Chords for Leonard Cohen - Suzanne

Tempo:
102.75 bpm
Chords used:

D

G

Em

F#m

G#

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Leonard Cohen - Suzanne chords
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[D] [F] Anyhow, this is a song I [G] wrote a [G#] long time ago.
I feel very [A#] good about this song, I'll tell you why.
It's a song that [G] people loved, and fortunately,
the rights [G#] of it were stolen from me.
So, I [G] felt that was perfectly justified,
because it would be wrong to write this song and get rich from it, too.
[D] So, [N] I'm happy for that friend who put that piece of paper in front of me and said,
sign this.
So I said, what is this?
He said, oh, just the standard writer's contract.
So I signed it, and it was gone.
[Gm] [E] [D]
[G] [D]
[D]
[Gm] [D]
[G] [D]
[Em]
And [A] you know, [D] she's half crazy, but that's why you want her, baby.
[F] [F#m] And she feeds you tea and oinions that [G] come all the way [C] from [G] China.
[D] And just
[Dm] [G] think you've got no love to give her.
[D] Then she gets you on her wheeling.
[Em] And she lets the [A] river answer that you've [G#] always [G] been her lover.
[F#] [D] And [F#m] you won't travel with her, [G] or you won't travel blind.
[A] And [D] she can trust you, [Dm] for [Em] you've touched her perfect body with your [D] mind.
[G] [D] Yes, and Jesus was a sailor when he walked upon the water.
[Em] And he spent a long time watching from his lonesome wooden tower.
[D] And when he knew for certain only drowning men could see him,
he [F#m] said, all men will be sailors then, [G] until the sea shall free them all.
[D] He himself was broken [Em] long before the sky would open.
[D] Forsaken, almost human, [Dm]
[G] he sank beneath your wisdom like [D] a stone.
Now Susanne takes your hand.
She leads you to the river.
[Em] She's wearing rags and feathers from Salvation Army counters.
And [D] the sun pours down like honey on our lady [G] of [D] the harbor.
[F#m] And she shows you where to look.
[G] Amid the garbage and the flowers [D] there are heroes in the seaweed.
There [Em] are children in the morning.
[D] They are leaning out for love.
And [Em] they will lean that way [A] forever while [D] Susanne holds the mirror.
And [F#m] you want to travel with her, yeah.
[G] You want to travel blind.
And [D] you know that she will find you, for [Em] she's touched your perfect body with [D] your mind.
[G] [D]
[E]
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D
1321
G
2131
Em
121
F#m
123111112
G#
134211114
D
1321
G
2131
Em
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[D] _ _ _ [F] Anyhow, this is a song I [G] wrote a [G#] long time ago.
_ I _ _ feel very [A#] good about this song, I'll tell you why.
It's a song that [G] _ people loved, and fortunately, _
_ _ the rights [G#] of it were stolen from me.
So, I [G] felt that was perfectly justified,
because it would be wrong to write this song and get rich from it, too.
[D] So, [N] I'm _ _ _ _ _ happy for that friend who put that piece of paper in front of me and said,
sign this.
So I said, what is this?
He said, oh, just the standard writer's contract. _
So I signed it, and it was gone.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [E] _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [D] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
And [A] you know, [D] she's half crazy, but that's why you want her, baby.
[F] [F#m] And she feeds you tea and oinions that [G] come all the way [C] from [G] China.
[D] And just _ _ _
[Dm] [G] think you've got no love to give her.
[D] Then she gets you on her wheeling.
[Em] And she lets the [A] river answer that you've [G#] always [G] been her lover.
_ _ _ _ [F#] [D] And [F#m] you won't travel with her, [G] or you won't travel blind.
[A] And [D] _ she can trust you, [Dm] for [Em] you've touched her perfect body with your [D] mind. _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [D] _ _ Yes, and Jesus was a sailor when he walked upon the water.
[Em] And he spent a long time watching from his lonesome wooden tower.
[D] And when he knew for certain only drowning men could see him,
he [F#m] said, all men will be sailors then, [G] until the sea shall free them all.
[D] He himself was broken [Em] long before the sky would open. _
[D] Forsaken, almost human, [Dm]
[G] he sank beneath your wisdom like [D] a stone. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
Now Susanne takes your hand. _
She leads you to the river.
[Em] She's wearing rags and feathers _ from Salvation Army counters.
And [D] the sun pours down like honey on our lady [G] of [D] the harbor.
[F#m] And she shows you where to look.
[G] Amid the garbage and the flowers [D] there are heroes in the seaweed.
There [Em] are children in the morning.
[D] They are leaning out for love.
And [Em] they will lean that way [A] forever while [D] Susanne holds the mirror. _
_ _ _ _ And [F#m] you want to travel with her, yeah.
[G] You want to travel blind.
And [D] you know that she will find you, for [Em] she's touched your perfect body with [D] your mind. _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _

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