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


Verse 1:

C (x32010@1)   C/B (x2555x@1)      Am (x02210@1)        Am/G (302210@1)Come run, jump, Skip-a-long Sam,
D7/F# (200212@1) F (133211@1)   Em (022000@1)  Am (x02210@1)A very happy man I am.
D7/F# (200212@1)         F (133211@1)             Em (022000@1)  G (320003@1)To know you're well and you're doing fine;
F (133211@1)            G (320003@1)Kinda puts at rest my mind.

Verse 2:

C (x32010@1)         C/B (x2555x@1)          Am (x02210@1) Am/G (302210@1)How's your brush and your lady fair?
D7/F# (200212@1) F (133211@1)          Em (022000@1)          Am (x02210@1)Not to mention your stained glass stare.
D7/F# (200212@1) F (133211@1)      Em (022000@1)   G (320003@1)Flower pot on a window-sill,
F (133211@1)        G (320003@1)On top of Honeycomb Hill.

Verse 3:

C (x32010@1)       C/B (x2555x@1)     Am (x02210@1)   Am/G (302210@1)Have you found the secret door,
D7/F# (200212@1)     F (133211@1)         Em (022000@1)         Am (x02210@1)To let you down to the earth's deep core?
D7/F# (200212@1)    F (133211@1)     Em (022000@1)     G (320003@1)You'll be back in time for tea,
F (133211@1)             G (320003@1)With a diamond to show me.

Verse 4:

C (x32010@1)   C/B (x2555x@1)      Am (x02210@1)        Am/G (302210@1)Come run, jump, Skip-a-long Sam,
D7/F# (200212@1) F (133211@1)   Em (022000@1)  Am (x02210@1)A very happy man I am.
D7/F# (200212@1)         F (133211@1)             Em (022000@1)  G (320003@1)To know you're well and you're doing fine;
F (133211@1)            G (320003@1)Kinda puts at rest my mind.

Verse 5:

(Instrumental)

C (x32010@1)      C/B (x2555x@1)Am (x02210@1)Am/G (302210@1)"Sammy"

D7/F#  F  Em  Am,
D7/F#  F  Em  G

            F (133211@1)      G"Is (320003@1)there a Sammy?"

Verse 6:

C (x32010@1)         C/B (x2555x@1)          Am (x02210@1) Am/G (302210@1)How's your brush and your lady fair?
D7/F# (200212@1) F (133211@1)          Em (022000@1)          Am (x02210@1)Not to mention your stained glass stare.
D7/F# (200212@1) F (133211@1)      Em (022000@1)   G (320003@1)Flower pot on a window-sill,
F (133211@1)        G (320003@1)On top of Honeycomb Hill.

Verse 7:

C (x32010@1)C/B (x2555x@1)                Am (x02210@1) Am/G (302210@1)  How's your brush and your lady?
D7/F# (200212@1) F (133211@1)          Em (022000@1)          Am (x02210@1)Not to mention your stained glass baby.
D7/F# (200212@1) F (133211@1)      Em (022000@1)   G (320003@1)Flower pot on a window-sill,
F (133211@1)        G (320003@1)On top of Honeycomb Hill.

Verse 8:

C (x32010@1)   C/B (x2555x@1)      Am (x02210@1)        Am/G (302210@1)Come run, jump, Skip-a-long Sam,
D7/F# (200212@1) F (133211@1)   Em (022000@1)  Am (x02210@1)A very happy man I am.
D7/F# (200212@1)         F (133211@1)             Em (022000@1)  G (320003@1)To know you're well and you're doing fine;
F (133211@1)            G (320003@1)Kinda puts at rest my mind.

Coda:

C (x32010@1)   C/B (x2555x@1)      Am (x02210@1)   Am/G (302210@1)Come run, jump, skip a-long,
D7/F#F          Em (022000@1)   Am (x02210@1)Come run, jump, skip a-long.
D7/F#F          Em (022000@1)   G (320003@1)   F (133211@1)G (320003@1)Come run, jump, skip a-long.

(Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   C (x32010@1)     C/B (x2555x@1)   Am (x02210@1)   Am/G (302210@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x32010  x20010  x02210  302210

  D7/F# (200212@1)  F (133211@1)     Em (022000@1)    G (320003@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 2x0210  133211  022000  320003


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