Oh! Susanna
Stephen Foster · 1848 · public domain
Two chords run the whole verse — the chorus has been saving the 4, and that one fresh chord is the payoff.
KeyCDbDEbEFF#GAbABbB4/4 · boom-chick strum
Verse 1
I Gcome from Alabama with my banjo on my D7knee,
I'm D7goin' to Louisiana, my true love for to Gsee.
It Grained all night the day I left, the weather it was D7dry,
the D7sun so hot I froze to death — Susanna, don't you Gcry.
Chorus
COh! Susanna, Goh don't you D7cry for me,
for I Gcome from Alabama with my D7banjo on my Gknee.
Verse 2
I Ghad a dream the other night when everything was D7still,
I D7thought I saw Susanna a-comin' down the Ghill.
The Gbuckwheat cake was in her mouth, the tear was in her D7eye,
says D7I, I'm comin' from the South — Susanna, don't you Gcry.
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