Suzanne Leonard Cohen
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From: jmo@fy.chalmers.se (Jean Marc Orliaguet)
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Subject: TAB : Suzanne ( Leonard Cohen )
Date: 4 Jun 1995 01:00:37 GMT
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Suzanne ( Leonard Cohen )
( From the Songs of Leonard Cohen album, 1968 )
Transcribed and tabbed by : Jean-Marc Orliaguet
( jmo@fy.chalmers.se, http://fy.chalmers.se/~jmo )
Notes : Capo on the 4th fret.
The tab should be played with the thumb and index fingers ONLY,
in the simplest folk style : t - i - t - i ...,
and to give more rythm, with an up-and-down "strumming".
The stressed notes are marked with a > sign.
Intro :
C ( 3 times )
6/4 > > > >
e-||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|| B-||--------1--------------------------|-----------------------------------|| G-||--0-----------------0-----------0--|--------0-----------0-----------0--|| D-||--------------2--------------------|--2-----------3-----------2--------|| A-||--------------------------3--------|-----------------------------------|| E-||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
t i t i t i t i t i t i ...
4/4 > > >
e-|--------------------------| B-|-----1--------------------| G-|--0--------0-----0-----0--| D-|--------2-----------2-----| A-|--------------3-----------| E-|--------------------------|
Su -
Verses :
C > > > > >
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------| B-|--------------------------|--------------------------| G-|-----0-----0-----0-----0--|-----0-----0-----0-----0--| D-|--------2-----------2-----|--3-----2-----------2-----| A-|--3-----------3-----------|--------------3-----------| E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
zanne takes you down to her
> > > > > >
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------| B-|-----1--------------------|--------------------------| G-|--0--------0-----0-----0--|-----0-----0-----0-----0--| D-|--------2-----------2-----|--3-----2-----------2-----| A-|--------------3-----------|--------------3-----------| E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
place near the river. You can
Dm > > > >
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------| B-|-----3-----3-----3-----3--|-----3-----3-----3-----3--| G-|--2-----------2-----------|--0-----------------------| D-|--------0-----------3-----|--------3-----0-----3-----| A-|--------------------------|--------------------------| E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
hear the boats go by, you can
> > > >
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------| B-|-----3-----3-----3-----3--|-----3-----3-----3-----3--| G-|--2-----------2-----------|--0-----------------2-----| D-|--------0-----------3-----|--------3-----0-----------| A-|--------------------------|--------------------------| E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
spend the night be - side her. And you
C > > > > >
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------| B-|-----1--------------------|--------------------------| G-|--0--------0-----0-----0--|-----0-----0-----0-----0--| D-|--------2-----------2-----|--3-----2-----------2-----| A-|--------------3-----------|--------------3-----------| E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
know she's half cra - zy but that's
> > > > >
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------| B-|-----1--------------------|-----------------------1--| G-|--0--------0-----0-----0--|-----0-----0-----0--0-----| D-|--------2-----------2-----|--3-----2-----------------| A-|--------------3-----------|--------------3-----------| E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
why you want to be there. And she
Em > > > > >
e-|-----0--------------------|-----------------------0--| B-|--0--------0--------------|-----------------0--------| G-|--------0--------0-----0--|-----0-----0--0-----------| D-|--------------2-----------|--------------------2-----| A-|--------------------2-----|--3-----2-----------------| E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
feeds you tea and or - an - ges that come
F > > > > > >
e-|-----1--------------------|--------------------------| B-|--1--------1--------------|-----------1-----1-----1--| G-|--------2--------2-----2--|-----2--------0-----2-----| D-|--------------3-----------|--0-----------------------| A-|--------------------3-----|--------3-----------------| E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
all the way from Chi - na and just
C > > > > >
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------| B-|-----1--------------------|--------------------------| G-|--0--------0-----0-----0--|-----0-----0-----0-----0--| D-|--------2-----------2-----|--3-----2-----------2-----| A-|--------------3-----------|--------------3-----------| E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
when you mean to tell her that you have
Dm > > > > >
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------| B-|-----3-----3-----3-----3--|-----3-----3-----3-----3--| G-|--2-----------2-----------|--0-----------------------| D-|--------0-----------3-----|--------3-----0-----3-----| A-|--------------------------|--------------------------| E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
no love to give her then she
C > > > > >
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------| B-|--------------------------|--------------------------| G-|-----0-----0-----0-----0--|-----0-----0-----0-----0--| D-|--------2-----------2-----|--3-----2-----------2-----| A-|--3-----------3-----------|--------------3-----------| E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
