Oh! Susanna
Lyrics and music by Stephen Foster
Key: C
Copyright 1848

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File Created 10/23/2017
File Updated 08/31/2019

                        C
Introduction - Strum 3x

Verse 1:

C
 Oh I come from Alabama
                   G7
With a banjo on my knee,
    C
I'm going to Louisiana,
             G7     C
My true love for to see.

It rained all night the day I left,
                   G7
The weather it was dry
    C
The sun so hot I froze myself
         G7        C
Susanna, don't you cry.

Chorus:

F
Oh! Susanna,
   C                  G7
Oh! don't you cry for me
      C
For I come from Alabama,
              G7    C
With my banjo on my knee.

Verse 2:

  C
I had a dream the other night
                    G7
When everything was still,
  C
I thought I saw Susanna
       G7       C
Coming down the hill,

    C
The buckwheat cake was in her mouth,
                    G7
The tear was in her eye,
  C
I said I'm coming from the South,
        G7        C
Susanna don't you cry.

Chorus:

F
Oh! Susanna,
    C                 G7
Oh! don't you cry for me
      C
For I come from Alabama,
              G7    C
With my banjo on my knee.

Verse 3:

     C
Oh I soon will be in New Orleans
                   G7
and then I'll look around
    C
And when I find my Susanna,
             G7     C
I'll fall up-on the ground

    C
But if I do not find her,
                     G7
this man will surely die
    C
And when I'm dead and buried,
        G7        C
Susanna don't you cry.

Chorus:

F
Oh! Susanna,
    C                 G7
Oh! don't you cry for me
      C
For I come from Alabama,
              G7    C
With my banjo on my knee.

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