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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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