Chords for Stephen Foster's OH! SUSANNA - Original 1848 Lyrics - Tom Roush
Tempo:
94.75 bpm
Chords used:
C
F
Bb
Gm
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[F] [Gm]
[C] [F] [Bb] [Gm]
[C] [F] [Bb] [F] [Bb] I came from [Gm]
Alabama [C] with a banjo [F] on my knee [Bb] I'm going to [Gm]
Louisiana, [C] my [F] true love [Bb] for to
see It rained all night the [Gm] day I [C] left, the weather
[F] it was dry [Bb] The sun so [Gm] hot it froze to [C] death, [F] Susanna,
[Bb] don't you cry [Eb] Oh Susanna, [Gm] oh don't you [C] cry for [F] me, [Bb] I come
from [Gm]
Alabama [C] with a [F] banjo [Bb] on my knee [Gm]
[C] [F] [Bb] [Gm]
[C] [F] [Bb] I jumped [Gm] aboard the [C] telegraph and traveled
[F] down the river [Bb] The electric [Gm] flood [C] magnified and [F] killed five
[Bb] hundred nigger The Volkine [Gm] bus, the horse run [C] off, I really
thought [F] I'd die [Bb] I shut my [Gm] eyes to hold my [C] breath, [F] Susanna,
[Bb] don't you cry [Eb] Oh Susanna, [Gm] oh don't you cry for [F] me, [Bb] I come
from [Gm]
Alabama [C] with a [F] banjo [Bb] on my knee I [Gm]
[C] [F] [Bb] [Gm]
[C] [F] [Bb] [F] [Bb] had a dream the other night [C] when everything
[F] was still [Bb] I thought I saw [Gm]
Susanna [C] coming [F] down [Bb] the hill
The buckwheat [Gm] cake was in her [C] mouth, the tears was in [F] her eyes
[Bb] Says I'm [Gm] coming from the south, [C] Susanna, [F] don't [Bb] you cry
[Eb] Oh Susanna, [Gm] oh don't you cry [C] for [F] me, [Bb] I come from [Gm]
Alabama with [Am] a [F] banjo on [Bb] my knee
I [Gm]
[C] [F] [Bb] [Gm]
[C] [F] [Bb] [G] [C] soon will be [Am] in New Orleans [D] and then I'll look [G] all around
[C] And when I find [Am] Susanna, [D] I'll fall [G] upon [C] the ground
But if I do [Am] not find her, [D] this darky I surely [G] die
[C] And when I'm dead [Am] and buried, [D] Susanna, [G] don't [C] you cry
[F] Oh Susanna, [Am] oh don't you cry [D] for me, [G] [C] I come from [Am] Alabama with [G] a banjo on [C] my knee
[F] Oh Susanna, [Am] oh don't you cry [D] for [G] me, [C] I come from [Am] Alabama [D] with a [G] banjo [C] on my knee
[Gm] [N]
[C] [F] [Bb] [Gm]
[C] [F] [Bb] [F] [Bb] I came from [Gm]
Alabama [C] with a banjo [F] on my knee [Bb] I'm going to [Gm]
Louisiana, [C] my [F] true love [Bb] for to
see It rained all night the [Gm] day I [C] left, the weather
[F] it was dry [Bb] The sun so [Gm] hot it froze to [C] death, [F] Susanna,
[Bb] don't you cry [Eb] Oh Susanna, [Gm] oh don't you [C] cry for [F] me, [Bb] I come
from [Gm]
Alabama [C] with a [F] banjo [Bb] on my knee [Gm]
[C] [F] [Bb] [Gm]
[C] [F] [Bb] I jumped [Gm] aboard the [C] telegraph and traveled
[F] down the river [Bb] The electric [Gm] flood [C] magnified and [F] killed five
[Bb] hundred nigger The Volkine [Gm] bus, the horse run [C] off, I really
thought [F] I'd die [Bb] I shut my [Gm] eyes to hold my [C] breath, [F] Susanna,
[Bb] don't you cry [Eb] Oh Susanna, [Gm] oh don't you cry for [F] me, [Bb] I come
from [Gm]
Alabama [C] with a [F] banjo [Bb] on my knee I [Gm]
[C] [F] [Bb] [Gm]
[C] [F] [Bb] [F] [Bb] had a dream the other night [C] when everything
[F] was still [Bb] I thought I saw [Gm]
Susanna [C] coming [F] down [Bb] the hill
The buckwheat [Gm] cake was in her [C] mouth, the tears was in [F] her eyes
[Bb] Says I'm [Gm] coming from the south, [C] Susanna, [F] don't [Bb] you cry
[Eb] Oh Susanna, [Gm] oh don't you cry [C] for [F] me, [Bb] I come from [Gm]
Alabama with [Am] a [F] banjo on [Bb] my knee
I [Gm]
[C] [F] [Bb] [Gm]
[C] [F] [Bb] [G] [C] soon will be [Am] in New Orleans [D] and then I'll look [G] all around
[C] And when I find [Am] Susanna, [D] I'll fall [G] upon [C] the ground
But if I do [Am] not find her, [D] this darky I surely [G] die
[C] And when I'm dead [Am] and buried, [D] Susanna, [G] don't [C] you cry
[F] Oh Susanna, [Am] oh don't you cry [D] for me, [G] [C] I come from [Am] Alabama with [G] a banjo on [C] my knee
[F] Oh Susanna, [Am] oh don't you cry [D] for [G] me, [C] I come from [Am] Alabama [D] with a [G] banjo [C] on my knee
[Gm] [N]
Key:
C
F
Bb
Gm
Am
C
F
Bb
[F] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Gm] _
_ [C] _ [F] _ [Bb] _ [F] [Bb] I came from [Gm]
Alabama [C] with a banjo [F] on my knee [Bb] I'm going to [Gm]
