James Taylor – Oh Susannah (Guitar Fingerpicking)

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Chords

[Chords]
   D      D/C#   Em   A    
e|-2------2------0----0-|
B|-3------3------0----2-|
G|-2------2------0----2-|
D|-0------0------2----2-|
A|--------4------2----0-|
E|----------------------|
[Intro] (Pluck entire chord at once) Dmaj7 Asus4 Dmaj7 Asus4 [Verse 1] (Pluck the entire chord at once, these are progressions)
Dmaj7            Em  F#maj7 Bm
Well I come from Alabama    with

Em            Asus4 A
My banjo on my knee

Dmaj7      Em   F#maj7
And I'm bound for Louisiana

Bm       Em             Asus4 Dmaj7  Asus4
My own true love for to see

Dmaj7           Em        F#maj7  Bm
It did rain all night the day I left

Em            Asus4  A
The weather was bone dry

Dmaj7           Em   F#       Bm   Em
The sun was so hot I froze myself, Suzanne

          Asus4   Dmaj7
Don't you go on and cry
[Chorus] (Tap the top of the guitar "Bah da da da da) (Fingerpick the chord progression)
        G   G/F# Em
I said, oh! Susannah,
(Pluck these last two chords)
D          D/C#        Em A    
Don't you cry for me
(Pluck the chords for the rest of the chorus)
Dmaj7            Em    F#m
Well I come from Alabama   with

Bm       Em             Asus4 Dmaj7  Asus4
This banjo on my knee
[Verse 2]
Dmaj7               Em        F#maj7 Bm
Well I had myself a dream the other night

Em                  Asus4 A
When everything was still

Dmaj7             Em   F#maj7 Bm
I dreamed that I saw my girl Suzanne

        Em            Asus4 Dmaj7 Asus4
She was coming around the hill

         Dmaj7     Em       F#maj7   Bm
Now, the buckwheat cake was in her mouth

Em            Asus4 A
A tear was in her eye

Dmaj7           Em        F#maj7  Bm
I said, that I come from Dixie Land, Suzanne

Em               Asus4   Dmaj7  Asus4
Don't you break down and cry
[Chorus] (Tap the top of the guitar "Bah da da da da) (Fingerpick the chord progression)
        G   G/F# Em
I said, oh! Susannah,
(Pluck these last two chords)
D          D/C#        Em A    
Don't you cry for me
(Pluck the chords for the rest of the chorus)
Dmaj7            Em   F#m
Well I come from Alabama   with

Bm       Em             Asus4 Dmaj7  Asus4
This banjo on my knee