A#m7 A#mSuzanne takes you down

A#m A#m7 A#m D#7to her place near the river

D#7 D#m G#7You can hear the boats go by

G#7 D#m BYou can spend the night beside her

B A#m7 A#m A#m7and you know she's half crazy

A#m7 A#mBut that's why you wanna be there

Fm A#7 D#m7 D#mAnd she feeds you tea and oranges that come all the way from China

A#m7 A#mand just when you mean to tell her

D#m7 D#m Bthat you have no love to give her

B A#m7 A#m D#7then she gets you in her wavelength

D#7 D#m G#7and she lets the river answer

G#7 A#m7 A#m7that you've always been her lover

A#m7 Fm A#7 A#m7And you want to travel with her

A#m7 D#m7 G#m7and you want to travel blind

G#m7 A#m7 A#mand you know she will trust you

A#m D#m G#7 D#m7for you've touched her perfect body

D#m7 A#m7with your mind

A#m7 A#m A#m7And Jesus was a sailor

A#m7 A#mwhen he walked upon the water

D#m7 D#m Band he spent a long time watching

B D#m G#7 D#m7from his lonely woodden tower

D#m7 A#m7 A#mand when he knew for certain

A#m A#m7 A#monly drowing men could see him

A#m Fm A#7he said 'All men will be sailors

A#m7 D#m7 G#m7then until the sea shall free them'

A#m7 A#mbut he himself was broken

A#m D#m G#7 D#m7long before the sky would open

D#m7 A#m7 A#mforesaken almost human

D#m7 D#m B A#m7he sank beneath your wisdom like a stone

A#m7 Fm A#7And you want to travel with him

A#7 D#m7 D#mand you want to travel blind

A#m7 A#mand you think may be you'll trust him

D#m7 D#m Bfor he's touched your perfect body

B A#m7with his mind

A#m7 A#mNow Suzanne takes your hand

A#m A#m7 A#m D#7she leads you to the river

D#7 D#m G#7she is wearing rags and feathers

G#7 D#m Bfrom Salvation Army counter

B A#m7 A#mand the sun pours down like honey

A#m7 A#mon our lady of the harbour

Fm A#7and she shows you where to look

A#7 D#m7 D#mamong the garbage and the flowers

A#m7 A#mThere are heroes in the seaweed

D#m7 D#m Bthere are children in the morning

B A#m7 A#m D#7They are leaning out for love

D#7 D#m G#7they will lean that way forever

G#7 A#m7 A#m7while Suzanne holds the mirror

A#m7 Fm A#7 A#m7And you want to travel with her

A#m7 D#m7 G#m7and you want to travel blind

G#m7 A#m7 A#mand you know you can trust her

A#m D#m G#7 D#m7for she's touched your perfect body

D#m7 A#mwith her mind