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SAN
Words and Music by Lindsay McPhail and Walter Michels - 1920

Verse:-----------	------------------	------------------	------------------
Em	Am         B+   B7	Em         C	A7          C7
B7	-	Am	Cdim  B7
Em	B7	C7	B7
Em	Am         B+   B7	Em         C	A7          C7
B7	-	Am	Cdim  B7
Em	Am         B7   B+	Em         C7	B7          D7
Chorus:---------	------------------	------------------	------------------
G	Eb7	G	Eb7
G          Em	A7          D7	G           C7	G           C7
G	Eb7	G	Eb7
G       D#dim  Em	A7	D7         Am	F7          D7
G	G7	C	Eb7
G	G7	C	Eb7
G	Eb7	G           B7	E7
A7	Am         D7	G           C7	G   (D7 to chorus)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

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Verse:

King San of Sen -e -gal

Sat on the shore

At Bu -la -may,

Sing -ing a sad re frain.

To his dear queen who'd gone a -way.

This was his lay.

 

Chorus:

Oh, sweet -heart Lo -na, My dar -ling Lo -na,

Why have you gone a -way?

You said you loved me, But if you loved me,

Why did you act this way?

If I had ev -er been un -true to you,

What you have done would be the thing to do;

But my heart aches, dear, And it will break, dear

If you don't come back home a -gain to San.

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Sound Clip:

Listen to Jim play "SAN" on the 5-string banjo (460k mp3)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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