Fm7 FmSuzanne takes you down

Fm Fm7 Fm A#7to her place near the river

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

D#7 A#m F#You can spend the night beside her

F# Fm7 Fm Fm7and you know she's half crazy

Fm7 FmBut that's why you wanna be there

Cm F7 A#m7 A#mAnd she feeds you tea and oranges that come all the way from China

Fm7 Fmand just when you mean to tell her

A#m7 A#m F#that you have no love to give her

F# Fm7 Fm A#7then she gets you in her wavelength

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

D#7 Fm7 Fm7that you've always been her lover

Fm7 Cm F7 Fm7And you want to travel with her

Fm7 A#m7 D#m7and you want to travel blind

D#m7 Fm7 Fmand you know she will trust you

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

A#m7 Fm7with your mind

Fm7 Fm Fm7And Jesus was a sailor

Fm7 Fmwhen he walked upon the water

A#m7 A#m F#and he spent a long time watching

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

A#m7 Fm7 Fmand when he knew for certain

Fm Fm7 Fmonly drowing men could see him

Fm Cm F7he said 'All men will be sailors

Fm7 A#m7 D#m7then until the sea shall free them'

Fm7 Fmbut he himself was broken

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

A#m7 Fm7 Fmforesaken almost human

A#m7 A#m F# Fm7he sank beneath your wisdom like a stone

Fm7 Cm F7And you want to travel with him

F7 A#m7 A#mand you want to travel blind

Fm7 Fmand you think may be you'll trust him

A#m7 A#m F#for he's touched your perfect body

F# Fm7with his mind

Fm7 FmNow Suzanne takes your hand

Fm Fm7 Fm A#7she leads you to the river

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

D#7 A#m F#from Salvation Army counter

F# Fm7 Fmand the sun pours down like honey

Fm7 Fmon our lady of the harbour

Cm F7and she shows you where to look

F7 A#m7 A#mamong the garbage and the flowers

Fm7 FmThere are heroes in the seaweed

A#m7 A#m F#there are children in the morning

F# Fm7 Fm A#7They are leaning out for love

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

D#7 Fm7 Fm7while Suzanne holds the mirror

Fm7 Cm F7 Fm7And you want to travel with her

Fm7 A#m7 D#m7and you want to travel blind

D#m7 Fm7 Fmand you know you can trust her

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

A#m7 Fmwith her mind