...SNEAKING SALLY THROUGH THE ALLEY... by Robert Palmer
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*from 'Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley' (1974)*


*CAPO 2nd FRET*

(Original Key: B)


Intro:

A7, D7  C7  A7 (x2)

Chorus 1:

A7 (x02020@1)Sneaking sally,
Through the alley,
D7 (xx0212@1)  C7 (x32310@1) A7 (x02020@1)Ooh, ooh, ooh.
A7 (x02020@1)Sneaking sally,
Through the alley,
D7 (xx0212@1)  C7 (x32310@1) A7 (x02020@1)Ooh, ooh, ooh.

Verse 1:

A7 (x02020@1)Sneaking sally,
Through the alley,
D7 C7
    Tryin' to keep her,
      A7Outta (x02020@1)sight.
A7 (x02020@1)Sneaking sally,
Through the alley,
D7 C7
    When up popped,
    A7The (x02020@1)wife.
         A7I (x02020@1)said, "I can't find,
Nothing wrong with,
Being friends,
'Cos sometimes;
D7 C7
    She lets me,
              A7Use (x02020@1)her car."
She said;
    A7"If (x02020@1)you can't find,
Nothing wrong in,
Your mind,
You'd better;
D7 C7
    Find something,
A7 (x02020@1)Wrong with hers.

Bridge 1:

   D7So (xx0212@1)I began to,
G7 (320001@1)       D7 (xx0212@1)Try to ex-plain,
        C7That (x32310@1)it just wasn't,
Just wasn't,
G7 (320001@1)Just wasn't,
         D7What (xx0212@1)she thought.
    A7Now (x02020@1)I'd better,
Find something,
To do with my time;
     D7 (xx0212@1)C7Fact (x32310@1)is;
               A7I've (x02020@1)just been caught.

Chorus 2:

A7 (x02020@1)Sneaking sally,
Through the alley,
D7 (xx0212@1)  C7 (x32310@1) A7 (x02020@1)Ooh, ooh, ooh.
A7 (x02020@1)Sneaking sally,
Through the alley,
D7 (xx0212@1)  C7 (x32310@1) A7 (x02020@1)Ooh, ooh, ooh.

Solo:

A7, D7  C7  A7  (x8)

Verse 2:

A7 (x02020@1)Sneaking through,
The alley with Sally;
D7 C7
    Tryin' to get,
     A7Away (x02020@1)clean.
A7 (x02020@1)Sneaking through,
The alley with Sally;
D7 C7
    When up popped,
    A7The (x02020@1)queen.

A7 (x02020@1)I talk double talk,
Anything's,
Trouble talk,
Catching myself,
         D7 (xx0212@1)C7 (x32310@1)A7In (x02020@1)lies.
A7 (x02020@1)Mama, just look at me,
As if I was crazy,
D7 C7
    She didn't even,
       A7Bat (x02020@1)an eye-lid.

Bridge 2:

   D7So (xx0212@1)I began to,
G7 (320001@1)       D7 (xx0212@1)Try to ex-plain,
        C7That (x32310@1)it just wasn't,
Just wasn't,
G7 (320001@1)Just wasn't,
         D7What (xx0212@1)she thought.
    A7Now (x02020@1)I'd better,
Find something,
To do with my time;
     D7 (xx0212@1)C7Fact (x32310@1)is;
               A7I've (x02020@1)just been caught,
Just been caught.

Chorus 3:

A7 (x02020@1)Sneaking sally,
Through the alley,
D7 (xx0212@1)  C7 (x32310@1) A7 (x02020@1)Ooh, ooh, ooh.
A7 (x02020@1)Sneaking sally,
Through the alley,
D7 (xx0212@1)  C7 (x32310@1) A7 (x02020@1)Ooh, ooh, ooh.

Verse 3:

A7 (x02020@1)I talk double talk,
Anything's,
Trouble talk,
Catching myself,
         D7 (xx0212@1)C7 (x32310@1)A7In (x02020@1)lies.
A7 (x02020@1)Mama, just look at me,
As if I was crazy,
D7 C7
    She didn't even,
       A7Bat (x02020@1)an eye-lid.

Coda:

A7 (x02020@1)Sneaking sally,
Through the alley,
D7 (xx0212@1)  C7 (x32310@1) A7 (x02020@1)Ooh, ooh, ooh.
A7 (x02020@1)Sneaking sally,
Through the alley,
D7 (xx0212@1)  C7 (x32310@1) A7 (x02020@1)Ooh, ooh, ooh.

(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   A7 (x02020@1)    D7 (xx0212@1)    C7 (x32310@1)    G7 (320001@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x02223  xx0212  x35353  323000


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)