Oh susanna(youtube)

by Stephen Foster

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(Intro)
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    -5 -5 -6 -6 6 6 5 4 -4          Oh, Susanna, don’t you cry for me
    4 -4 5 6 6 -6 6 5 4 -4 5 5 -4 -4 4     cos’ I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee.
     
    (1st verse)
    4 -4 5 6 6 !-6 !6 5 4 4 -4 5 5 -4 4 -4    I come from Alabama with a banjo on my knee,
    4 -4 5 6 6 !-6 !6 5 4 4 -4 5 5 -4 -4 4    I’m going to Louisiana, my true love for to see
    4 -4 5 6 6 !-6 !6 5 4 4 -4 5 5 -4 4 -4    It rained all night the day I left, the weather it was dry
    4 -4 5 6 6 !-6 !6 5 4 4 -4 5 5 -4 -4 4    The sun so hot I froze to death; Susanna, don’t you cry.
    
    (Chorus)
    (4 -4 5) -5 -5 -6 -6 -6 {6 6 5 4 -4b}    Oh, Susanna, don’t you cry for me
    4 -4 5 6 6 -6 6 5 4 -4 5 5 -4 -4 4    cos’ I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee.
    -5! -5! -6! -6! -6! {6 6 5 4 -4b}    Oh, Susanna, don’t you cry for me
    4 -4 5 6 6 -6 6 5 4 -4 5 5 {-4 -4 4}    cos’ I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee.
    
    (Instrumental)
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    (2nd verse)
    4 -4 5 6 6 !-6 !6 5 4 4 -4 5 5 -4 4 -4    had a dream the other night when everything was still,
    4 -4 5 6 6 !-6 !6 5 4 4 -4 5 5 -4 -4 4    I thought I saw Susanna coming up the hill,
    4 -4 5 6 6 !-6 !6 5 4 4 -4 5 5 -4 4 -4    A buck wheat cake was in her mouth, a tear was in her eye,
    4 -4 5 6 6 !-6 !6 5 4 4 -4 5 5 -4 -4 4    I said I’m coming from the south, Susanna don’t you cry.
    
    (Chorus)
    (4 -4 5) -5 -5 -6 -6 -6 {6 6 5 4 -4b}    Oh, Susanna, don’t you cry for me
    4 -4 5 6 6 -6 6 5 4 -4 5 5 -4 -4 4    cos’ I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee.
    -5! -5! -6! -6! -6! {6 6 5 4 -4b}    Oh, Susanna, don’t you cry for me
    4 -4 5 6 6 -6 6 5 4 -4 5 5 {-4 -4 4}    cos’ I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee.
    
    (Instrumental)
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    4 -4 5 6 6 -6 6 5 4 -4 5 5 -4 -4 4
    
    (Outro)
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