Suzanne chords by Gary McFarland

SimplifiedEm · F#m · G · Am · Bm …

GuitarPianoUkulele

Intro 1

F#m

Verse 1
G 
Susanne takes you down
to her place near the river.
Am 
You can hear the boats go by.
You can spend the night beside her,
G 
and you know that she's half -crazy,
but that's why you want to be there.
Bm 
And she feeds you tea and oranges
C 
that come all the way from China,
G 
and just when you me to tell her
that you have no love to give her
then she gets you on her wavelength
Am 
and she lets the river answer
that you've always been
G 
F 
G 
Bm 
her lover.
And you want to travel with her,
C 
and you want to travel blind,
G 
and you know that she will trust him,
F 
for you've touched her perfect body
C 
F 
G 
with your mind.
And Jesus was a sailor
when he walked upon the water,
Am 
and he spent a long time watching
from his long old wooden tower.
G 
And when he knew for certain
only drowning men could see him,
Bm 
he said, All men will be sailors then,
C 
until the sea shall free them.
But he himself was broken
G 
long before the sky had opened.
Am 
Forsaken, almost human,
you sank beneath your wisdom
G 
F 
G 
Bm 
like a stone.
And you want to travel with him,
C 
and  you want to travel blind,
G 
and you think maybe
Bm 
G 
F 
C 
you'll
F 
Before he's touched your perfect
C 
F 
G 
body with his mind.
Now Suzanne takes your hand,
she leads you to the river.
Am 
She's wearing rags and feathers
G 
Am 
from Salvation Army counters.
G 
And the sun pours down like honey
on our Lady of the Harbor.
Bm 
And she shows you where to look
C 
among the garbage and the flowers
There are heroes in the seaweed,
G 
there are children in the morning
And they're leaning out for love,
Am 
and they will lean that way forever
while she's in and holds the
D 
G 
F 
G 
Bm 
mirror.
And you want to travel with her,
C 
and you want to travel blind,
G 
And  you know that you can trust her,
F 
for she's touched your perfect
G 
F 
body with her mind.
G 
Susanna, Susanna,
F 
G 
Susanna, Suzanne,
F 
Suzanne, Suzanne,
G 
G 
F 
Suzanne, Suzanne