gets you on her wave - length and she
Dm > > > > >
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------| B-|-----3-----3-----3-----3--|-----3-----3-----3-----3--| G-|--2-----------2-----------|--0-----------------------| D-|--------0-----------3-----|--------3-----0-----3-----| A-|--------------------------|--------------------------| E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
lets the ri - ver ans - wer that you've
C > > > > >
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------| B-|--------------------------|--------------------------| G-|-----0-----0-----0-----0--|-----0-----0-----0-----0--| D-|--------2-----------2-----|--3-----2-----------2-----| A-|--3-----------3-----------|--------------3-----------| E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
al - ways been her lover
6/4 > > > > >
e-||----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B-||----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G-||--------0-----------0----------0--|-------0-----------0-----------0--| D-||--------------2-----------3-------|--2----------3-----------2--------| A-||--3-------------------------------|----------------------------------| E-||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
and you
Chorus :
4/4 [Em]> > > > >
e-|-----0--------------------|-----------------------0--| B-|--0--------0--------------|-----------------0--------| G-|--------0--------0-----0--|-----0-----0--0-----------| D-|--------------2-----------|--------------------2-----| A-|--------------------2-----|--3-----2-----------------| E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
want to tra - vel with her and you
F > > > > > >
e-|-----1--------------------|--------------------------| B-|--1--------1--------------|-----------1-----1-----1--| G-|--------2--------2-----2--|-----2--------0-----2-----| D-|--------------3-----------|--0-----------------------| A-|--------------------3-----|--------3-----------------| E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
want to tra - vel bl - i - nd and you
C > > > > >
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------| B-|--------------------------|--------------------------| G-|-----0-----0-----0-----0--|-----0-----0-----0-----0--| D-|--------2-----------2-----|--3-----2-----------2-----| A-|--3-----------3-----------|--------------3-----------| E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
know she will trust you for you've
Dm > > > > >
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------| B-|-----3-----3-----3-----3--|-----3-----3-----3-----3--| G-|--2-----------2-----------|--0-----------------------| D-|--------0-----------3-----|--------3-----0-----3-----| A-|--------------------------|--------------------------| E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
touched her per - fect bo - dy with your
( repeat twice )
6/4 > > > >
e-||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|| B-||--------1--------------------------|-----------------------------------|| G-||--0-----------------0-----------0--|--------0-----------0-----------0--|| D-||--------------2--------------------|--2-----------3-----------2--------|| A-||--------------------------3--------|-----------------------------------|| E-||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
[mind]
4/4 > >
e-|--------------------------| B-|-----1--------------------| G-|--0--------0-----0-----0--| D-|--------2-----------2-----| A-|--------------3-----------| E-|--------------------------|
And Je - ...
Chord voicing :
C : x3201x / x3301x
Dm : xx023x / xx303x
Em : x22000 / x32000
F : xx3211 / x3021x / x3001x
Lyrics :
Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river
You can hear the boats go by
You can spend the night beside her
And you know that she's half crazy
But that's why you want to be there
And she feeds you tea and oranges
That come all the way from China
And just when you mean to tell her
That you have no love to give her
Then she gets you on her wavelength
And she lets the river answer
That you've always been her lover
And you want to travel with her
And you want to travel blind
And you know that she will trust you
For you've touched her perfect body with your mind.
And Jesus was a sailor
When he walked upon the water
And he spent a long time watching
>From his lonely wooden tower
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"
But he himself was broken
Long before the sky would open
Forsaken, almost human
He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone
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.
Now Suzanne takes your hand
And she leads you to the river
She is wearing rags and feathers
>From Salvation Army counters
And the sun pours down like honey
On our lady of the harbour
And she shows you where to look
Among 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
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.
jmo@fy.chalmers.se http://fy.chalmers.se/~jmo
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From: jmo@fy.chalmers.se (Jean Marc Orliaguet)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab,rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature,rec.music.makers.guitar.acoustic
Subject: ADD : TAB : Suzanne ( L. Cohen ) - corrected
Date: 8 Jun 1995 11:01:20 GMT
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I posted the TAB for Suzanne by L.Cohen a few days ago ( capo 4th fret ).
