Lesson 3: Skip to my Lou

The teaching song for lesson three is “Skip To My Lou”. Madeline demonstrates new chords and goes over the chord changes and the strum.

Lyrics and Chords

Chorus:

G                                     D
Hey, hey, skip to my lou. Hey Hey skip to my lou.

G                                     D                           G
Hey, hey, skip to my lou. Skip to my lou my darlin’.

Verses:

  1. G
    Flies in the buttermilk, shoo shoo shoo
    D
    Flies in the buttermilk, shoo shoo shoo
    G
    Flies in the buttermilk, shoo shoo shoo.
    D                           G
    Skip to my lou my darlin’.
  2. G
    Lost my partner, what’ll I do.
    D
    Lost my partner, what’ll I do.
    G
    Lost my partner, what’ll I do.
    D                           G
    Skip to my lou my darlin’.
  3. G
    I’ll find another one, a pretty one too.
    D
    I’ll find another one, a pretty one too.
    G
    I’ll find another one, a pretty one too.
    D                           G
    Skip to my lou my darlin’.

(add verses and animals, continue on C)