...SKIP-A-LONG SAM... by Donovan ---------------------........... *from 'A Gift from a Flower to a Garden' (1968)* Verse 1:

^C Come ^C/Brun, jump, ^AmSkip-a-long ^Am/GSam, ^D7/F# A very ^Fhappy ^Emman I ^Amam. ^D7/F# To know you're ^Fwell and you're ^Emdoing ^Gfine; ^F Kinda puts at ^Grest my mind.

Verse 2:

^C How's your ^C/Bbrush and your ^Amlady ^Am/Gfair? ^D7/F# Not to ^Fmention your ^Emstained glass ^Amstare. ^D7/F# Flower ^Fpot on a ^Emwindow-^Gsill,^F on top of ^GHoneycomb Hill.

Verse 3:

^C Have you ^C/Bfound the ^Amsecret ^Am/Gdoor, ^D7/F# To let you ^Fdown to the ^Emearth's deep ^Amcore? ^D7/F# You'll be ^Fback in ^Emtime for ^Gtea,^F with a diamond ^Gto show me.

Verse 4:

^C Come ^C/Brun, jump, ^AmSkip-a-long ^Am/GSam, ^D7/F# A very ^Fhappy ^Emman I ^Amam. ^D7/F# To know you're ^Fwell and you're ^Emdoing ^Gfine; ^F Kinda puts at ^Grest my mind.

Verse 5: (Instrumental)

^C "Sam^C/Bmy&qu^Amot;.^Am/G D7/F# F Em Am, D7/F# F Em G

"Is the^Fre a Sam^Gmy?" Verse 6:

^C How's your ^C/Bbrush and your ^Amlady ^Am/Gfair? ^D7/F# Not to ^Fmention your ^Emstained glass ^Amstare. ^D7/F# Flower ^Fpot on a ^Emwindow-^Gsill,^F on top of ^GHoneycomb Hill.

Verse 7:

^C ^C/BHow's your brush and ^Amyour ^Am/Glady? ^D7/F# Not to ^Fmention your ^Emstained glass ^Ambaby. ^D7/F# Flower ^Fpot on a ^Emwindow-^Gsill,^F on top of ^GHoneycomb Hill.

Verse 8:

^C Come ^C/Brun, jump, ^AmSkip-a-long ^Am/GSam, ^D7/F# A very ^Fhappy ^Emman I ^Amam. ^D7/F# To know you're ^Fwell and you're ^Emdoing ^Gfine; ^F Kinda puts at ^Grest my mind.

Coda:

^C Come ^C/Brun, jump, ^Amskip a-^Am/Glong, ^D7/F# Come ^Frun, jump, ^Emskip a-^Amlong. ^D7/F# Come ^Frun, jump, ^Emskip a-^Glong.^F ^G

(Fade) CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- C C/B Am Am/G D7/F# F Em G EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE x32010 x20010 x02210 302210 2x0212 133211 022000 320003 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

Donovan - Skip a-long sam