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Oh Suzanna (Fingerstyle) - Helmut Bickel       mp3
  Artist: Stephen Foster  
  Tutorial and Tab: Helmut Bickel
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  Capo 2nd Fret - 4/4 Time

Verse:
-----
     
   G                                   D7
    _                         _   _           _
   | |   | | | |   | | | |   | | | |   | | | | |
e|-----|-------0-|---------|---------|-----------|
B|-----|-0-3-3---|-3-0-----|-0-0-----|-----------|
G|-0-2-|-0---0---|-0---0-2-|-0-0-2-0-|-2-----0-2-|
D|-----|---0-----|---0---0-|---0---0-|-----------|
A|-----|---------|---------|---------|-----------|
E|-----|-3---3---|-3---3---|-3---3---|-2---------|

   G                       D7    G
 
   | | | |   | | | |   | | | |   | | | |
e|-------0-|---------|---------|---------|
B|-0-3-3---|-3-0-----|-0-0-----|---------|
G|-0-------|-0---0-2-|-0---2-2-|-0-------|
D|---0-----|---0---0-|---0---0-|---------|
A|---------|---------|---------|---------|
E|-3---3---|-3---3---|-3---2---|-3-------|


Chorus:
------

   C                   G         D7
                                        _
   | | | |   | | | |   | | | |   | | | | |   
e|---------|-0-0---0-|---------|-----------|
B|-1---1---|-1-1---1-|-3-3-0---|-----------|
G|-0---0---|---------|-0---0-0-|-2-----0-2-|
D|---------|---2---2-|---0---0-|-----------|
A|-3---3---|-3-------|---------|-----------|
E|---------|---------|-3---3---|-2---------|

  G                        D7    G

   | | | |   | | | |   | | | |   | | | |
e|-------0-|---------|---------|---------|
B|-0-3-3---|-3-0-----|-0-0-----|---------|
G|-0-------|-0---0-2-|-0---2-2-|-0-------|
D|---0-----|---0---0-|---0---0-|---------|
A|---------|---------|---------|---------|
E|-3---3---|-3---3---|-3---2---|-3-------|


Lyrics and Chords:
-----------------

Verse:

   G           '             '           D7
I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee
    G             '        [G         D7]    G
I'm going to Louisiana, my true love for to see
    G                    '               '
It rained all night the day I left, the weather 
        D7
it was dry
    G              '              [G      D7]
The sun so hot, I froze to death Susanna, don't
    G
you cry


Chorus:
------

C    '           G                D7
Oh, Susanna, Oh don't you cry for me
       G           '           [G     D7]   G
For I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee

Verse:
-----

I jumped aboard the telegraph and traveled down
the river,
Electric fluid magnified, and killed five hundred
Nigger.
The bullgine bust, the horse ran off, I really 
thought I'd die;
I shut my eyes to hold my breath—Susanna, don't
you cry.

Chorus

Verse:
-----

I soon will be in New Orleans, and then I’ll look 
all round,
And when I find Susanna, I'll fall upon the ground.
But if I do not find her, then I'll surely die,
And when I’m dead and buried, Susanna, don't you cry

Chorus
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