Suzanne
Leonard CohenVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river
You can hear the boats go by, you can spend the night beside her
And you know that she's half-crazy, but that's why you wanna be there
And she feeds you tea & oranges that come all the way from China
And just when you mean to tell her that you have no love to give her
Then she gets you on her wavelength & she lets the river answer
That you've always been her lover
And you want to travel with her, and you want to travel blind
And you know that she will trust you,
For you've touched her perfect body with your mind
And E Jesus was a sailor, when he walked upon the water
And he A spent a long time watching from his lonely wooden tower
And E when he knew for certain only drowning men could see him he said
Gm 'All men will be sailors then, un A til the sea shall free them'
But E he himself was broken, long be A fore the sky would open
For E saken, almost human, he Fm sank beneath your wisdom like a E stone
And you Gm want to travel with him, and you A want to travel blind
And you E think maybe you'll trust him,
For he's A touched your perfect body with his E mind
Now E Suzanne takes your hand and she leads you to the river
She is A wearing rags & feathers from Salvation Army counter
And the E sun pours down like honey on Our Lady of the Harbour
And she Gm shows you where to look among the A garbage & the flowers
There are E heroes in the seaweed, there are A children in the morning
They are E leaning out for love, & they will (Fm}lean that way forever
While E Suzanne holds the mirror
And you Gm want to travel with her, and you A want to travel blind
And you E know you can trust her,
For she's A touched your perfect body with her E mind
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Readable chord sheet for Suzanne by Leonard Cohen
Suz[E]anne takes you down to her place near the river You can h[A]ear the boats go by, you can spend the night beside her And you k[E]now that she's half-crazy, but that's why you wanna be there And she f[G#m]eeds you tea & oranges that come a[A]ll the way from China And just w[E]hen you mean to tell her that you h[A]ave no love to give her Then she g[E]ets you on her wavelength & she l[F#m]ets the river answer That you've a[E]lways been her lover And you w[G#m]ant to travel with her, and you [A]want to travel blind And you k[E]now that she will trust you, For you've to[A]uched her perfect body with your mi[E]nd And E Jesus was a sailor, when he walked upon the water And he A spent a long time watching from his lonely wooden tower And E when he knew for certain only drowning men could see him he said G But E he himself was broken, long be A fore the sky would open For E saken, almost human, he F And you G And you E think maybe you'll trust him, For he's A touched your perfect body with his E mind Now E Suzanne takes your hand and she leads you to the river She is A wearing rags & feathers from Salvation Army counter And the E sun pours down like honey on Our Lady of the Harbour And she G There are E heroes in the seaweed, there are A children in the morning They are E leaning out for love, & they will (F While E Suzanne holds the mirror And you G And you E know you can trust her, For she's A touched your perfect body with her E mind