Donovan – Skip A-Long Sam (Guitar)

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...SKIP-A-LONG SAM... by Donovan ---------------------........... *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               E7sus4 E7
 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        E7sus4 E7   F             G
 Flower pot on a window-sill, 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       E7sus4   E7  F                 G
 You'll be back in time for tea, 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               E7sus4 E7
 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 E7sus4 E7

            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        E7sus4 E7   F             G
 Flower pot on a window-sill,  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        E7sus4 E7   F             G
 Flower pot on a window-sill, 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               E7sus4 E7
 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          E7sus4 E7   F    G
 Come run, jump, skip a-long.

(Fade) CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- C C/B Am Am/G D7/F# F Em E7sus4 E7 G EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE x32010 x20010 x02210 302210 2x0212 133211 022000 02023x 02013x 320003 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 ([email protected])