G#m7 G#mSuzanne takes you down

G#m G#m7 G#m C#7to her place near the river

C#7 C#m F#7You can hear the boats go by

F#7 C#m AYou can spend the night beside her

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

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

D#m G#7 C#m7 C#mAnd she feeds you tea and oranges that come all the way from China

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

C#m7 C#m Athat you have no love to give her

A G#m7 G#m C#7then she gets you in her wavelength

C#7 C#m F#7and she lets the river answer

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

G#m7 D#m G#7 G#m7And you want to travel with her

G#m7 C#m7 F#m7and you want to travel blind

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

G#m C#m F#7 C#m7for you've touched her perfect body

C#m7 G#m7with your mind

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

G#m7 G#mwhen he walked upon the water

C#m7 C#m Aand he spent a long time watching

A C#m F#7 C#m7from his lonely woodden tower

C#m7 G#m7 G#mand when he knew for certain

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

G#m D#m G#7he said 'All men will be sailors

G#m7 C#m7 F#m7then until the sea shall free them'

G#m7 G#mbut he himself was broken

G#m C#m F#7 C#m7long before the sky would open

C#m7 G#m7 G#mforesaken almost human

C#m7 C#m A G#m7he sank beneath your wisdom like a stone

G#m7 D#m G#7And you want to travel with him

G#7 C#m7 C#mand you want to travel blind

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

C#m7 C#m Afor he's touched your perfect body

A G#m7with his mind

G#m7 G#mNow Suzanne takes your hand

G#m G#m7 G#m C#7she leads you to the river

C#7 C#m F#7she is wearing rags and feathers

F#7 C#m Afrom Salvation Army counter

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

G#m7 G#mon our lady of the harbour

D#m G#7and she shows you where to look

G#7 C#m7 C#mamong the garbage and the flowers

G#m7 G#mThere are heroes in the seaweed

C#m7 C#m Athere are children in the morning

A G#m7 G#m C#7They are leaning out for love

C#7 C#m F#7they will lean that way forever

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

G#m7 D#m G#7 G#m7And you want to travel with her

G#m7 C#m7 F#m7and you want to travel blind

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

G#m C#m F#7 C#m7for she's touched your perfect body

C#m7 G#mwith her mind