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