Suzanne    (intro)    (midi)

          C

1. Suzanne takes you down to her place by the river,

                  Dm

    you can hear the boats go by, you can spend the night beside her,

                   C

  and you know that she's half crazy,but that's why you want to be there.

                   Em                                                      F

    And she feeds you tea and oranges that come all the way from China,

                      C                                                   Dm

    and just when you mean to tell her, that you have no love to give her,

                    C                                                  Dm

    then she gets you on her wave-length and lets the river answer,

                        C                                  ~

    that you've always been her lover.

                   Em                                              F

    And you want to travel with her, and you want to travel blind,

                     C

    and you know that she will trust you,

                     Dm                                                    C      ~

    for you've touched her perfect body with your mind.

             C

2. And Jesus was a sailor when he walked upon the water,

                  Dm

    and he spent a long time watching from his lonely wooden tower.

                C

    And when he knew for certain only drowning men could see him,

                  Em                                             F

    he said, "All men will be sailors, then, until the sea shall free them."

           C                                            Dm

    But he himself was broken long before the sky would open,

          C                                     Dm

    forsaken, almost human, he sank beneath your wisdom

                C

    like a stone.

                   Em                                               F

    And you want to travel with him, and you want to travel blind,

                    C

    and you think maybe you'll trust him,

                 Dm                                                    C

    for he's touched your perfect body with his mind.

                  C

3. Now Suzanne takes your hand, she leads you to the river,

                Dm

    she is wearing rags and feathers frim Salvation Army counters.

                   C

    And the sun pours down like honey, on our lady of the harbour,

                   Em                                                     F

    and she shows you where to look among the garbage and the flowers.

                       C                                                  Dm

    There are heroes in the seaweed, there are children in the morning,

                    C                                                 Dm

    they are leaning out for love, and they will lean that way forever,

                   C

    while Suzanne holds the mirror.

                    Em                                              F

     And you want to travel with her, and you want to travel blind,

                       C

     and you know that you can trust her,

                      Dm                                                   C

     for she's  touched your perfect body with her mind.

(capo 4th)          

    (Leonard Cohen)