FCBbF I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel,
CDm You were talking so brave and so sweet.
FCBb Giving me head on the unmade bed
FBbC While the limousines wait in the street
DmBb Those were the reasons and that was New York,
FAm/EDm We were running for the money and the flesh
BbF And that was called love for the workers in song,
BbC Probably still is for those of them left.
BbF And then you got away, didn't you, baby?
Am/EDm You just turned your back on the crowd.
BbF You got away, I never once heard you say,
BbFBbF "I need you, I don't need you, I need you, I don't need you,"
 Bb Dm C (To lead into next verse). 
FCBbF I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel,
CDm You were famous, your heart was a legend.
FCBb You told me again you preferred handsome men,
FBbC But for me you would make an exception.
DmBb And clenching your fist for the ones like us
FAm/EDm Who are oppressed by the figures of beauty,
BbF You fixed yourself, you said, "Well, never mind,
BbC We are ugly but we have the music."
BbF And then you got away, didn't you, baby?
Am/EDm You just turned your back on the crowd.
BbF You got away, I never once heard you say,
BbFBbF "I need you, I don't need you, I need you, I don't need you,"
 Bb Dm C (To lead into next verse). 
CFCBbF I don't mean to suggest that I loved you the best
FCDm I can't keep track of each fallen robin.
FCBbF I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel,
BbC That all, I don't think of you that often.