How to Play Skip To My Lou on Guitar

Learn How to Play Skip To My Lou on Guitar with Simple Guitar Chords

Skip To My Lou is a classic American folk song that is an easy guitar song for beginners to play. Note that learning this song is part of the award-winning eMedia Guitar Method, where you can learn to play this and over 70 great songs as you learn how to play guitar in a fun and interactive way.

How to Play the Guitar Chords for “Skip to My Lou”

This song uses the simple C and G7 chords seen below. These are incredibly easy guitar chords. So anyone young or old will be able to learn how to play Skip To My Lou on guitar.

How to Play a Simple C Guitar ChordHow to Play a Simple G7 Guitar Chord

Here is a video of how to play and strum the Simple C and Simple G7 guitar chords.

Remember to start slowly at first. It’s not easy learning how to change guitar chords but it will get a lot easier over time. it is better to play slowly than to miss a beat. Try to tap your foot so that you play in time at a slow tempo. Use a metronome if you have one to provide a steady click to play along with. If you don’t have a metronome yet, do remember that the eMedia guitar lesson software includes a complete set of great guitar practice tools that include an automatic guitar tuner, a metronome, an interactive chord dictionary  and an audio recorder so you can hear your progress as you get better. These practice tools are also available on their own for only $4.95 as the Guitar Toolkit for Mac and PC. This can be easily purchased as a download from the eMedia website.Skip To My Lou Guitar Chords