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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?  I'll 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)
Plectrum Banjo Diagram for "Skip To My Lou" (pdf)
 
Watch Pete Seeger teach "Skip To My Lou" on the 5-string banjo (youtube)
Graphics for the above Pete Seeger video (pdf)
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Arranged by Jim Bottorff
 
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email: jbott@ix.netcom.com