Suzanne

Tuning: Bb Eb Ab Db Gb Bb (standard, three full steps down) 
× indicates a sus4 chord. 
 
Intro: E . . . Esus4 E|E . . . Esus4 E|E . . . Esus4 E| 
 
   E               × E 
Suzanne takes you down 
         E             × E 
To her place near the river 
         F#m              × F#m 
You can hear the boats go by 
              F#m              ×   F#m 
And you can spend the night beside her 
         E                     × E 
And you know that she‘s half crazy 
            E               ×   E 
But that‘s why you want to be there 
          G#m             ×  G#m 
And she feeds you tea and oranges 
           A                 × A 
That come all the way from China 
          E                ×    E 
And just when you mean to tell her 
          F#m             ×   F#m 
That you have no love to give her 
     E               ×   E 
She gets you on her wavelength 
         F#m           ×  F#m 
And she lets the river answer 
       E                × E    Esus4  E 
you‘ve always been her lover 
         G#m            × G#m 
And you want to travel with her 
         A               × A 
And you want to travel blind 
         E                   ×  E 
And you know that she will trust you 
             F#m                × F#m          E 
For you‘ve touched her perfect body with your mind. 
 
And Jesus was a sailor 
When he walked upon the water 
And he spent a long time watching 
From a lonely wooden tower 
And when he knew for certain 
Only drowning men could see him 
He said: "All men will be sailors then 
Until the sea shall free them" 
But he himself was broken 
Long before the sky would open 
Forsaken, almost human 
He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone 
And you want to travel with him 
And you want to travel blind 
And you know he will find you 
For he‘s touched your perfect body with his mind. 
 
Suzanne takes your hand now 
And she leads you to the river 
She is wearing rags and feathers 
From Salvation Army counters 
And the sun pours down like honey 
On our lady of the harbour 
And she shows you where to look 
Amid the garbage and the flowers 
There are heroes in the seaweed 
There are children in the morning 
They are leaning out for love 
And they will lean that way forever 
While Suzanne holds the mirror 
And you want to travel with her 
And you want to travel blind 
And you know that she will find you 
For she‘s touched your perfect body with her mind.