Skip to My Lou

Composer unknown · American play-party song, 1840s · G major · 2/4 · 100 BPM · 8 bars · Children’s songs

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Skip to My Lou sits in Children’s songs, written in G major. It uses 2 chords across 8 bars, at about 100 BPM.

Chords in this song

GD7

G

D7

Chord chart

Chord chart
1G·D7·
2G·D7G

How to sing it

Eight bars of two beats with two chords: two bars of G, two of D7, two of G, then D7 and G. Quick and light, a dance step on every beat.

In every key

In every key
KeysChord chart
C majorC · G7 · C · G7 · C
Db majorDb · Ab7 · Db · Ab7 · Db
D majorD · A7 · D · A7 · D
Eb majorEb · Bb7 · Eb · Bb7 · Eb
E majorE · B7 · E · B7 · E
F majorF · C7 · F · C7 · F
F# majorF# · C#7 · F# · C#7 · F#
G major · Written in this keyG · D7 · G · D7 · G
Ab majorAb · Eb7 · Ab · Eb7 · Ab
A majorA · E7 · A · E7 · A
Bb majorBb · F7 · Bb · F7 · Bb
B majorB · F#7 · B · F#7 · B

Patterns inside this song

No named pattern sits as a run of chords inside this song.

Why this song is free to play

An American play-party song from the 1840s frontier, composer unknown. Traditional material of that age is not protected. Free everywhere.

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