giving me head on the unmade bed 
F         Bb                      C 
While the limousines wait in the street 
Dm                         Bb 
Those were the reasons and that was New York 
        F               Am/E          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 


[Refrão]


         Bb            F 
And then you got away, didn't you, baby? 
                     Am/E        Dm 
You just turned your back on the crowd 
Bb                         F 
You got away, I never once heard you say 
   Bb                F           Bb                F 
"I need you, I don't need you, 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 
         C                       Dm 
You were famous, your heart was a legend 
F           C            Bb 
You told me again you preferred handsome men 
F       Bb                    C 
But for me you would make an exception 
Dm                         Bb 
And clenching your fist for the ones like us 
        F               Am/E          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." 


[Refrão]
 

Bb            F 
And then you got away, didn't you, baby? 
                     Am/E        Dm 
You just turned your back on the crowd 
Bb                         F 
You got away, I never once heard you say 
   Bb                F           Bb                F 
"I need you, I don't need you, 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