Suzanne Chords & Tabs

by Leonard Cohen

[Verse 1]
  E                                               
Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river
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You can hear the boats go by, you can spend the night beside her
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And you know that she's half-crazy, but that's why you wanna be there
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And she feeds you tea and oranges that come all the way from China
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And just when you mean to tell her that you have no love to give her
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Then she gets you on her wavelength, and she lets the river answer
            E                    
That you've always been her lover

[Chorus 1]
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And you want to travel with her, and you want to travel blind
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And you know she will trust you for you've touched her perfect body
          E   
With your mind

[Verse 2]
    E                                               
And Jesus was a sailor when he walked upon the water
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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
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He said: "All men will be sailors then until the sea shall free them"
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But he himself was broken long before the sky would open
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Forsaken, almost human, he sank beneath your wisdom
       E    
Like a stone

[Chorus 2]
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And you want to travel with him, and you want to travel blind
        E                                     F#m                      
And you think maybe you'll trust him for he's touched your perfect body
         E   
With his mind

[Verse 3]
      E                                                    
Now Suzanne takes your hand, and she leads you to the river
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She is wearing rags and feathers from the Salvation Army counter
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And the sun pours down like honey on Our Lady of the Harbour
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And she shows you where to look among the garbage and the flowers
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There are heroes in the seaweed, there are children in the morning
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They are leaning out for love, and they will lean that way forever
        E                     
While Suzanne holds the mirror

[Chorus 3]
        G#m                              A                   
And you want to travel with her, and you want to travel blind
        E                                     F#m                      
And you know that you can trust her for she's touched your perfect body
         E   
With her mind