Suzanne chords by Bear’s Den

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 5th

Tuning: Open D MajorD (D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD F#F# A augmentedA D MajorD)

G+G : 000000 or 004300
Am: 220100
Bm: 440300
C majorC : 550500

Intro:
G+G

Verse 1:
G+G
Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river
    A minorAm
You can hear the boats go by

You can spend the night beside her
    G+G
And you know that she's half crazy

But that's why you want to be there
    B minorBm
And she feeds you tea and oranges
     C majorC
That come all the way from China
     G+G
And just when you mean to tell her
     A minorAm
That you have no love to give her
     G+G
Then she gets you on her wavelength
    A minorAm
And she lets the river answer
      G+G
That you've always been her lover

Intstrumental:
G+G

Chorus:
    B minorBm
And you want to travel with her
    C majorC
And you want to travel blind
    G+G
And you know that she will trust you
      A minorAm                 G+G
For you've touched her perfect body with your mind

Instrumental:
G+G

Verse 2:
  G+G
And Jesus was a sailor

When he walked upon the water
    A minorAm
And he spent a long time watching

From his lonely wooden tower
  G+G
And when he knew for certain

Only drowning men could see him
     B minorBm
He said "All men will be sailors then
 C majorC
Until the sea shall free them"
  G+G
But he himself was broken
    A minorAm
Long before the sky would open
  G+G
Forsaken, almost human
  A minorAm               G+G
He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone

Instrumental:
G+G

Chorus:
    B minorBm
And you want to travel with him
    C majorC
And you want to travel blind
    G+G
And you think maybe you'll trust him
     A minorAm                 G+G
For he's touched your perfect body with his mind

Instrumental:
G+G

Verse 3:
  G+G
And Suzanne takes your hand

And she leads you to the river
    A minorAm
She is wearing rags and feathers

From Salvation Army counters
    G+G
And the sun pours down like honey

On Our Lady of the Harbour
    B minorBm
And she shows you where to look
     C majorC
Among the garbage and the flowers
     G+G
There are heroes in the seaweed
     A minorAm
There are children in the morning
     G+G
They are leaning out for love
       A minorAm
And they will lean that way forever
     G+G
While Suzanne holds the mirror

Instrumental:
G+G

Chorus:
    B minorBm
And you want to travel with her
    C majorC
And you want to travel blind
    G+G
And you know you can trust her
     A minorAm                 G+G
For she's touched your perfect body with her mind

Outro:
G+G