Oh Susanna chords by Johnny Cash

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: C majorC

Difficulty: Novice


Verse 1:
     C majorC      A minorAm
Well, I come from Alabama
    DmDm      G+G
with my banjo on my knee.
     C majorC       A minorAm
And I'm bound for Louisiana,
    DmDm    G+G   C majorC
my own true love for to see.
    C majorC          A minorAm
It had rained all night the day I left
   DmDm        G+G
The weather was gone dry.
     C majorC      A minorAm
Now, the sun so hot I froze myself
 DmDm         G+G    C majorC
Susanna don't you go on and cry.

Chorus:
     FF   G+G
I said - Oh! Susanna,
    C majorC        DmDm
child don't you cry for me.
   C majorC      A minorAm
As I come from Alabama
    DmDm  G+G   C majorC
with my banjo on my knee.


Verse 2:
       C majorC
Gall, when I got you with me
  G+G
I say it had be true.
 C majorC
Miss you when you leave me
    G+G         C majorC
like a rose is missed in june.
     C majorC
Ooooh and if you'd ever come back
      G+G
I'm gonna hold you all night long.
      C majorC
And if you ever had to leave me
    G+G       C majorC
I wil sing a sad sad song.

Chorus:
        FF
And I'll sing: Oh! Susanna,
 C majorC        G+G
don't you cry for me.
     C majorC
'Cause I come from Alabama
     G+G      C majorC   G+G C majorC
with my banjo on my knee.