Leonard Cohen
Suzanne

Song :
B
Intro :
E
   E
Suzanne takes you down 
to her place near the river
         A
You can hear the boats go by, 
you can spend the night beside her
         E
And you know that she's half-crazy, 
but that's why you wanna be there
         G#m                   
And she feeds you tea & oranges 
            A
that come all the way from China
          E                       
And just when you mean to tell her 
           A
that you have no love to give her
          E                         
Then she gets you on her wavelength 
       F#m
& she lets the river answer
             E
That you've always been her lover

Chorus

         G#m                   
And you want to travel with her, 
          A
and you want to travel blind
         E
And you know that she will trust you,
             A                                  E
For you've touched her perfect body with your mind

      E
And Jesus was a sailor, 
when he walked upon the water
        F#m
And he spent a long time watching, 
from his lonely wooden tower
     E
And when he knew for certain, 
only drowning men could see him
          G#m                         
he said 'All men will be sailors then, 
  A
until the sea shall free them
     E                    
But he himself was broken, 
       F#m
long before the sky would open
    E                  
Forsaken, almost human, 
  F#m                             E
he sank beneath your wisdom like a stone

Chorus

         G#m                    
And you want to travel with him, 
         A
and you want to travel blind
         E
And you think maybe you'll trust him
           A                                  E
For he's touched your perfect body with his mind.
 
    E
Now Suzanne takes your hand 
and she leads you to the river
       F#m
She is wearing rags and feathers, 
from Salvation Army counters
        E
And the sun pours down like honey, 
on our lady of the harbour
        G#m                     
And she shows you where to look, 
           A
among the garbage and the flowers
          E                    
          There are heroes in the seaweed, 
            F#m
there are children in the morning
        E                     
They are leaning out for love, 
             F#m
and they will lean that way forever
       E
While Suzanne holds the mirror

Chorus

           G#m                  
And you want to travel with her, 
                           A
and you want to travel blind
         E
And you know that you can trust her,
             A                                 E
For she's touched your perfect body with her mind