Louisiana, [C] my [F] true love [Bb] for to
see It rained all night the [Gm] day I [C] left, the weather
[F] it was dry [Bb] The sun so [Gm] hot it froze to [C] death, [F] Susanna,
[Bb] don't you cry [Eb] Oh Susanna, [Gm] oh don't you [C] cry for [F] me, [Bb] I come
from [Gm]
Alabama [C] with a [F] banjo [Bb] on my knee _ [Gm] _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Gm] _
_ [C] _ [F] _ [Bb] _ I jumped [Gm] aboard the [C] telegraph and traveled
[F] down the river [Bb] The electric [Gm] flood [C] magnified and [F] killed five
[Bb] hundred nigger The Volkine [Gm] bus, the horse run [C] off, I really
thought [F] I'd die [Bb] I shut my [Gm] eyes to hold my [C] breath, [F] Susanna,
[Bb] don't you cry [Eb] Oh Susanna, [Gm] oh don't you cry for [F] me, [Bb] I come
from [Gm]
Alabama [C] with a [F] banjo [Bb] on my knee I [Gm] _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Gm] _
_ [C] _ [F] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ [Bb] had a dream the other night [C] when everything
[F] was still [Bb] I thought I saw [Gm]
Susanna [C] coming [F] down [Bb] the hill
The buckwheat [Gm] cake was in her [C] mouth, the tears was in [F] her eyes
[Bb] Says I'm [Gm] coming from the south, [C] Susanna, [F] don't [Bb] you cry
[Eb] Oh Susanna, [Gm] oh don't you cry [C] for [F] me, [Bb] I come from [Gm]
Alabama with [Am] a [F] banjo on [Bb] my knee
I [Gm] _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Gm] _
_ [C] _ [F] _ [Bb] _ [G] [C] soon will be [Am] in New Orleans [D] and then I'll look [G] all around
[C] And when I find [Am] Susanna, [D] I'll fall [G] upon [C] the ground
But if I do [Am] not find her, [D] this darky I surely [G] die
[C] And when I'm dead [Am] and buried, [D] Susanna, [G] don't [C] you cry
[F] Oh _ Susanna, [Am] oh don't you cry [D] for me, [G] [C] I come from [Am] Alabama with [G] a banjo on [C] my knee
[F] _ Oh Susanna, [Am] oh don't you cry [D] for [G] me, [C] I come from [Am] Alabama [D] with a [G] banjo [C] on my knee _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Gm] _
_ [C] _ [F] _ [Bb] _ [F] [Bb] I came from [Gm]
Alabama [C] with a banjo [F] on my knee [Bb] I'm going to [Gm]
Louisiana, [C] my [F] true love [Bb] for to
see It rained all night the [Gm] day I [C] left, the weather
[F] it was dry [Bb] The sun so [Gm] hot it froze to [C] death, [F] Susanna,
[Bb] don't you cry [Eb] Oh Susanna, [Gm] oh don't you [C] cry for [F] me, [Bb] I come
from [Gm]
Alabama [C] with a [F] banjo [Bb] on my knee _ [Gm] _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Gm] _
_ [C] _ [F] _ [Bb] _ I jumped [Gm] aboard the [C] telegraph and traveled
[F] down the river [Bb] The electric [Gm] flood [C] magnified and [F] killed five
[Bb] hundred nigger The Volkine [Gm] bus, the horse run [C] off, I really
thought [F] I'd die [Bb] I shut my [Gm] eyes to hold my [C] breath, [F] Susanna,
[Bb] don't you cry [Eb] Oh Susanna, [Gm] oh don't you cry for [F] me, [Bb] I come
from [Gm]
Alabama [C] with a [F] banjo [Bb] on my knee I [Gm] _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Gm] _
_ [C] _ [F] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ [Bb] had a dream the other night [C] when everything
[F] was still [Bb] I thought I saw [Gm]
Susanna [C] coming [F] down [Bb] the hill
The buckwheat [Gm] cake was in her [C] mouth, the tears was in [F] her eyes
[Bb] Says I'm [Gm] coming from the south, [C] Susanna, [F] don't [Bb] you cry
[Eb] Oh Susanna, [Gm] oh don't you cry [C] for [F] me, [Bb] I come from [Gm]
Alabama with [Am] a [F] banjo on [Bb] my knee
I [Gm] _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Gm] _
_ [C] _ [F] _ [Bb] _ [G] [C] soon will be [Am] in New Orleans [D] and then I'll look [G] all around
[C] And when I find [Am] Susanna, [D] I'll fall [G] upon [C] the ground
But if I do [Am] not find her, [D] this darky I surely [G] die
[C] And when I'm dead [Am] and buried, [D] Susanna, [G] don't [C] you cry
[F] Oh _ Susanna, [Am] oh don't you cry [D] for me, [G] [C] I come from [Am] Alabama with [G] a banjo on [C] my knee
[F] _ Oh Susanna, [Am] oh don't you cry [D] for [G] me, [C] I come from [Am] Alabama [D] with a [G] banjo [C] on my knee _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _