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