Chelsea Hotel
Black Rebel Motorcycle ClubVersion1
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Chords in this song
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I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel,
you were talking so brave and so sweet,
giving me head on the unmade bed,
while the limousines wait in the street.
Those were the reasons and that was New York,
we were running for the money and the flesh.
And that was called love for the workers in song
probably still is for those of them left.
Ah but you got away, didn't you babe,
you just turned your back on the crowd,
you got away, I never once heard you say,
I need you, I don't need you,
I need you, I don't need you
and all of that jiving around.
I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel
you were famous, your heart was a legend.
You told me again you preferred handsome men
but for me you would make an exception.
And clenching your fist for the ones like us
who are oppressed by the figures of beauty,
you fixed yourself, you said, "Well never mind,
we are ugly but we have the music."
Ah but you got away, didn't you babe,
you just turned your back on the crowd,
you got away, I never once heard you say,
I need you, I don't need you,
I need you, I don't need you
and all of that jiving around.
I don't mean to suggest that I loved you the best,
I can't keep track of each fallen robin.
I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel,
that's all, I don't even think of you that often.
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Readable chord sheet for Chelsea Hotel by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
[E]I [B]re[A]me[E]mber you well in the Chelsea Hotel, [E]yo[B]u [C#m]were talking so brave and so sweet, [E]gi[B]vi[A]ng me head on the unmade bed, [E]wh[A]il[B]e the limousines wait in the street. [C#m]Thos[A]e were the reasons and that was New York, [E]we[B] w[C#m]ere running for the money and the flesh. [A]An[E]d that was called love for the workers in song [A]pr[B]obably still is for those of them left. [Cm]Ah [A]but you got away, didn't you babe, [E]yo[B]u [Cm]just turned your back on the crowd, [A]yo[E]u got away, I never once heard you say, [A]I [E]need you, I don't need you, [A]I [E]need you, I don't need you [A]an[C#m]d all of that jiving aroun[B]d. [E]I [B]re[A]me[E]mber you well in the Chelsea Hotel [E]yo[B]u [C#m]were famous, your heart was a legend. [E]Yo[B]u [A]to[E]ld me again you preferred handsome men [A]bu[B]t for me you would make an exception. [C#m]And [A]clenching your fist for the ones like us [E]wh[B]o [C#m]are oppressed by the figures of beauty, [A]yo[E]u fixed yourself, you said, "Well never mind, [A]we[B] are ugly but we have the music." [Cm]Ah [A]but you got away, didn't you babe, [E]yo[B]u [Cm]just turned your back on the crowd, [A]yo[E]u got away, I never once heard you say, [A]I [E]need you, I don't need you, [A]I [E]need you, I don't need you [A]an[C#m]d all of that jiving aroun[B]d. [E]I [B]do[A]n'[E]t mean to suggest that I loved you the best, [E]I [B]ca[C#m]n't keep track of each fallen robin. [E]I [B]re[A]me[E]mber you well in the Chelsea Hotel, that's a[A]ll, I don't even think of you that[B] often.