Obviously, after listening to the "COHEN LIVE!" performance, the capo
should be on the 9th fret and the song starts in G, instead of C capo 4,
or even E ( no capo ) as I've often seen.
Basically, the notes are exactly the same as in the previous version,
but it's much EASIER to play it that way ( that's what L. Cohen does
anyway ), and it sounds just beautiful.
( in the "COHEN LIVE!" performance, the capo is on the the 3rd fret,
i.e. 3 tones lower than the studio version )
Here it is :
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Suzanne ( Leonard Cohen )
( From the Songs of Leonard Cohen album, 1968 )
Transcribed and tabbed by : Jean-Marc Orliaguet
( jmo@fy.chalmers.se, http://fy.chalmers.se/~jmo )
Notes : Capo on the 9th fret.
The tab should be played with the thumb and index fingers ONLY,
in the simplest folk style : t - i - t - i ...,
and to give more rythm, with an up-and-down "strumming".
The stressed notes are marked with a > sign.
Intro :
( 3 times )
6/4 G > > > >
e-|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|| B-|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|| G-|---------0--------------------------|------------------------------------|| D-|---0-----------------0-----------0--|--------0-----------0-----------0---|| A-|---------------2--------------------|--2-----------3-----------2---------|| E-|---------------------------3--------|------------------------------------||
t i t i t i t i t i t i ...
4/4 > > >
e-|--------------------------| B-|--------------------------| G-|-----0--------------------| D-|--0--------0-----0-----0--| A-|--------2-----------2-----| E-|--------------3-----------|
Su -
Verses :
G > > > > >
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------| B-|--------------------------|--------------------------| G-|-----0--------------------|--------------------------| D-|--0--------0-----0-----0--|-----0-----0-----0-----0--| A-|--------2-----------2-----|--3-----2-----------2-----| E-|--------------3-----------|--------------3-----------|
zanne takes you down to her
> > > > > >
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------| B-|--------------------------|--------------------------| G-|-----0--------------------|--------------------------| D-|--0--------0-----0-----0--|-----0-----0-----0-----0--| A-|--------2-----------2-----|--3-----2-----------3-----| E-|--------------3-----------|--------------3-----------|
place near the river. You can
Am > > > >
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------| B-|--------------------------|--------------------------| G-|-----2--------------------|-----2-----------------2--| D-|--2--------2-----2-----2--|--0--------2-----2--------| A-|--------0-----------3-----|--------3-----------0-----| E-|--------------0-----------|--------------0-----------|
hear the boats go by, you can
> > > >
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------| B-|--------------------------|--------------------------| G-|-----2--------------------|-----2-----------------0--| D-|--2--------2-----2-----2--|--0--------2-----2--------| A-|--------0-----------3-----|--------3-----------3-----| E-|--------------0-----------|--------------3-----------|
spend the night be - side her. And you
G > > > > > >
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------| B-|--------------------------|--------------------------| G-|-----0--------------------|--------------------------| D-|--0--------0-----0-----0--|-----0-----0-----0-----0--| A-|--------2-----------2-----|--3-----2-----------3-----| E-|--------------3-----------|--------------3-----------|
know she's half cra - zy but that's
Am > > > >
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------| B-|--------------------------|--------------------------| G-|-----2-----------------2--|-----2-----------------0--| D-|--2--------2-----2--------|--0--------2-----2--------| A-|--------0-----------3-----|--------3-----------3-----| E-|--------------0-----------|--------------3-----------|
why you want to be there. And she
Bm > > > > >
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------| B-|--------------------------|--------------------------| G-|-----4-----------4-----4--|-----4-----4-----4-----4--| D-|--4--------4--------0-----|--2-----0-----------4-----| A-|--------2-----------------|--------------2-----------| E-|--------------2-----------|--------------------------|
feeds you tea and or - an - ges that come
C > > > > > >
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------| B-|-----1--------------------|--------------------------| G-|--0--------0-----0-----0--|-----0-----0-----0-----0--| D-|--------2-----------2-----|--3-----2-----0-----------| A-|--------------3-----------|--------------------3-----| E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
all the way from Chi - na and just
G > > > > > >
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------| B-|--------------------------|--------------------------| G-|-----0--------------------|--------------------------| D-|--0--------0-----0-----0--|-----0-----0-----0-----0--| A-|--------2-----------2-----|--3-----2-----------3-----| E-|--------------3-----------|--------------3-----------|
when you mean to tell her that you have
Am > > > >
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------| B-|--------------------------|--------------------------| G-|-----2-----------------2--|-----2-----------------0--| D-|--2--------2-----2--------|--0--------2-----2--------| A-|--------0-----------3-----|--------3-----------3-----| E-|--------------0-----------|--------------3-----------|
