• Song:

    Sweet Suzanne

  • Artist:

    John Cougar Mellencamp

SONG:   SWEET SUZANNE
ARTIST: JOHN MELLENCAMP/BUZZIN' COUSINS
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL:  GUITARZAN7@HOTMAIL.COM


               SWEET SUZANNE
  JOHN MELLENCAMP/JOHN PRINE/DWIGHT YOAKAM
              BUZZIN' COUSINS

INTRO:  D A - 4x's

-OR- Can be played like this as well 4x's: 

RIFF:
    D               A
E --2--------------------------|
B --3---------------2----------|
G --2--2-2/4-2-0----2----------|
D ---------------4--2--2-2/4-2-|
A -----------------------------|
E -----------------------------|

VERSE:
 D         F#m
Now, right now
 G                    D
Look at the place I'm in
 D                
When I think about 
               F#m           
Things that I could have done
        G                     A
It's impossible for me to pretend


CHORUS:
       G                  A
But I see it now as the lights grow dim
         Bm                        G
And the world starts to close its eyes
        G                 A
I just wanted to say goodnight
          D   A   D  A
Sweet Suzanne


VERSE:
D                  F#m
I hear the music playin'
      G                D
But I no longer understand
 D                 F#m
Around the corner, down the street
      G                            A
It's got to be better than where I am


CHORUS:
   G                      A
I see it all now, as the light grows dim
         Bm                        G
And the world starts to close its eyes
         G                A
I just wanted to say goodnight
          D   
Sweet Suzanne

        G                 A
I just wanted to say goodnight
      Bm                    G
Just wanted to see if everything was alright
       G                A
Just wanted to say goodnight
         D    A  D  A
Sweet Suzanne


INSTRUMENTAL: D A - 4x's
NOTE:
SOLO CAN ALSO BE PLAYED WITH SLIGHT
CHANGE TO OPENING RIFF


VERSE:
 D       F#m  G           D
Time goes by, oh, so quietly
 D            F#m
Hazy days and memories
            G                 A
And in the end there was only me
G                      A
Wouldn't have been, I ask sometimes
Bm                  G
But I see myself inside this rhyme
  G                      A
Enjoyed what I had back then
G                 A
 Would I do it again?


CHORUS:
         Bm                 G
Well, I see it now as the lights grow dim
         D                A
I just wanted to say goodnight again
    D   A
Suzaaanne


CHORUS/OUTRO: 
         G                A
I just wanted to say goodnight
        Bm                     G
I just wanted to see if everything's alright
   G                       A
I just wanted to say goodnight
          D
Sweet Suzanne, yeah
         G                A
I just wanted to say goodnight
        Bm                     G
I just wanted to see if everything's alright
                          A
I just wanted to say goodnight
         D    A    D A   D A   D A   D
Sweet Suzanne
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