WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Al Jarreau - Susans Song Chords | Ver. 1
[Intro]
Dbmaj9 Gb/Ab
x3
Dbmaj9 Gb/Ab G* Gbmaj7 F* Ab* F* Bbm7
[Part 1]
N.C. Bb/C C7
Susan wants to take me
Fm7 Bb7sus4 Bb7
To a party over yonder
Ebm9 Gb/Ab
Susan wants to take me
Dbmaj9
To her heart
Gb/Ab Gbmaj7 F* Ab* F* Bbm7
Well, it's a warm and tender place there
N.C.
Do you know
Bb/C C7 Fm7
Susan, I've been living here in this fortress
Bb7sus4 Bb7
And it's filled with armor
Ebm9 Gb/Ab
And sometimes celebrations
Dbmaj9 Gb/Ab
Lose their charm
[Part 2]
Fm7
Susan do you mind
Bb7sus4 Bb7
Sometimes I'm restless
Fm7 Bb7sus4 Bb7
Rolling on the floor in pain and woe
Fm7
After all the precious gifts
Bb7sus4 Bb7
You will gladly give to me, girl
Ebm9 Gb/Ab Eb* Gb* Eb* Ab*
I may blindly lock and bolt the door
[Part 3]
Gb/Ab
Ooh baby, sweet baby
Eb* Gb* Eb* Ab*
I'll truly love you through my years
Gb/Ab
Well it's just that sometimes by midnight light
Eb* Gb* Eb* Ab*
I'm frightened by my fears
Gb/Ab Ab13
But if you could just hold me, warm me, girl
Gb/Ab Ab13 Gb/Ab Eb* Gb* Eb* Ab*
The way you did today
Gb/Ab Ab13 Gb/Ab
And tenderly anoint my eyes
Gb/Ab G* Gbmaj7 F* Ab* F*
Then I may see the way
[Part 1]
Bbm7 Bb/C C7 Fm7
Susan, Susan, baby, take me to that party
Bb7sus4 Bb7
'Way over yonder
Ebm9
Tell me, Susan, do you mind
Ebm9
Come on, Susan, take the time
Ebm9 Gb/Ab
Tell me, Susan, do you mind
[Part 4]
Dbmaj9
If I've been blind a long time?
Gb/Ab
I been blind a long time
Dbmaj9
I been blind a long time, girl
Gb/Ab
I been blind a real long time, do you mind
Dbmaj9 Gb/Ab
Ooh, sometimes, see, if you're not careful
Dbmaj9 Gb/Ab
A little hurt, pain in your heart will make you blind
Dbmaj9
Blind to the real thing, once
Gb/Ab
It comes along
Dbmaj9 Gb/Ab
Honey, can you wait, baby
Dbmaj9 Gb/Ab
Can you wait for me, till I get this thing together?
Dbmaj9
Ooh, I been blind, I been blind
Gb/Ab
I been blind, I been blind
[Part 5]
Gbmaj7 Fm7 Ebm7 Dbmaj7
I been blind a long time
Gb/Ab Gbmaj7 Fm7 Ebm7 Dbmaj7
Ooh, I have been blind a long time
Gb/Ab Gbmaj7 Fm7 Ebm7 Dbmaj7
Ooh, Sweet Susan, take the time, girl, I been blind, I been blind
Gb/Ab Gbmaj7 Fm7 Ebm7 Dbmaj7
I been blind, been blind, been blind, been blind, been blind
[Outro]
Gb/Ab Dbmaj9
Ooh
Gb/Ab Dbmaj9 Gb/Ab
Su- san, can you understand if I say I love you, baby
Gbmaj7 Fm7
Tell me, Susan, mama
Bbm7
Do you mind? Girl, I been blind