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If You Knew Susie
Words and Music by B. G. De Sylva - 1925
 Verse:
C G7 C                 B7             G7
C G7 C -
Em G+ G A7
G D7 G7 -                  
 Chorus:
C - - -
C C#dim G7 -
- - - -
- G+ C D7            G7
C             C7 - F -
D7 - G7 -
C - D7 -
Fm G7               C - (G7 To Chorus)
8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.
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Verse:
I have got a sweetie known as Susie,
In the words of Shakespeare she's a "wow".
Though all of you May know her too,
I'd like to shout right now:
 
Chorus:
If you knew Susie like I know Susie,
Oh! Oh! Oh! what a girl!
There's none so classy as this fair lassie,
Oh! Oh! Holy Moses! what a chassis!
We went riding, She didn't balk,
Back from Youkers, I'm the one that had to walk!
If you knew Susie like I know Susie,
Oh! Oh! what a girl.
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Watch Oakland Banjo Band guest Buddy Wachter perform "If You Knew Susie" (youtube)
 
Listen to Harry Reeser play "If You Knew Susie" (youtube timestamp 9:28)
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Arranged by Jim Bottorff
 
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