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Version 1 Version 2 Version 3 Version 4 Version 5[Verse] E Suzanne takes you down, to her place near the river F#m You can hear the boats go by, you can spend the night beside her E And you know she's half-crazy, but that's why you want to be there G#m A And she feeds you tea & 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 [Chorus] 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 For you've touched her perfect body with your mind [Verse] 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 [Chorus] G#m A And you want to travel with him, and you want to travel blind E And you think maybe you'll trust him, F#m E For he's touched your perfect body, with his mind[Verse] [Verse] 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 [Chorus] G#m A And you want to travel with her, and you want to travel blind E And you know you can trust her, F#m E For she's touched your perfect body with her mind