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