Key: E major
Intro 1
F
Verse 1
F
Bb
F
Suzanne takes you down
to her place near the river
Gm
You can hear the boats go by,
Eb
Gm
you can spend the night beside her
F
And you know that she's half- crazy
but that's why you wanna to be there
Am
And she feeds you tea and oranges
Bb
that come all the way from China
F
And just when you mean to tell her
Gm
that you have no love to give her
F
Then she gets you on her wavelength
Gm
And she lets the river answer that
F
you've always been her lover
Verse 2
F
Am
And you want to travel with her,
Bb
and you want to travel blind
F
And then you know that she will trust you
Gm
For you've touched her
perfect body with your mind
F
Verse 3
And Jesus was a sailor when
He walked upon the water
Gm
And He spent a long time watching
from His lonely wooden tower
F
And when He knew for certain only
drowning men could see Him
Am
He said all men will be sailors then
Bb
until the sea shall free them
F
But He himself was broken,
Gm
long before the sky would open
F
Forsaken, almost human,
Gm
F
He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone
Verse 4
F
Am
And you want to travel with Him,
Bb
and you want to travel blind
F
And then you think maybe you'll trust Him
Gm
For He's touched your perfect
body with His mind
F
Verse 5
Now, Suzanne takes your hand and
she leads you to the river
Gm
She's wearing rags and feathers from
Eb
Gm
Salvation Army counters
F
And the sun pours down like honey
on our Lady of the harbor
Am
And she shows you where to look among
Bb
the garbage and the flowers
F
There are heroes in the seaweed,
Gm
Eb
there are children in the morning
Gm
F
They are leaning out for love and
Gm
they will lean that way forever
F
While Suzanne holds the mirror
Verse 6
F
Am
And you want to travel with her,
Bb
and you want to travel blind
F
And then you know that you can trust her
Gm
For she's touched your
F
perfect body with her mind
Outro 1
F
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ChordsF Bb Gm Eb Am
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