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Skip To My Lou
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C                -                  G7                 -
C - G7 C
C - G7 -
C - G7 C       (repeat)      
8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.
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Lost my partner, what'll I do?  Lost my partner, what'll I do?
Lost my partner, what'll I do?  Skip to my Lou, my darling.
Lou, Lou, Skip to my Lou,  Lou, Lou, Skip to my Lou,
Lou is truer than you,  Skip to my Lou, my darling.
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Performer Links:
(webpage)
 
Listen to Jim play along with "Skip To My Lou" on the plectrum banjo (mp3)
 
Watch Pete Seeger explain "Skip To My Lou" on the 5-string banjo (youtube)
Graphics for the above Pete Seeger video (pdf)
 
Watch The Banjo Master's Roadmap which includes different variations of "Skip To My Lou" (youtube)
Diagrams and tablature for 5-string, plectrum and tenor banjo variations in the above video (pdf)
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Arranged by Jim Bottorff
 
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email: jbott@ix.netcom.com