E B A E
I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel,
E B C#m
you were talking so brave and so sweet,
E B A
giving me head on the unmade bed,
E A B
while the limousines wait in the street.
C#m A
Those were the reasons and that was New York,
E B C#m
we were running for the money and the flesh.
A E
And that was called love for the workers in song
A B
probably still is for those of them left.

Cm A
Ah but you got away, didn't you babe,
E B Cm
you just turned your back on the crowd,
A E
you got away, I never once heard you say,
A E
I need you, I don't need you,
A E
I need you, I don't need you
A C#m                       B
and all of that jiving around.

E B A E
I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel
E B C#m
you were famous, your heart was a legend.
E B A E
You told me again you preferred handsome men
A B
but for me you would make an exception.
C#m A
And clenching your fist for the ones like us
E B C#m
who are oppressed by the figures of beauty,
A E
you fixed yourself, you said, "Well never mind,
A B
we are ugly but we have the music."

Cm A
Ah but you got away, didn't you babe,
E B Cm
you just turned your back on the crowd,
A E
you got away, I never once heard you say,
A E
I need you, I don't need you,
A E
I need you, I don't need you
A C#m                       B
and all of that jiving around.

E B A E
I don't mean to suggest that I loved you the best,
E B C#m
I can't keep track of each fallen robin.
E B A E
I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel,
        A                                 B
that's all, I don't even think of you that often.