Chords for OH! SUSANNA by Arthur Fields c.1925
Tempo:
150 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
Eb
Db
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[N]
[D]
[Db]
[Ab] [Eb] [Ab]
[Eb]
I came from Alabama with my banjo on my knee I'm going to Louisiana, my true love for [Ab] to
see It rained all night the day I left, [Eb] the weather
it was dry [Ab] The sun so hot it froze to death, Susanna
don't you cry [Db] Oh Susanna, [Ab] oh don't you cry for me
I've come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee
[Db]
[Eb] [Ab]
I jumped aboard the telegraph and [Eb] traveled down the river
The electric flue it magnified and killed five hundred [Ab] nigger
The bull jine bus, the horse ran off, I really thought [Eb] I'd die
I shut my [Ab] eyes to hold my breath, [Eb] Susanna don't [Ab] you [Db] cry
Oh Susanna, [Ab] oh don't you cry [Eb] for me I've come [Ab] from Alabama with [Eb] my banjo on my knee
[Db]
[Ab]
[Eb] [Ab]
[Eb] [Ab] I had a dream the other night when everything was [Eb] still
[Ab] I thought I saw Susanna coming down the hill The buckwheat cake was in her mouth,
a tear was in her eye Says I am coming from the south, Susanna don't you cry
[Db]
Oh Susanna, oh [Ab] don't you cry for me I've come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee
[Db]
[Ab]
I soon will be in New Orleans and then [Eb] I'll look around
And when I find [Ab] Susanna I will fall upon the ground
And if I do not find her this dock he'll surely die
And when I'm dead and buried, [Eb] Susanna don't you [Ab] cry
[Db] Oh Susanna, oh [Ab] don't you cry for me I've come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee
[Db] [Ab]
[Eb]
[D]
[Db]
[Ab] [Eb] [Ab]
[Eb]
I came from Alabama with my banjo on my knee I'm going to Louisiana, my true love for [Ab] to
see It rained all night the day I left, [Eb] the weather
it was dry [Ab] The sun so hot it froze to death, Susanna
don't you cry [Db] Oh Susanna, [Ab] oh don't you cry for me
I've come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee
[Db]
[Eb] [Ab]
I jumped aboard the telegraph and [Eb] traveled down the river
The electric flue it magnified and killed five hundred [Ab] nigger
The bull jine bus, the horse ran off, I really thought [Eb] I'd die
I shut my [Ab] eyes to hold my breath, [Eb] Susanna don't [Ab] you [Db] cry
Oh Susanna, [Ab] oh don't you cry [Eb] for me I've come [Ab] from Alabama with [Eb] my banjo on my knee
[Db]
[Ab]
[Eb] [Ab]
[Eb] [Ab] I had a dream the other night when everything was [Eb] still
[Ab] I thought I saw Susanna coming down the hill The buckwheat cake was in her mouth,
a tear was in her eye Says I am coming from the south, Susanna don't you cry
[Db]
Oh Susanna, oh [Ab] don't you cry for me I've come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee
[Db]
[Ab]
I soon will be in New Orleans and then [Eb] I'll look around
And when I find [Ab] Susanna I will fall upon the ground
And if I do not find her this dock he'll surely die
And when I'm dead and buried, [Eb] Susanna don't you [Ab] cry
[Db] Oh Susanna, oh [Ab] don't you cry for me I've come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee
[Db] [Ab]
[Eb]
Key:
Ab
Eb
Db
D
Ab
Eb
Db
D
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[Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
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I came from Alabama with my banjo on my knee I'm going to Louisiana, my true love for [Ab] to
see It rained all night the day I left, [Eb] the weather
it was dry [Ab] The sun so hot it froze to death, Susanna
don't you cry _ [Db] Oh Susanna, [Ab] oh don't you cry for me
I've come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee
[Db] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I jumped aboard the telegraph and [Eb] traveled down the river
The electric flue it magnified and killed five hundred [Ab] nigger
The bull jine bus, the horse ran off, I really thought [Eb] I'd die
I shut my [Ab] eyes to hold my breath, [Eb] Susanna don't [Ab] you [Db] cry
Oh Susanna, [Ab] oh don't you cry [Eb] for me I've come [Ab] from Alabama with [Eb] my banjo on my knee
_ [Db] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ I had a dream the other night when everything was [Eb] still
[Ab] I thought I saw Susanna coming down the hill The buckwheat cake was in her mouth,
a tear was in her eye Says I am coming from the south, Susanna don't you cry
[Db]
Oh Susanna, oh [Ab] don't you cry for me I've come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee
[Db] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
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I soon will be in New Orleans and then [Eb] I'll look around
And when I find [Ab] Susanna I will fall upon the ground
And if I do not find her this dock he'll surely die
And when I'm dead and buried, [Eb] Susanna don't you [Ab] cry
[Db] Oh _ Susanna, oh [Ab] don't you cry for me I've come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
I came from Alabama with my banjo on my knee I'm going to Louisiana, my true love for [Ab] to
see It rained all night the day I left, [Eb] the weather
it was dry [Ab] The sun so hot it froze to death, Susanna
don't you cry _ [Db] Oh Susanna, [Ab] oh don't you cry for me
I've come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee
[Db] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I jumped aboard the telegraph and [Eb] traveled down the river
The electric flue it magnified and killed five hundred [Ab] nigger
The bull jine bus, the horse ran off, I really thought [Eb] I'd die
I shut my [Ab] eyes to hold my breath, [Eb] Susanna don't [Ab] you [Db] cry
Oh Susanna, [Ab] oh don't you cry [Eb] for me I've come [Ab] from Alabama with [Eb] my banjo on my knee
_ [Db] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ I had a dream the other night when everything was [Eb] still
[Ab] I thought I saw Susanna coming down the hill The buckwheat cake was in her mouth,
a tear was in her eye Says I am coming from the south, Susanna don't you cry
[Db]
Oh Susanna, oh [Ab] don't you cry for me I've come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee
[Db] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
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I soon will be in New Orleans and then [Eb] I'll look around
And when I find [Ab] Susanna I will fall upon the ground
And if I do not find her this dock he'll surely die
And when I'm dead and buried, [Eb] Susanna don't you [Ab] cry
[Db] Oh _ Susanna, oh [Ab] don't you cry for me I've come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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