O! Susanna!

Here's one way to play a classic piece of 19th Century Americana: One of Stephen Foster's most famous songs, O! Susanna!

This is a simplified arrangement that will allow you play the song with just two chords (G and D7) on the verses and three chords (C, G and D7) on the chorus. If you play the melody according to this tablature, you'll notice that the notes all fall along the G-major scale. (Click the image for a larger, printable version.)

Here's one modern recording of the song that I like, by a band called The Be Good Tanyas. Their version is in the key of C, so if you want to try to play along with them but still use the arrangement above, you'd have to put your capo on the fifth fret. That will make everything played in G fingering sound like the key of C.