no love to give her then she
G > > > > > >
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------| B-|--------------------------|--------------------------| G-|-----0--------------------|--------------------------| D-|--0--------0-----0-----0--|-----0-----0-----0-----0--| A-|--------2-----------2-----|--3-----2-----------3-----| E-|--------------3-----------|--------------3-----------|
gets you on her wave - length and she
Am > > > >
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------| B-|--------------------------|--------------------------| G-|-----2-----------------2--|-----2-----------------0--| D-|--2--------2-----2--------|--0--------2-----2--------| A-|--------0-----------3-----|--------3-----------3-----| E-|--------------0-----------|--------------3-----------|
lets the ri - ver ans - wer that you've
G > > > > > >
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------| B-|--------------------------|--------------------------| G-|-----0--------------------|--------------------------| D-|--0--------0-----0-----0--|-----0-----0-----0-----0--| A-|--------2-----------2-----|--3-----2-----------3-----| E-|--------------3-----------|--------------3-----------|
al - ways been her lover
6/4 > > > > >
e-||----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B-||----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G-||----------------------------------|----------------------------------| D-||--------0-----------0---------0---|-------0----------0-----------0---| A-||--------------2-----------3-------|--2----------------------3--------| E-||--3-------------------------------|-------------3--------------------|
and you
Chorus :
Bm > > > > >
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------| B-|--------------------------|--------------------------| G-|-----4-----------4-----4--|-----4-----4-----4-----4--| D-|--4--------4--------0-----|--2-----0-----------4-----| A-|--------2-----------------|--------------2-----------| E-|--------------2-----------|--------------------------|
want to tra - vel with her and you
C > > > > > >
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------| B-|-----1--------------------|--------------------------| G-|--0--------0-----0-----0--|-----0-----0-----0-----0--| D-|--------2-----------2-----|--3-----2-----0-----------| A-|--------------3-----------|--------------------3-----| E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
want to tra - vel bl - i - nd and you
G > > > > > >
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------| B-|--------------------------|--------------------------| G-|-----0--------------------|--------------------------| D-|--0--------0-----0-----0--|-----0-----0-----0-----0--| A-|--------2-----------2-----|--3-----2-----------3-----| E-|--------------3-----------|--------------3-----------|
know she will trust you for you've
Am > > > >
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------| B-|--------------------------|--------------------------| G-|-----2-----------------2--|-----2-----------------0--| D-|--2--------2-----2--------|--0--------2-----2--------| A-|--------0-----------3-----|--------3-----------3-----| E-|--------------0-----------|--------------3-----------|
touched her per - fect bo - dy with your
( repeat twice )
6/4 G > > > >
e-||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|| B-||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|| G-||--------0--------------------------|-----------------------------------|| D-||--0-----------------0-----------0--|--------0-----------0-----------0--|| A-||--------------2--------------------|--2-----------3-----------2--------|| E-||--------------------------3--------|-----------------------------------||
[mind]
4/4 > >
e-|--------------------------| B-|--------------------------| G-|-----0-----------------0--| D-|--0--------0-----0--------| A-|--------2-----------3-----| E-|--------------3-----------|
And Je - ...
Lyrics :
Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river
You can hear the boats go by
You can spend the night beside her
And you know that she's half crazy
But that's why you want to be there
And she feeds you tea and oranges
That come all the way from China
And just when you mean to tell her
That you have no love to give her
Then she gets you on her wavelength
And she lets the river answer
That you've always been her lover
And you want to travel with her
And you want to travel blind
And you know that she will trust you
For you've touched her perfect body with your mind.
And Jesus was a sailor
When he walked upon the water
And he spent a long time watching
>From his lonely wooden tower
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"
But he himself was broken
Long before the sky would open
Forsaken, almost human
He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone
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.
Now Suzanne takes your hand
And she leads you to the river
She is wearing rags and feathers
>From Salvation Army counters
And the sun pours down like honey
On our lady of the harbour
And she shows you where to look
Among 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
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.
jmo@fy.chalmers.se http://fy.chalmers.se/~jmo
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