• Song:

    Sally Go Round The Roses

  • Artist:

    Tim Buckley

  • Album:

    Honeyman

Sally go 'round the roses
Riffs by Marvin Hammond from Australia
Lyrics by Marc Seal, USA
Chords by Adrie Meijer, the Netherlands
Now that's what I call globalisation!

Capo 1st fret.

First riff:
e--------------------------------|
b--3_5--5---5----7---5-----------|
G------------------------4-------|
D--4_6--6---6----7---6-----6-----|
A--------------------------------|
E---0-------0--0------0----------|

Second riff:
e---3_5--5---5----7--5-----------|
b------------------------5-------|
G---4_6--6---6----7--6------6----|
D--------------------------------|
A----0-----0----0-0--------------|
E--------------------------------|

D/E  E              F#m/E  E
Sally go 'round the roses (2x)
G   A              Bm/A  A
Sally go 'round the roses (2x)
D/E  E              F#m/E  E
Sally go 'round the roses
D/E  E              F#m/E  E
Ah darling don't you go down

             G   A                    Bm/A  A
Ah honey, the saddest thing in this whole wide world
       G   A              Bm/A  A
Is to find your woman with another girl
D/E  E              F#m/E  E
Sally don't you go down
D/E  E              F#m/E  E
Ah darling don't you go down

      E                               A    E
I'm going downtown, Lord I'm drinking tonight
      E                               A    E
I'm going downtown, I'm gonna drink myself blind
      E                               A    E
I'm going downtown, Lord I'll be dancing tonight
      E                               A    E
I'm going downtown, gonna keep that moon high
              Am   E         D           E
It's been a long time since I've had my way
              Am   E         D           E     B7+9
It's been a long time since I've had my way and oh ...
E7+9
I wanna do that drunken belly roll
B7+9                                 E7+9
I wanna sing that jukebox melody, oh Sally
B7+9
I wanna stroll like we used to stroll
           E7+9
Way back home in-a Baltimore

D/E  E              F#m/E  E
Sally go 'round the roses ...(repeat first verse)
                G  A                   Bm/A A
Ah woman, the saddest thing in this whole wide world
      G   A                        Bm/A   A
Is to find your baby been with another girl
D/E  E                 F#m/E  E
Sally don't you go down
D/E  E               F#m/E  E
Ah mama don't you go downtown
E
I'm singing Sally going around (until end)
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