Wake Up Little Susie Chords

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Wake Up Little Susie by Joe Melson is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, G and G7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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C
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Intro 
N.C. 
Susie, Susie, oh oh Sue 
Susie, Susie, oh oh Sue 
Susie, Susie, wake up Sue 
Susie, Susie, wake up Sue 

verse 1 
    C 
Ooh wake up little Susie, I said wake up 
    C 
Ooh wake up little Susie, I said wake up. Yeah 
   F         C       F          F         C         F 
We both been sound asleep, wake up little Susie and weep 
    F       C          F      C         F        C       F 
The movie's over, it's four o'clock and we're in trouble deep 
               G     F               G 
Wake up little Susie, wake up little Susie 

      G                F         G 
Well, what're we gonna tell your mama? 
G                F         G 
What're we gonna tell your pop? 
G                F         G                  N.C. 
What're we gonna tell our friends when they say "ooh la la"? 
               C     G7              C 
Wake up little Susie, wake up little Susie 

Bridge 
        C 
Well we told your momma, haha, we'd be in by ten 
        F 
Well ha Susie gal looks like we goofed again 
               G     F               G   N.C.           C   G 
Wake up little Susie, wake up little Susie, we gotta go home 

verse 2 
     C 
Yeah wake up little Susie, I said wake up (wake up wake up, wake up Sue) 
     C 
Well wake up little Susie, I said wake up (wake up wake up, wake up Sue) 
    F     C         F       F           C         F 
The movie wasn't so hot, it didn't have much of a plot 
   F      C         F        C           F   C         F 
We fell asleep, our goose is cooked, our reputation is shot 
    G     F               G 
Ooh Susie, wake up little Susie 

      G                F         G 
Yeah! What're we gonna tell your mama? 
G                F         G 
What're we gonna tell your pop? 
    G                F         G                  N.C. 
And what're we gonna tell our friends when they say "ooh la la"? 

Interlude 
C 

Re-intro 
N.C. 
Susie, Susie, oh oh Sue 
Susie, Susie, oh oh Sue 
Susie, Susie, wake up Sue 
Susie, Susie, wake up Sue 

Outro 
C 
Come on now Susie, come on now Sue 
Come on now Sue, come on, baby 
Come on now Susie, come on please Sue... 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante