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Oh, Susanna
Here are the fingerings that I use to play a jazz chord-melody arrangement of Stephen Foster's 1849 folk song Oh, Susanna . I play it in the key of C not the original key of G. The song is played moderately in 4/4 time. Alternate chord substitutions are indicated in parentheses above the chord I used. You will want to closely study both the James Taylor and Howard Morgan covers of this tune above.
A
(B7#5 Bb13 Am7)
G11 Bo CM7 Dm11 Em7 FM7 D9 Ab7b5G7susG11Bo
E-------||-0-3--3-5-|-3-0------|----------|---------|
B—1---3-||-0----1---|-0----1-3-|-5-5--3---|-3--1--3-|
G—2---1-||-0----2---|-0----2---|-5----5-5-|-5--2--1-|
D—3---3-||-2----0---|-0----2---|-4----4---|-3--3--3-|
A-----2-||-3--------|-2--------|-5--------|-5-----2-|
E—3-----||----------|-0----1---|------4---|-3--3----|
1. 2. 3. 4.
(Dm11Em7FM7) (Dm9)
CM7Am7Dm11Bm7 Em7Bb7b5Am7 D9 G7 C6
E--0--3--3--5--|--3--0-------|-------------|-------||
B--0--1--1--3--|--0--3--1--3-|--5--5--3--3-|---1---||
G--0--0--2--2--|--0--1--0----|--5-----4----|---2---||
D--2--2--0--4--|--0--3--2----|--4-----3----|---2---||
A--3--0-----2--|--2--1--0----|--5-----5----|---3---||
E--------------|--0----------|--------3----|-------||
5. 6. 7. 8.
B
(F#o)
(F#m7 B7)
F6 FM7 Em7Am7 D9 Ab7 G7 G11 Abo
E---1--1---|--5--5--5--|--3--3--------|-------------|
B---3--3---|--5-----5--|--0--1--5-----|---3---1--3--|
G---2--2---|--2-----2--|--0--0--5--5--|---4---2--4--|
D----------|-----------|--0--2--4--4--|---3---3--3--|
A---3--3---|--3-----3--|--2--0--5-----|---5---------|
E---1--1---|--1-----1--|--0--------4--|---3-3-3--4--|
9. 10. 11. 12.
CM7C#oDm11D#oEm7Bb7b5Am7 D9 G7 C6
E--0--3--3--5--|--3--0-------|-------------|-------||
B--0--2--1--4--|--0--3--1--3-|--5--5--3--3-|---1---||
G--0--3--2--5--|--0--1--0----|--5-----4----|---2---||
D--2--2--0--4--|--0--3--2----|--4-----3----|---2---||
A--3-----------|--2--1--0----|--5-----5----|---3---||
E--------------|--0----------|--------3----|-------||
13. 14. 15. 16.
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