capo on fifth fret
Verse1: C F C
I remember you well in the Celsea Hotel,
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 waitin the street.
Am F
Those were the reasons and that was New York,
C E/B 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.
Chorus1: F C
Ah, but you got away, didn't you babe,
E/B Am
You just turned your back on the crowd,
F C
You got away,I never once heard you say:
F C
"I need you,I don't need you,
F C
I need you, I don't need you"
F Am G
And all of that jiving around.
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Verse2: C G F C
I remember you well in the Celsea Hotel:
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 E/B 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."
Chorus2: F C
And then you got away, didn't you baby,
E/B Am
You just turned your back on the crowd,
F C
You got away, I never once heard you say:
F C
"I need you,I don't need you,
F C
I need you, I don't need you"
F Am G
And all of that jiving around.
Verse3: C G F C
I don't mean to suggest that I loved you the best,
G Am
I can't keep track of each fallen robin.
C G F C
I remember you well in the Celsea Hotel,
F G
That's all, aI don't even think of you that often.
