Al Jarreau - Susans Song Chords

[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