Oh! Susanna
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Music: traditional Tempo (bpm) ca.: 100 Measure: 2/2 binary Genre: Folk Style: Song |
Chords: A D G |
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| I | D come from Ala|bama with my |banjo on my | A knee, | |D | | |A | | |
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I'm | D going to Louisi|ana my | D true love A for to | D see. | |D | |D A |D | | |
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| G Oh, Su|sannah, oh | D don't you cry for | A me. | |G | |D |A | | |
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For I | D come from Ala|bama with my | D banjo A on my | D knee. | |D | |D A |D | | |
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It | D rained all night the |day I left, the |weather it was | A dry. | |D | | |A | | |
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The | D sun so hot, I |froze to death. Su| D sannah, A don't you | D cry. | |D | |D A |D | | |
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| G Oh, Su|sannah, oh | D don't you cry for | A me. | |G | |D |A | | |
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For I | D come from Ala|bama with my | D banjo A on my | D knee. | |D | |D A |D | | |
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I | D had a dream the |other night when |everything was | A still. | |D | | |A | | |
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I | D dreamed I saw Su|sannah dear a-| D coming A down the | D hill. | |D | |D A |D | | |
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| G Oh, Su|sannah, oh | D don't you cry for | A me. | |G | |D |A | | |
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For I | D come from Ala|bama with my | D banjo A on my | D knee. | |D | |D A |D | | |
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A | D buckwheat cake was |in her mouth, a |tear was in her | A eye. | |D | | |A | | |
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I | D sayd: 'I'm coming |from the south, Su| D sannah, A don't you | D cry.' | |D | |D A |D | | |
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| G Oh, Su|sannah, oh | D don't you cry for | A me. | |G | |D |A | | |
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For I | D come from Ala|bama with my | D banjo A on my | D knee. | |D | |D A |D | | |
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I | D soon will be in |New Orleans,and |then I'll look a| A round, | |D | | |A | | |
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and | D when I find Su|sanna,I'll | D fall u A pon the | D ground. | |D | |D A |D | | |
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| G Oh, Su|sannah, oh | D don't you cry for | A me. | |G | |D |A | | |
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For I | D come from Ala|bama with my | D banjo A on my | D knee. | |D | |D A |D | | |
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But | D if I do not |find her, this |dark day I surely | A die. | |D | | |A | | |
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And | D when I'm dead and |buried, Su| D sanna, A don't you | D cry. | |D | |D A |D | | |
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| G Oh, Su|sannah, oh | D don't you cry for | A me. | |G | |D |A | | |
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For I | D come from Ala|bama with my | D banjo A on my | D knee. | |D | |D A |D | | |
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