Donovan - Skip A-long Sam Chords & Tabs

...SKIP-A-LONG SAM... by Donovan
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*from 'A Gift from a Flower to a Garden' (1968)*


Verse 1:

C     C/B        Am          Am/G
 Come run, jump, Skip-a-long Sam,
D7/F#   F     Em    Am
 A very happy man I am.
D7/F#           F               Em    G
 To know you're well and you're doing fine;
F              G
 Kinda puts at rest my mind.

Verse 2:

C           C/B            Am   Am/G
 How's your brush and your lady fair?
D7/F#   F            Em            Am
 Not to mention your stained glass stare.
D7/F#   F        Em     G
 Flower pot on a window-sill,
F          G
 On top of Honeycomb Hill.

Verse 3:

C         C/B       Am     Am/G
 Have you found the secret door,
D7/F#       F           Em           Am
 To let you down to the earth's deep core?
D7/F#      F       Em       G
 You'll be back in time for tea,
F               G
 With a diamond to show me.

Verse 4:

C     C/B        Am          Am/G
 Come run, jump, Skip-a-long Sam,
D7/F#   F     Em    Am
 A very happy man I am.
D7/F#           F               Em    G
 To know you're well and you're doing fine;
F              G
 Kinda puts at rest my mind.

Verse 5:

(Instrumental)

C        C/B  Am  Am/G
 "Sammy"

D7/F#  F  Em  Am,
D7/F#  F  Em  G
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            F        G
"Is there a Sammy?"

Verse 6:

C           C/B            Am   Am/G
 How's your brush and your lady fair?
D7/F#   F            Em            Am
 Not to mention your stained glass stare.
D7/F#   F        Em     G
 Flower pot on a window-sill,
F          G
 On top of Honeycomb Hill.

Verse 7:

C  C/B                  Am   Am/G
   How's your brush and your lady?
D7/F#   F            Em            Am
 Not to mention your stained glass baby.
D7/F#   F        Em     G
 Flower pot on a window-sill,
F          G
 On top of Honeycomb Hill.

Verse 8:

C     C/B        Am          Am/G
 Come run, jump, Skip-a-long Sam,
D7/F#   F     Em    Am
 A very happy man I am.
D7/F#           F               Em    G
 To know you're well and you're doing fine;
F              G
 Kinda puts at rest my mind.

Coda:

C     C/B        Am     Am/G
 Come run, jump, skip a-long,
D7/F# F          Em     Am
 Come run, jump, skip a-long.
D7/F# F          Em     G     F  G
 Come run, jump, skip a-long.

(Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   C       C/B     Am     Am/G

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x32010  x20010  x02210  302210

  D7/F#    F       Em      G

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 2x0210  133211  022000  320003


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)