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Suzanne Tabs

(ver. 1)
Cohen Leonard
OLGA already has one version of this classic, but to my ears it doesn't
sound like the way it is played on Cohen's albums. This is a thoroughly
different transcription and hopefully a bit more accurate! Thanks.

                                 =========
                                  Suzanne
                                 =========  
                              By Leonard Cohen
                    
                                 06/14/97                 
                     
                      From Leonard Cohen's first album 
                         "Songs of Leonard Cohen" 
                      Also on "Leonard Cohen: Best Of"  

    INTRO                       
E |--------------|--------------|---------------||--------------||
B |--0-----------|--------------|---------------||--0-----------||
G |--------1-----|--------1-----|--2-----1-----o||--------1-----||
D |-----2-----2--|-----2-----2--|-----2-----2--o||-----2-----2--||
A |--------------|--------------|---------------||--------------||
E |--0-----------|--0-----------|---------------||--0-----------||
                                (repeat 3 times)                    
         
    VERSE 1:

           Suzanne                 takes you      down
E |--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
B |--------------|--0-----------|--------------|--------------|
G |--------1-----|--------1-----|--------1-----|--2-----1-----|
D |-----2-----2--|-----2-----2--|-----2-----2--|-----2-----2--|
A |--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
E |--0-----------|--0-----------|--0-----------|--------------|
   

           To her  place           by    the      river,
E |--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
B |--------------|--0-----------|--------------|--------------|
G |--------1-----|--------1-----|--------1-----|--2-----1-----|
D |-----2-----2--|-----2-----2--|-----2-----2--|-----2-----2--|
A |--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
E |--0-----------|--0-----------|--0-----------|--------------|


           You can  hear  the      boats          by,
E |--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
B |--------------|--2-----------|--------------|--------------|
G |--------2-----|--------2-----|--------2-----|--4-----2-----|
D |-----2-----2--|-----4-----4--|-----4-----4--|-----4-----4--|
A |--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
E |--0-----------|--2-----------|--2-----------|--------------|
  

           You can  spend the      night be-      side  her,
E |--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
B |--------------|--2-----------|--------------|--------------|
G |--------2-----|--------2-----|--------2-----|--4-----2-----|
D |-----4-----4--|-----4-----4--|-----4-----4--|-----4-----4--|
A |--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
E |--2-----------|--2-----------|--2-----------|--------------|


           And you  know  that     she's half     crazy      
E |--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
B |--------------|--0-----------|--------------|--------------|
G |--------2-----|--------1-----|--------1-----|--2-----1-----|
D |-----4-----4--|-----2-----2--|-----2-----2--|-----2-----2--|
A |--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
E |--2-----------|--0-----------|--0-----------|--------------|
   

         And that's why   you      want  to       be    there, 
E |--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
B |--------------|--0-----------|--------------|--------------|
G |--------1-----|--------1-----|--------1-----|--2-----1-----|
D |-----2-----2--|-----2-----2--|-----2-----2--|-----2-----2--|
A |--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
E |--0-----------|--0-----------|--0-----------|--------------|


           And she  feeds you      tea   and      oranges,
E |--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
B |--------------|--4-----------|--------------|--------------|
G |--------1-----|--------4-----|--------4-----|--6-----4-----|
D |-----2-----2--|-----6-----6--|-----6-----6--|-----6-----6--|
A |--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
E |--0-----------|--4-----------|--4-----------|--------------|
   

         That come  all   the      way   from     China,
E |--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
B |--------------|--5-----------|--------5-----|--7-----5-----|
G |--------4-----|--------6-----|--------------|--------------|
D |-----6-----6--|-----7-----7--|-----7-----7--|-----7-----7--|
A |--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
E |--4-----------|--5-----------|--5-----------|--------------|


     And   just     when  you      mean  to       tell  her,
E |--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
B |--4-----2-----|--0-----------|--------------|--------------|
G |--------------|--------1-----|--------1-----|--2-----1-----|
D |--------------|-----2-----2--|-----2-----2--|-----2-----2--|
A |-----0-----0--|--------------|--------------|--------------|
E |--------------|--0-----------|--0-----------|--------------|


          That you  have  no       Love  to       give  her,
E |--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
B |--------1-----|--2-----------|--------------|--------------|
G |--------------|--------2-----|--------2-----|--4-----2-----|
D |-----2-----2--|-----4-----4--|-----4-----4--|-----4-----4--|
A |--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
E |--0-----------|--2-----------|--2-----------|--------------|


           She      gets  you      on    her      wave  length,
E |--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
B |--------------|--0-----------|--------------|--------------|
G |--------2-----|--------1-----|--------1-----|--2-----1-----|
D |-----4-----4--|-----2-----2--|-----2-----2--|-----2-----2--|
A |--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
E |--2-----------|--0-----------|--0-----------|--------------|

