Oh Susanna

Written by Stephen Foster

Key of A · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

  A
I come from Alabama
        E        A
With my banjo on my knee
I’m going to Louisiana
My true love for to see

Verse 2

   A                          E
It rained all night the day I left
The weather it was dry
    A            E        A
The sun so hot I froze to death
        D     A   E
Susanna don’t you cry

Chorus

Oh Susanna
   D     A       E
Oh don’t you cry for me
    A
For I come from Alabama
        E        A
With my banjo on my knee

Verse 3

I had a dream the other night
When everything was still
  A             E      A
I thought I saw Susanna
A-coming down the hill

Verse 4

    A                         E
The buckwheat cake was in her mouth
The tear was In her eye
Says I I’m coming from the south
        D     A   E
Susanna don’t you cry

Chorus

Oh Susanna
   D     A       E
Oh don’t you cry for me
    A
For I come from Alabama
        E        A
With my banjo on my knee