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


[Chorus]
         Dm             Bb
Ah, but you got away, didn't you, baby?
         F            A/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 Driving around.


[Verse 2]
      F        C           F
I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel,
                       C          Bb
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                A/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."


[Chorus]
         Dm             Bb
Ah, but you got away, didn't you, baby?
         F            A/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 Driving around.


[Verse 3]
        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,
       F                               (C)   
That’s all, I don't think of you that often.