Cm7 CmSuzanne takes you down

Cm Cm7 Cm F7to her place near the river

F7 Fm A#7You can hear the boats go by

A#7 Fm C#You can spend the night beside her

C# Cm7 Cm Cm7and you know she's half crazy

Cm7 CmBut that's why you wanna be there

Gm C7 Fm7 FmAnd she feeds you tea and oranges that come all the way from China

Cm7 Cmand just when you mean to tell her

Fm7 Fm C#that you have no love to give her

C# Cm7 Cm F7then she gets you in her wavelength

F7 Fm A#7and she lets the river answer

A#7 Cm7 Cm7that you've always been her lover

Cm7 Gm C7 Cm7And you want to travel with her

Cm7 Fm7 A#m7and you want to travel blind

A#m7 Cm7 Cmand you know she will trust you

Cm Fm A#7 Fm7for you've touched her perfect body

Fm7 Cm7with your mind

Cm7 Cm Cm7And Jesus was a sailor

Cm7 Cmwhen he walked upon the water

Fm7 Fm C#and he spent a long time watching

C# Fm A#7 Fm7from his lonely woodden tower

Fm7 Cm7 Cmand when he knew for certain

Cm Cm7 Cmonly drowing men could see him

Cm Gm C7he said 'All men will be sailors

Cm7 Fm7 A#m7then until the sea shall free them'

Cm7 Cmbut he himself was broken

Cm Fm A#7 Fm7long before the sky would open

Fm7 Cm7 Cmforesaken almost human

Fm7 Fm C# Cm7he sank beneath your wisdom like a stone

Cm7 Gm C7And you want to travel with him

C7 Fm7 Fmand you want to travel blind

Cm7 Cmand you think may be you'll trust him

Fm7 Fm C#for he's touched your perfect body

C# Cm7with his mind

Cm7 CmNow Suzanne takes your hand

Cm Cm7 Cm F7she leads you to the river

F7 Fm A#7she is wearing rags and feathers

A#7 Fm C#from Salvation Army counter

C# Cm7 Cmand the sun pours down like honey

Cm7 Cmon our lady of the harbour

Gm C7and she shows you where to look

C7 Fm7 Fmamong the garbage and the flowers

Cm7 CmThere are heroes in the seaweed

Fm7 Fm C#there are children in the morning

C# Cm7 Cm F7They are leaning out for love

F7 Fm A#7they will lean that way forever

A#7 Cm7 Cm7while Suzanne holds the mirror

Cm7 Gm C7 Cm7And you want to travel with her

Cm7 Fm7 A#m7and you want to travel blind

A#m7 Cm7 Cmand you know you can trust her

Cm Fm A#7 Fm7for she's touched your perfect body

Fm7 Cmwith her mind