 
           And      lets  the      river          answer,     
E |--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
B |--------------|--2-----------|--------------|--------------|
G |--------2-----|--------2-----|--------2-----|--4-----2-----|
D |-----2-----2--|-----4-----4--|-----4-----4--|-----4-----4--|
A |--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
E |--0-----------|--2-----------|--2-----------|--------------|


        That you've always         been  her      lover.    
E |--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
B |--------------|--0-----------|--------------|--------------|
G |--------2-----|--------1-----|--------1-----|--2-----1-----|
D |-----4-----4--|-----2-----2--|-----2-----2--|-----2-----2--|
A |--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
E |--2-----------|--0-----------|--0-----------|--------------|
   
   
    CHORUS 1:

                                                       And you
E |--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
B |--------------|--------------|--------------|--0-----------|
G |--------1-----|--------1-----|--2-----1-----|--------1-----|
D |-----2-----2--|-----2-----2--|-----2-----2--|-----2-----2--|
A |--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
E |--0-----------|--0-----------|--------------|--0-----------|


     Want  to       travel         with  her,          and you      
E |--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
B |--4-----------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
G |--------4-----|--------4-----|--6-----4-----|--------4-----|
D |-----6-----4--|-----6-----6--|-----6-----6--|-----6-----6--|
A |--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
E |--4-----------|--4-----------|--------------|--4-----------|
  

     Want  to       travel         blind,         and   you
E |--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
B |--5-----------|--------5-----|--7-----5-----|--4-----2-----|
G |--------6-----|--------------|--------------|--------------|
D |-----7-----7--|-----7-----7--|-----7-----7--|--------------|
A |--------------|--------------|--------------|-----0-----0--|
E |--5-----------|--5-----------|--------------|--------------|


     Know  that     she   will     trust you,          for you've      
E |--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
B |--0-----------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
G |--------1-----|--------1-----|--2-----1-----|--------1-----|
D |-----2-----2--|-----2-----2--|-----2-----2--|-----2-----2--|
A |--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
E |--0-----------|--0-----------|--------------|--0-----------|


    Touched her     perfect        body                with your
E |--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
B |--2-----------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
G |--------2-----|--------2-----|--4-----2-----|--------2-----|
D |-----4-----4--|-----4-----4--|-----4-----4--|-----4-----4--|
A |--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
E |--2-----------|--2-----------|--------------|--2-----------|


     Mind.
E |--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
B |--0-----------|--------------|--------------|--0-----------|
G |--------1-----|--------1-----|--2-----1-----|--------1-----|
D |-----2-----2--|-----2-----2--|-----2-----2--|-----2-----2--|
A |--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
E |--0-----------|--0-----------|--------------|--0-----------|


                                 Play 1st &        Play 3rd 
                                 2nd time          time
E |--------------|--------------|---------------||------------||
B |--------------|--------------|--0------------||--0---------||
G |--------1-----|--2-----1-----|--------1-----o||------------||
D |-----2-----2--|-----2-----2--|-----2-----2--o||------------||
A |--------------|--------------|---------------||------------||
E |--0-----------|--------------|--0------------||--0---------||
                                (repeat 3 times)


VERSE2: 

And Jesus was a sailor
When He walked upon the water,
And he spent a long time watching
And when he knew for certain
Only drowning men could see Him,
He said, "All men shall be sailors, then,
Until the sea shall free them,"
But He himself was broken
Long before the sky would open,
Forsaken, almost human,
He sank beneath your wisdom
Like a stone.

CHORUS 2:
 
And you want to travel with Him,
And you want to travel blind,
And you think maybe you'll trust Him,
For He's touched your perfect body
With His mind.

VERSE 3:

Now Suzanne takes you down
And she leads you to the river,
She is wearing rags and feathers 
And the sun pours down like honey,
On our lady of the harbour.
And she shows you where to look
Amid the garbage and the flowers.
There are heroes in the seaweed,
There are children in the morning,
They are leaning out for love,
And they will lean that way forever,
While Suzanne holds the mirror.

CHORUS 3:

And you want to travel with her,
And you want to travel blind,
And you know that you can trust her,
For she's touched your perfect body
With her mind.

(Lyrics modified from an existing chord chart posted by
 Steve Putz , 7 September 1992)

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  Notation:                                                        
   x = Mute by gently placing left hand on string(s)
       and striking with pick.
  pm = Palm mute.
   ~ = Vibrato or slight string bend.
   / = Slide up.
   \ = Slide Down.
   b = Bend
   r = Release Bend
   = Harmonic
   s = Strum the notes beneath the "s".
   h = Hammer on.
   p = Pull off.
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