diff --git a/songs/Leonard_Cohen/Suzanne.sg b/songs/Leonard_Cohen/Suzanne.sg new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f962c532 --- /dev/null +++ b/songs/Leonard_Cohen/Suzanne.sg @@ -0,0 +1,96 @@ +\selectlanguage{english} +\songcolumns{2} +\beginsong{Suzanne} + [by=Leonard Cohen,cov=the-collection,album=The collection] + + \cover + \gtab{E}{022100} + \gtab{F#m}{2:022000} + \gtab{G#m}{4:022000} + \gtab{A}{5:022100} + + \beginverse + Suz\[E]anne takes you down + To her place near the river + You can \[F#m]hear the boats go by + You can spend the night beside her + \endverse + + \beginverse* + And you \[E]know that she's half crazy + But that's why you wanna be there + And she \[G#m]feeds you tea and oranges + That come \[A]all the way from China + \endverse + + \beginverse* + And \[E]just when you mean to tell her + That you \[F#m]have no love to give her + Then she \[E]gets you on her wavelength + And she \[F#m]lets the river answer that you've al\[E]ways been her lover + \endverse + + \beginchorus + And you \[G#m]want to travel with her + And you \[A]want to travel blind + And you \[E]know that she will trust you + For you've \[F#m]touched her perfect body with your \[E]mind + \endchorus + + \beginverse + And Jesus was a sailor + When He walked upon the water + And He spent a long time watching + From his lonely wooden tower + \endverse + + \beginverse* + And when He knew for certain + Only drowning men could see Him + He said, ``All men will be sailors + Then until the sea shall free them'' + \endverse + + \beginverse* + But He Himself was broken + Long before the sky would open + Forsaken, almost human + He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone + \endverse + + \beginchorus + 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 + \endchorus + + \beginverse + Now Suzanne takes your hand + And she leads you to the river + She is wearing rags and feathers + From Salvation Army counters + \endverse + + \beginverse* + And the sun pours down like honey + On our lady of the harbor + And she shows you where to look + Among the garbage and the flowers + \endverse + + \beginverse* + 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 + \endverse + + \beginchorus + 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 + \endchorus + +\endsong