Susanna Chords
by Nahko Bear
Susanna by Nahko Bear is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, G, Em and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
verse 1
C
I left my home for the open road
F C
Bid farewell to a beautiful girl
C
She was out to push and pry my bravery
G F C
I was out to conquer the world
C
Well I was circling the globe
F C
She'd spend hers pulling somewhere and then
C
She'd say, "I fell in love with a drifter's son
G F C
And now he's gone again"
C
Held my ventures up like trophies
F C
High over my head
C
Susanna, she's a patient woman
G F C
She prays my happiness
Chorus
I'd sing
F
Oh, Susanna
C G
Don't you cry for me
C
I'm headed for those coastal waters
G F C
An ocean far to see
C F C F
verse 2
C
Saw your face carved in the caves
F C
In the tunneling fields
C
I wore my stubbornness like armor
G F C
A reliable shield
C
Oh, how could I have been so thoughtless
F C
And careless with my love?
C
When I met you, you were drifting too
G F C
Just like a driftwood does
C
She'd be knee-deep in the waters
F C
Whispering to the sea
C
Susanna, she's a graceful woman
G F C
Her words have convinced me
Chorus
I'd sing
F
Oh, Susanna
C Em G
Why don't you come down here with me
C
And play in the oldest parts of the jungle
G F C
And climb a banyan tree
C F C F C F C F
verse 3
Am G
Explore from shore to shore
F G
There's always one more mountain to see
Am G
Susanna came to me in a dream
F Em C
And on the summit, she said to me
F
She said, "I am freedom
C G
I'm all that you seek
C
But you can't have this if you want all that
C
And you certainly can't have me!"
C F C F C F C F
Outro
G
Oh, Susanna
F G
I don't cry for you
C
You're the best adventure I've had yet
G F C
But I'm only passing through