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