Susanna chords by Nahko Bear

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: EADGBE

Intro:

C majorC FF C majorC FF


Verse 1:


C majorC
I left my home for the open road
  FF            C majorC
Bid farewell to a beautiful girl
    C majorC
She was out to push and pry my bravery
   G+G     FF    C majorC
I was out to conquer the world
   C majorC
Well I was circling the globe
      FF             C majorC
She'd spend hers pulling somewhere and then
      C majorC
She'd say, "I fell in love with a drifter's son
  G+G    FF   C majorC
And now he's gone again"
C majorC
Held my ventures up like trophies
FF      C majorC
High over my head
  C majorC
Susanna, she's a patient woman
  G+G    FF   C majorC
She prays my happiness


Chorus:


I'd sing
FF
Oh, Susanna
C majorC         G+G
Don't you cry for me
  C majorC
I'm headed for those coastal waters
  G+G   FF   C majorC
An ocean far to see


C majorC FF C majorC FF

Verse 2:


C majorC
Saw your face carved in the caves
    FF     C majorC
In the tunneling fields
 C majorC
I wore my stubbornness like armor
 G+G  FF  C majorC
A augmentedA reliable shield
  C majorC
Oh, how could I have been so thoughtless
  FF        C majorC
And careless with my love?
   C majorC
When I met you, you were drifting too
   G+G   FF     C majorC
Just like a driftwood does
C majorC
She'd be knee-deep in the waters
FF         C majorC
Whispering to the sea
C majorC
Susanna, she's a graceful woman
  G+G     FF     C majorC
Her words have convinced me


Chorus:


I'd sing
FF
Oh, Susanna
       C majorC     E minorEm    G+G
Why don't you come down here with me
  C majorC
And play in the oldest parts of the jungle
  G+G    FF   C majorC
And climb a banyan tree


C majorC FF C majorC FF C majorC FF C majorC FF


Verse 3:

A minorAm          G+G
Explore from shore to shore
        FF          G+G
There's always one more mountain to see
  A minorAm       G+G
Susanna came to me in a dream
      FF      E minorEm   C majorC
And on the summit, she said to me
      FF
She said, "I am freedom
  C majorC      G+G
I'm all that you seek
    C majorC
But you can't have this if you want all that
               C majorC
And you certainly can't have me!"


C majorC FF C majorC FF C majorC FF C majorC FF


Outro:

G+G
Oh, Susanna
FF        G+G
I don't cry for you
      C majorC
You're the best adventure I've had yet
    G+G  FF    C majorC
But I'm only passing through