| Am | Em | C | |
| (now into the rhythm of the song) |
| G | C | G | C | G | C | G | C | |
| VERSE 1 |
| G | A | |
| Somewhere to the south of New York C | ity |
| Am | G | |
| Lies the friendly state of Tenn | essee |
| G | A | |
| Down in Nashville Town I met a pre | tty |
| Am | C | G | |
| Who made a pretty bi | g fool out of m | e |
| CHORUS |
| C | G | C | G | |
| And they call her | Sally | , Sa | lly | G |
| A7 | D7 | G7 | |
| Why d'ya wanna do the things you | do to | me |
| C | G | C | G | |
| You're my | Sall | y, S | ally | G |
| A | Am | |
| You took the part that was the heart of | me |
| C | G | C | G | C | G | C | G | C | |
| Sally G |
| VERSE 2 |
| The night life took me down to Printer's Alley |
| Where Sally sang a song behind a bar |
| I cast my eyes upon her as she sang "A Tangled Mind" |
| I used to love her sweet guitar |
| REPEAT CHORUS |
| BRIDGE |
| Am | |
| Me and Sally took up |
| Em | |
| Things began to look up |
| G | D | |
| Me and her were goin' str | ong |
| Am | |
| Then she started lyin' |
| G | Am | |
| I could see our love was dyi | n' |
| Em | |
| I heard a voice say "mo | ve along, |
| C | G | C | G | C | G | C | G | C | |
| "Move along" |
| VERSE 3 |
| Now I'm on my own again and I wonder |
| If she ever really understood |
| I never thought to ask her what the letter "G" stood for |
| But I know for sure it wasn't good |
| REPEAT CHORUS |
| ENDING |
| (strum once (same as intro)) |
| Am | Em | C | G | C | G | C | G | C | G | |
| Sally | G |
| (spoken) |
| Yeah, Sally G |