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Oh! Susanna
Three chord song (I IV7 V7), presented in the key of F (F C7 G7)
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Oh! Susanna
Oh! Susanna is a minstrel song by Stephen Foster (1826-1864). It was published by W. C. Peters & Co. in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1848. The song was introduced by a local quintette at a concert in Andrews' Eagle Ice Cream Saloon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on September 11, 1847. Foster was said to have written the song for his men's social club. The name Susannah may refer to Foster's deceased sister Charlotte, whose middle name was Susannah. Glenn Weiser suggests the song was influenced by an existing work, "Rose of Alabama" (1846), with which it shares some similarities in lyrical theme and musical structure.
The first two phrases of the melody are based on the major pentatonic scale.
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Recommended and Alternate Chord Fingerings
Fingerings are not shown. Any fingering would only be a recommended fingering and not mandatory. For many chords there are alternate fingerings, with any particular fingering dependent how the chord is being used in relationship to its previous chord and the next chord.
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Oh! Susanna shown.
Alternate voicings for all of these chords are available and should be explored.
Ukulele Chords covers basic open position and basic movable form chords. From these two chord categories a variety of songs and styles can be played.
Seventh chords, Major Sevenths, Minot Sevenths, Diminished, Augmented chords sus and add chords.
Tunings: C low or high “G” - (GCEA or gCEA).
For more information and samples checkout the Ukulele Chords book information.
Standard - C Tuning Open Position Chord Charts
"C" Tuning - (g C E A and G C E A) - This is a common tuning for the standard sized soprano ukulele as well as the concert and tenor ukuleles. The basic chords and more can be found in my books A Guide to Ukulele Chords and Ukulele Chords.
Alternate voicings for all of these chords are available and should be explored.
Ukulele Chords covers basic open position and basic movable form chords. From these two chord categories a variety of songs and styles can be played.
Seventh chords, Major Sevenths, Minot Sevenths, Diminished, Augmented chords sus and add chords.
Tunings: C low or high “G” - (GCEA or gCEA).
For more information and samples checkout the Ukulele Chords book information.
Standard - C Tuning Open Position Chord Charts
"C" Tuning - (g C E A and G C E A) - This is a common tuning for the standard sized soprano ukulele as well as the concert and tenor ukuleles. The basic chords and more can be found in my books A Guide to Ukulele Chords and Ukulele Chords.
Oh! Susanna, 2 page(s)
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I came from Alabama
Wid my banjo on my knee,
I’m g’wan to Louisiana
My true love for to see,
It rain’d all night the day I left,
The weather it was dry,
The sun so hot I frose to death;
Susanna, don't you cry.
Chorus:
Oh! Susanna, Oh! don't you cry for me,
I’ve come from Alabama, wid my banjo on my knee.
I jumped aboard de telegraph,
And trabbelled down de ribber,
De Lectrie fluid magnified,
And killed five hundred Nigger
De bullgine bust, de horse run off,
I realy thought I’d die;
I shut my eyes to hold my breath,
Susanna, don't you cry.
Chorus:
I had a dream de odder night
When ebery ting was still;
I thought I saw Susanna,
A coming down de hill.
The buckwheat cake war in her mouth,
The tear was in her eye,
Says I’m coming from de South,
Susanna, don't you cry.
Chorus:
I scon will be in New Orleans,
And den I’ll look all round,
And when I find Susanna,
I’ fall upon the ground.
But if I do not find her,
Dis darkie ’I surely die,
And when I’m dead and buried,
Susanna, don't you cry.
Chorus:
Johnny Cash & James Taylor - Oh Susanna
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A Guide to Ukulele Chords, Second Edition is designed as a guide to ukulele chords. Covering the basic ukulele chords that ALL ukulele players SHOULD know. A Guide to Ukulele Chords covers movable chord forms, rock chords, how to transpose chords, learning the ukulele fingerboard and includes an introduction to 4-part, a.k.a jazz chords and more...
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This book will take the mystery out playing and understanding chords on the ukulele, whether it is a standard, concert, tenor or baritone ukulele in C tuning, low or high string four.
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Ukulele Chords covers basic open position and basic movable form chords. From these two chord categories a variety of songs and styles can be played.
Seventh chords, Major Sevenths, Minor Sevenths, Diminished, Augmented chords sus and add chords.
Tunings: C with low or high G - (GCEA or gCEA).
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Exploring Jazz Chords on Ukulele
Exploring Jazz Chords takes the core chords from A Guide to Advanced Chords for Ukulele and shows their use over a variety of common chord progressions based on songs from the standard jazz repertoire.
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