Chords for Skip to My Lou - John McCutcheon

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104.05 bpm
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F#m

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Skip to My Lou - John McCutcheon chords
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[E] [Bm] [A] [F#]
[A] [D] [Am] [D]
[Bm] There's a fly in the sugar bowl shoe fly [F#m] shoe fly in the sugar bowl shoe fly [E] shoe
There's [D] a fly in the sugar bowl shoe fly shoe [A] skip to my Lou [D] my darn
Skip skip skip to my Lou [A] skip skip skip [C#] to my [D] Lou skip skip [Bm] skip to my [A] Lou skip to my [D] Lou my darn
[A]
[C#] [D]
[F#m] [Am] [C#] [D]
Now I'll just bet that you all know this song
You know you can change the words around on these old songs because they belong to all of us
For instance when I was a little boy, I had this little sister.
Well.
I still have her.
She's just not so little anymore
Her name's Luann we called her Lulu, and we sang this song like this
Cows in the cornfield what a lot do [A] cows in the cornfield what a lot do [D] the cow in the cornfield
What a lot do [A] skip it to my Lulu [D] my darling
Lou Lou skip to my [A] Lou Lou
Skip it to my [D] Lou Lou Lou skip to my [A] Lou skip [G] to my Lou my darn
red
[D] [G]
[E] [A] [D] flag painted [A] [D] My darling
Skip to my [A] Lou
[D] Skip to my Lou [A] skip [D] to my Lou my darling
[G]
[D] [G]
[A] [D] I lost my partner.
What'll I [A] do?
I lost my partner.
What'll I [D] do?
I lost my partner
What'll I do?
I'll skip to my darling.
Well, I found another one the prettier
And [A] you I find another one prettier with [D] you.
Oh, I find another one and you [F#m] can't do skip to my [D] Lou my darn
Skip to my [A] Lou Lou skip to my [D] Lou Lou skip to my Lou skip to my Lou my darn
[G]
[D] [G]
[E] [A] [D] Daddy's old hat was torn into [A] daddy's old hat was torn [D] into when he saw the hat he went a boo
Skip to my Lulu my darling
Skip to my [A] Lou Lou skip to [D] my Lou Lou skip to my Lou skip to my Lou my darn
[G] There's [D] [G]
[E] [A] [D] a hole in the donut and the flight flew through there's a hole in the [F#] donut and the flight flew through
I made this [F] verse up now.
Let's hear you skip to my darling
[F#m] Right.
[G]
Oh, that's good.
Now.
Let's dance
[D] [G]
[E] [A] [D]
[Am] [D]
[A] [D]
[A] [D]
[A] [D]
[A] [D]
[A] [D]
[A] [D]
[A]
[D] Skip to my Lou skip to my Lou my darling
Key:  
D
1321
A
1231
G
2131
E
2311
F#m
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1321
A
1231
G
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[E] _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [F#] _
[A] _ [D] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Bm] There's a fly in the sugar bowl shoe fly [F#m] shoe fly in the sugar bowl shoe fly [E] shoe
There's [D] a fly in the sugar bowl shoe fly shoe [A] skip to my Lou [D] my darn
Skip skip skip to my Lou [A] skip skip skip [C#] to my [D] Lou skip skip [Bm] skip to my [A] Lou skip to my [D] Lou my _ darn
_ [A] _
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[F#m] _ [Am] _ [C#] _ [D] _ _ _ _
Now I'll just bet that you all know this song
You know you can change the words around on these old songs because they belong to all of us
For instance when I was a little boy, I had this little sister.
Well.
I still have her.
She's just not so little anymore
Her name's Luann we called her Lulu, and we sang this song like this
_ Cows in the cornfield what a lot do [A] cows in the cornfield what a lot do [D] the cow in the cornfield
What a lot do [A] skip it to my Lulu [D] my darling
Lou Lou skip to my [A] Lou Lou
Skip it to my [D] Lou Lou Lou skip to my [A] Lou skip [G] to my Lou my darn
red _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ [D] _ flag painted [A] _ _ _ _ [D] My _ _ _ _ darling
_ Skip to my [A] Lou
_ _ [D] _ Skip to my Lou [A] skip [D] to my Lou my darling
[G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [D] I lost my partner.
What'll I [A] do?
I lost my partner.
What'll I [D] do?
I lost my partner
What'll I do?
I'll skip to my darling.
Well, I found another one the prettier
And [A] you I find another one prettier with [D] you.
Oh, I find another one and you [F#m] can't do skip to my [D] Lou my _ darn
Skip to my [A] Lou Lou skip to my [D] Lou Lou skip to my Lou skip to my Lou my darn
[G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] Daddy's old hat was torn into [A] daddy's old hat was torn [D] into when he saw the hat he went a boo
Skip to my Lulu my darling
Skip _ to my [A] Lou Lou skip to [D] my Lou Lou skip to my Lou skip to my Lou my darn
[G] _ _ There's _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ [D] a hole in the donut and the flight flew through there's a hole in the [F#] donut and the flight flew through
I made this [F] verse up now.
Let's hear you skip to my darling _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] Right.
[G] _ _ _
Oh, that's good.
Now.
Let's dance _ _ _ _
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[Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [D] _ _ Skip to my Lou skip to my Lou my darling _ _ _ _

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