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singing:
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[ A ] Choose your partner, skip to my Lou,
[ E ] Choose your partner, skip to my Lou,
[ A ] Choose your partner, skip to my Lou,
[ E ] Skip to my Lou my [ A ] darling.

Chorus: [ A ] Skip, skip, skip to my Lou,
[ E ] Skip, skip, skip to my Lou,
[ A ] Skip, skip, skip to my Lou,
[ E ] Skip to my Lou my [ A ] darling.

Fly's in the buttermilk, shoo, fly, shoo, Fly's in the buttermilk, shoo, fly, shoo,
Fly's in the buttermilk, shoo, fly, shoo, Skip to my Lou my darling.  Chorus:

Lost my partner, what'll I do? Lost my partner, what'll I do?
Lost my partner, what'll I do? Skip to my Lou my darling.  Chorus:

I'll get another one prettier than you, I'll get another one prettier than you,
I'll get another one prettier than you, Skip to my Lou my darling.  Chorus:

T T = alternate bass, right hand thumb.   number = left hand finger
fingers 1, 2, 3, of right hand claw 3 thin strings.
X = silent string   O = play open string   thin string chord grid right

Key of A above, key of C below:

e|-0-0----0-0-0-3---------------1-
B|-----1-1--------3-3-0-0-3-3-3---

e|-0-0----0-0-0-3----0-1-0--------
B|-----1-1---------3-------3-1-1--