Chelsea Hotel No.2 by Leonard Cohen is pretty well known, and covered recently by Lana Del Rey.
My favourite version is by Rufus Wainwright III who is a friend of Leonard's son I believe.
Whatever became of Chelsea Hotel No.1? It's here.
C G F C
I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel,
C G Am
You were talking so brave and so sweet.
C G F C
Giving me head on the unmade bed
F G
While the limousines wait in the street
Am F
Those were the reasons and that was New York,
C E Am
We were running for the money and the flesh
F C
And that was called love for the workers in song,
F G
Probably still is for those of them left.
Am F
And then you got away, didn't you, baby?
C Em Am
You just turned your back on the crowd.
F C
You got away, I never once heard you say,
F C F C
"I need you, I don't need you, I need you, I don't need you,"
F Am G
And all of that jiving around.
C G F C
I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel,
C G Am
You were famous, your heart was a legend.
C G F C
You told me again you preferred handsome men,
F G
But for me you would make an exception.
Am F
And clenching your fist for the ones like us
C Em Am
Who are oppressed by the figures of beauty,
F C
You fixed yourself, you said, "Well, never mind,
F G
We are ugly but we have the music."
CHORUS
C G F C
I don't mean to suggest that I loved you the best
C G Am
I can't keep track of each fallen robin.
C G F C
I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel,
F G (Not Played)
That all, I don't think of you that often.
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