SUZANNE (Leonard Cohen)
E
Suzanne takes you down to her place near a river
F#m
You can hear the boats go by you can spend the night beside her
E
And you know that she's half crazy but that's why you want to be there
G#m A
And she feeds you tea and oranges that come all the way from China
E F#m
and just when you mean to tell her that you have no love to give her
E F#m
Then she gets you on her wavelength and she lets the river answer
E
That you've always been her lover
G#m A
And you want to travel with her and you want to travel blind
E
and you know that she will trust you
F#m E Esus4
for you've touched her perfect body with your mind
E
And Jesus was a sailor when he walked upon the water
F#m
And he spent a long time watching from his lonely wooden tower
E
And when he knew for certain only drowning men could see him
G#m A
he said, all men will be sailors then until the sea shall free them
E F#m
But he himself was broken long before the sky would open
E F#m E
forsaken almost human he sank beneath your wisdom like a stone
G#m A
And you want to travel with her and you want to travel blind
E
and you know that she will trust you
F#m E Esus4
for you've touched her perfect body with your mind
E
Now Suzanne takes your hand and she leads you to the river
F#m
she is wearing rags and feathers from Salvation Army counters
E
And the sun pours down like honey on our lady of the harbour
G#m A
And she shows you where to look among the garbage and the flowers
E F#m
There are heroes in the seaweed there are children in the morning
E F#m
They are leaning out for love and they will lean that way forever
E
While Suzanne holds the mirror
G#m A
And you want to travel with her and you want to travel blind
E
and you know that she will trust you
F#m E Esus4
for you've touched her perfect body with your mind