Suzanne Cifras

Song: Suzanne
By: Leonard Cohen
Album: Songs By Leonard Cohen
Capo: 2
 
[Chords]
D     x00232
Em    022000
F#m   xxx222
G     320003
 
[Verse 1]
  D
Suzanne takes you down to her place by the river
        Em
You can hear the boats go by
 
You can spend the night forever
        D
And you know that she's half crazy
 
But that's why you want to be there
        F#m
And she feeds you tea and oranges
          G
That come all the way from China
    D
And just when you mean to tell her
 
That you have no love to give her
         Em
Then she gets you on her wavelength
 
And lets the river answer
            D
That you've always been her lover
 
[Chorus]
        F#m
And you want to travel with her
        G
And you want to travel blind
        D
And you know she will trust you
           Em                                 D
For you've touched her perfect body with your mind
 
[Verse 2]
    D
And  Jesus was a sailor
 
When he walked upon the water
       Em
And he spent a long time watching
 
From his lonely wooden tower
    D
And when he knew for certain
 
Only drowning men could see him
         F#m
He said "All men will be sailors then
  G
until the sea shall free them"
    D
But he himself was broken
 
Long before the sky would open
   Em
Forsaken, almost human
                                   D
He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone
 
[Chorus]
        F#m
And you want to travel with him
        G
And you want to travel blind
        D
And you think you maybe trust him
         Em                                 D
For he's touched your perfect body with his mind
 
[Verse 3]
    D
Now Suzanne takes you down to her place by the river
       Em
She is wearing rags and feathers
 
From Salvation Army counters
        D
And the sun pours down like honey
 
On our lady of the harbor
        F#m
And she shows you where to look
         G
Amid the garbage and the flowers
          D
There are heroes in the seaweed
 
There are children in the morning
         Em
They are leaning out for love
 
And they will lean that way forever
      D
While Suzanne holds the mirror
 
[Chorus]
        F#m
And you want to travel with her
        G
And you want to travel blind
        D
And you know that you can trust her
           Em                                 D
For you've touched her perfect body with your mind
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