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Version 1 Version 2 Version 3 Version 4 Version 5Song: 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