Suzanne original guitar chords by
Leonard Cohen
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Key: E major•
Intro 1
E
E

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E

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E

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Verse 1
E
E

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Suzanne takes you down
to her place near the river
F#m
F#m
2

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You can hear the boats go by,
you can spend the night beside her
E
E

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And you know that she's half- crazy
but that's why you want to be there
G#m
G#m
4

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And she feeds you tea and oranges
A
A

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that come all the way from China
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E

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And just when you mean to tell her
F#m
F#m
2

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that you have no love to give her
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E

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Then she gets you on her wavelength
F#m
F#m
2

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And she lets the river answer
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E

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that you've always been her lover
Chorus 1
G#m
G#m
4

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And you want to travel with her,
A
A

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and you want to travel blind
E
E

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And then you know that she will trust you
F#m
F#m
2

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For you've touched her perfect body
E
E

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with your mind
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E

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Verse 2
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E

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And Jesus was a sailor
when he walked upon the water
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F#m
2

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And he spent a long time watching
from his lonely wooden tower
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E

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And when he knew for certain
only drowning men could see him
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G#m
4

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He said all men will be sailors
A
A

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then until the sea shall free them
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But he himself was broken,
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long before the sky would open
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E

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Forsaken, almost human,
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F#m
2

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he sank beneath your wisdom
E
E

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like a stone
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E

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E
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Chorus 2
G#m
G#m
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And you want to travel with him,
A
A

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and you want to travel blind
E
E

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And then you think maybe you'll trust him
F#m
F#m
2

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For he's touched your perfect body
E
E

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with his mind
E
E

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Verse 3
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E

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Now, Suzanne takes your hand
and she leads you to the river
F#m
F#m
2

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She's wearing rags and feathers
from Salvation Army counters
E
E

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And the sun pours down like honey
on our lady of the harbor
G#m
G#m
4

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And she shows you where to look
A
A

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among the garbage and the flowers
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E

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There are heroes in the seaweed,
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there are children in the morning
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E

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They are leaning out for love
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and they will lean that way forever
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E

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While Suzanne holds the mirror
Chorus 3
G#m
G#m
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And you want to travel with her,
A
A

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and you want to travel blind
E
E

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And then you know that you can trust her
F#m
F#m
2

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For she's touched your perfect body
E
E

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with her mind
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E

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