Donovan Philips Leitch (born May 10, 1946 in Maryhill, Glasgow), better known as simply Donovan, is a Scottish singer, songwriter, and musician. Originally a '60s folk singer, as the decade progressed Donovan cultivated his own unique eclectic sound, mixing elements of folk, pop, jazz, world music and more, often with a twinge of psychedelia. His most well-known work was suffused with altruistic political overtones, making him an iconic figure of the "flower power" counter-culture of the '60s.
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...SKIP-A-LONG SAM... by Donovan ---------------------...........
*from 'A Gift from a Flower to a Garden' (1968)*
Verse 1:
CC/BAmAm/G Come run, jump, Skip-a-long Sam, D7/F#FEmAm A very happy man I am. D7/F#FEmEm7 To know you're well and you're doing fine; FG Kinda puts at rest my mind.
Verse 2:
CC/BAmAm/G How's your brush and your lady fair? D7/F#FEmAm Not to mention your stained glass stare. D7/F#FEmEm7FG Flower pot on a window-sill, on top of Honeycomb Hill.
Verse 3:
CC/BAmAm/G Have you found the secret door, D7/F#FEmAm To let you down to the earth's deep core? D7/F#FEmEm7FG You'll be back in time for tea, with a diamond to show me.
Verse 4:
CC/BAmAm/G Come run, jump, Skip-a-long Sam, D7/F#FEmAm A very happy man I am. D7/F#FEmEm7 To know you're well and you're doing fine; FG Kinda puts at rest my mind.
Verse 5: (Instrumental)
CC/BAmAm/G "Sammy".
D7/F#FEm Am, D7/F#FEmEm7
FG "Is there a Sammy?"
Verse 6:
CC/BAmAm/G How's your brush and your lady fair? D7/F#FEmAm Not to mention your stained glass stare. D7/F#FEmEm7FG Flower pot on a window-sill, on top of Honeycomb Hill.
Verse 7:
CC/BAmAm/G How's your brush and your lady? D7/F#FEmAm Not to mention your stained glass baby. D7/F#FEmEm7FG Flower pot on a window-sill, on top of Honeycomb Hill.
Verse 8:
CC/BAmAm/G Come run, jump, Skip-a-long Sam, D7/F#FEmAm A very happy man I am. D7/F#FEmEm7 To know you're well and you're doing fine; FG Kinda puts at rest my mind.
Coda:
CC/BAmAm/G Come run, jump, skip a-long, D7/F#FEmAm Come run, jump, skip a-long. D7/F#FEmEm7FG Come run, jump, skip a-long.