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SUZANNE
As recorded by Leonard Cohen
(From the 1968 Album SONGS OF LEONARD COHEN)
Words and Music by Leonard Cohen
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Leonard Cohen - Acoustic Guitar (Nylon)'
Intro
Q=132
E
6/4
Gtr I (Ac. Nylon Str. Gtr.)
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-0-------------------------|-0-------------------------|
|-----1---------1---2---1---|-----1---------1---2---1---|
|---2---2-(2)-2---2---2---2-|---2---2-(2)-2---2---2---2-|
|---------------2---2---2---|---------------2---2---2---|
|-0--------0----------------|-0--------0----------------|
H Q Q Q Q H Q Q Q Q
E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------||
|-0--------------------------||
|-----1---------1---2---1----||
|---2---2-(2)-2---2---2---2--||
|---------------2---2---2----||
|-0--------0-----------------||
H Q Q Q Q
1st - 3rd Verses
E
4/4
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------||--------------------|-------------------|
|-0-----------------||o-0-----------------|-------------------|
|-----1---------1---||------1---------1---|-2---1---------1---|
|---2---2-(2)-2---2-||----2---2-(2)-2---2-|---2---2-(2)-2---2-|
|-------------------||o-------------------|-------------------|
|-0--------0--------||--0--------0--------|-0--------0--------|
H H H H H H
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-0-----------------|-------------------|
|-----1---------1---|-2---1---------1---|
|---2---2-(2)-2---2-|---2---2-(2)-2---2-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-0--------0--------|-0--------0--------|
H H H H
F#m
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-2-----------------|--------------------|
|-----2---------2---|-4---2---------2----|
|---4---4-(4)-4---4-|---4---4-(4)-4---4--|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-2--------2--------|-2--------2---------|
H H H H
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-2-----------------|-------------------|
|-----2---------2---|-4---2---------2---|
|---4---4-(4)-4---4-|---4---4-(4)-4---4-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-2--------2--------|-2--------2--------|
H H H H
E
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-0-----------------|--------------------|
|-----1---------1---|-2---1---------1----|
|---2---2-(2)-2---2-|---2---2-(2)-2---2--|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-0--------0--------|-0--------0---------|
H H H H
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-0-----------------|-------------------|
|-----1---------1---|-2---1---------1---|
|---2---2-(2)-2---2-|---2---2-(2)-2---2-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-0--------0--------|-0--------0--------|
H H H H
G#m
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-4-----------------|--------------------|
|-----4---------4---|-6---4---------4----|
|---6---6-(6)-6---6-|---6---6-(6)-6---6--|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-4--------4--------|-4--------4---------|
H H H H
A E
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-0-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-----2---------2---|-3---2---0---2---|-0-----------------|--------------------|
|---2---2-(2)-2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|-----1---------1---|-2---1---------1----|
|-------------------|-----------------|---2---2-(2)-2---2-|---2---2-(2)-2---2--|
|-0--------0--------|-0-------0-------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-0--------0--------|-0--------0---------|
H H H H H H H H
F#m
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-2-----------------|-------------------|
|-----2---------2---|-4---2---------2---|
|---4---4-(4)-4---4-|---4---4-(4)-4---4-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-2--------2--------|-2--------2--------|
H H H H
E
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-0-----------------|--------------------|
|-----1---------1---|-2---1---------1----|
|---2---2-(2)-2---2-|---2---2-(2)-2---2--|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-0--------0--------|-0--------0---------|
H H H H
F#m
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-2-----------------|-------------------|
|-----2---------2---|-4---2---------2---|
|---4---4-(4)-4---4-|---4---4-(4)-4---4-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-2--------2--------|-2--------2--------|
H H H H
E
6/4
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|---------------------------||
|-0-----------------|---------------------------||
|-----1---------1---|-2---1---------1---2---1---||
|---2---2-(2)-2---2-|---2---2-(2)-2---2---2---2-||
|-------------------|---------------2---2---2---||
|-0--------0--------|-0--------0----------------||
H H H Q Q Q Q
Chorus
E G#m
4/4
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-0-----------------|-4-----------------|
|-----1---------1---|-----4---------4---|
|---2---2-(2)-2---2-|---6---6-(6)-6---6-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-0--------0--------|-4--------4--------|
H H H H
A
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|-0------------------|
|-------------------|-----2---------2----|
|-6---4---------4---|---2---2-(2)-2---2--|
|---6---6-(6)-6---6-|--------------------|
|-------------------|-0--------0---------|
|-4--------4--------|--------------------|
H H H H
E F#m
E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-3---2---0---2---|-0-----------------|-------------------|-2------------------|
|---2---2---2---2-|-----1---------1---|-2---1---------1---|-----2---------2----|
|-----------------|---2---2-(2)-2---2-|---2---2-(2)-2---2-|---4---4-(4)-4---4--|
|-0-------0-------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-0--------0--------|-0--------0--------|-2--------2---------|
H H H H H H H H
Interlude
1.,2.
E
6/4
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------||---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------||-0-------------------------|-0-------------------------|
|-4---2---------2---||-----1---------1---2---1---|-----1---------1---2---1---|
|---4---4-(4)-4---4-||---2---2-(2)-2---2---2---2-|---2---2-(2)-2---2---2---2-|
|-------------------||---------------2---2---2---|---------------2---2---2---|
|-2--------2--------||-0--------0----------------|-0--------0----------------|
H H H Q Q Q Q H Q Q Q Q
Outro
3.
E
4/4 6/4
E E E E +E E E E 3x E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|--------------------||---------------------------|
|-0-----------------o||-0-------------------------|
|-----1---------1----||-----1---------1---2---1---|
|---2---2-(2)-2---2--||---2---2-(2)-2---2---2---2-|
|-------------------o||---------------2---2---2---|
|-0--------0---------||-0--------0----------------|
H H H Q Q Q Q
4/4
E E E E +E E E E E E E E W +W
|---------------------------|----------|--------*|
|-0-------------------------|----------|--------*|
|-----1---------1---2---2---|-1--------|-(1)----*|
|---2---2-(2)-2---2---2---2-|-2--------|-(2)----*|
|---------------2---2---2---|----------|--------*|
|-0--------0----------------|-0--------|-(0)----*|
H Q Q Q Q
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths